But in the magic-infused archipelago of Earthsea ... that prideful young wizard Ged—also known as Sparrowhawk—must learn while training at the island of Roke’s school of wizardry in the ...

Long before Harry Potter was accepted to Hogwarts, the first installment in the highly acclaimed six-book Earthsea Cycle ... at the magical island of Roke’s school of wizardry.

In A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, a promising young wizard leaves his island to study at a school of magic. After accidentally summoning a shadow creature determined to take over ...

8) A really good system of magic. Long before Hogwarts, Le Guin gave us a great wizard academy on Roke — and there’s a terrific system of magic in Earthsea, which is based on knowing the true ...

the Earthsea story sounds a bit like Fantasy Heroism 101. An average boy from a remote village discovers that he has magical powers; he goes to wizard school; his pride leads him to make a mistake ...

Le Guin’s well-regarded novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the protagonist, Ged, attends a school for mages (magicians) on the island of Roke," author Gregory Maguire, upon whose novel the stage ...

as it turns out—on my Earthsea books. The books, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, which were published more than 30 years ago, are about two young people finding out what their power ...

Not all of producer Robert "Hack Work" Halmi Sr.'s miniseries are awful. But most are -- including his latest abomination, "Legend of Earthsea," which airs on Sci Fi Channel tonight and tomorrow ...

WEST LINN –The West Linn Public Library has selected Ursula Le Guin's high-fantasy classic, "A Wizard of Earthsea," for this year's West Linn Reads. The kick-off event for the annual community ...

The slow-moving tale of yet another young wizard who has a date with destiny ... seems unlikely to work any major magic. “Legend of Earthsea” is too derivative to reference all the springs ...