Ursula K. Le Guin reads from "The Wizard of Earthsea"
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2013
- Legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin reads from her book, "A Wizard of Earthsea," and answers audience questions. Taped at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Friday, October 10, 2008. Presented by Timberland Regional Library, www.trl.org.
This event is part of The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.
The world is so much poorer without her. I once met and spoke with her-she was as gracious, wise, and sly as a wizard ought to be. Her fantasy novels stand alongside Tolkien's; her science fiction is as trailblazing and prescient as her friend Phil Dick's. Her acerbic occasional pieces on politics, writing, and society fuse an anthropologist's brain with an artist's genius. Her adaptation of the Daodejing is not a scholar's work, but she didn't want it to be that, any more than the Daodejing itself is. She deserved the accolades and then some; she was among the greatest of the greats.
I cannot think of my seventh grade year without knowing it was shaped by reading The Tombs of Atuan:
"I thought also of another thing between us. Call it trust. ... That is one of its names. It is a very great thing. Though each of us alone is weak, having that we are strong, stronger than the Powers of the Dark."
I know some of those names, thanks to her.
She is done with doing; she has gone home.
❤
She is the Archmage
The way she pronounces the goat spell, it's like she is a mage in real life and wrote the book from personal experience! Sometimes there are some fantasy and science fiction writers that seem like they aren't writing about fiction, they were just born in the wrong universe and are writing about home. I am still going on the third chapter of the book but already loving so much.
That's because, with a writer like LeGuin,, the world-building is so masterful, so enveloping that you forget you are reading a work of fiction. Her book Always Coming Home is another great example of that. I first read Earthsea when I was about 13 and it left an indelible mark on me. I later went on to read her other science fiction novels as an adult. I wish I could recapture that first sense of awe and excitement I felt back then. So- keep on reading!
Isabella Felipe de Oliveira Campos It sounds very much like the Norse languages.
This woman is one of our treasures. Her work unleashed me from the trammels of a narrow place. I owe her so much.
Get off UA-cam and spend your time on something less pathetic than this. It doesn't belong alongside this video.
@@astridstoik6002 You are a total waste of flesh. What have you done?
R.I.P. Ursula K. Le Guin 1929-2018 - your work will be cherished for generations to come.
I regret terribly that I never met her. She is magnificent.
You can safely skip the first 9:30.
Thanks!
The hero we need
It’s validating to me that she thinks Always Coming Home didn’t get enough recognition, because I feel the same way. It’s one of the best books ever written.
My eighth grade teacher Mrs. Starr gave us a Wizard of Earthsea to read. It was a revelation. To hear, one must be silent.
Wow, your teacher was obviously impressive!
I named my boat Lookfar.
Me too. My other boat is also named from one of her books. Hope
You just gave me a reason to get a boat
I named my popup camper Lookfar!
first book that really meant something to me at about the age of 9 or 10 in the early '80s. RIP Ursula, hope the magewind carries you swiftly...
Beautiful writing never ages. One can hear it in the cadences of the reading. Ursula left a wonderful legacy.
Ursula reads so beautifully and expressively in this video. How wonderful that this recording is available. She really breaths life into this world with her words. I read The Wizard of Earthsea about 3 years ago and hearing this reminded me why I loved this novel so. A masterpiece!
I envy her world's _magic system._ So seamless and elegant. Using language...
I loved listening to her....I spend a lot of time listening to books on CD's in my car ride to work every day. Definitely waiting on this from the library now! Thank you Ursula. I will always remember your voice. R.I.P
This was the first book I remember reading that touched me as a child and I got it out from Sparkhill library in Birmingham UK in 1983. Still sends me back to the land of Earthsea in totality. Powerful words. The naming of things.
She gave us so much. RIP to such a lovely woman.
Miracle women, miracle books. RIP
This book enhanced my idea of Fantasy when I was younger. :)
I wish I could have met you when you were still with us. I was in my 50s when I first knew of this work and read it with my eleven-year-old son. What a revelation!
These books made me love again fantasy literature.
From Santiago, Chile Thanks
October 21, 2016
Happy Birthday, Ursula! I send the love of a reader to a favorite author for 40 years.
My copy of "Words Are My Matter" arrived a few days ago. Looking forward to reading with fall light and a bowl of apples.
You're a nobody and a failure.
Simply a Legend.
she is so awesome!
Incredible! Thoroughly enjoyed listening, thank-you for this post!
Thank you. That is a real treasure.
1-23-2018 RIP
Why is there an enormous flock of goats in my front garden?
I see that you put your speakers on full volume. :D
It's as if the books themselves are laced with magic
go write a book instead of ogling over others lives that doesn't benefit you, you are a nobody
@@astridstoik6002 jesus, who pissed on your chips? Why do you have to tear people down like that? Your comments are all over this video, got nothing better to do?
Apparently the audiobook version of her Earth-sea trilogy with help from Harlan Ellison is no longer available anywhere 😢 I will miss them dearly
That goat spell sounds so freaking awesome!
Wow, almost 10 min of intro. Impressive.
14.20 she pronounces the goat speel
Her writing tempered the way i look at all fantasy
10:00 skip the intro straight to UKLG
Le Guin begins speaking at 9:55 . There's almost 10 minutes of intro...
I never knew it was pronounced earth-sea. I have always pronounced it with 3 syllables, as earth-sea-ah. I was a kid when I first read it. This was the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say it out loud. I guess that’s what happens when you read something that no one else you know has read so you never talk about it out loud with anyone. 🤷♂️
what did she mean when she was talking about "reviving a dead wizard" in Tehanu?
Content starts at 9:40
I am very sad I never got to meet her, nor the vampire author.
Dark
i love to listen to these kind of videos
21:16 J. K. Rowling does not talk about Earthsea.
A revived wizard in tehanu? Did I miss something?
She is writing from lost knowledge. We just can't fathom it because of our personal human experience and lack of past truths over "history"
I tried to get into earthsea but I just couldn't do it. There wasn't 1 character in the first book that I even felt like rooting for or anything. No in depth explanations no person liking of any character. When it was over I was like well that happened and not a week after the first book can I remember anything about it. I mean no disrespect for the lady and im sure some people really love the books but they just weren't for me at all. I even gave book to a chance and made it threw maybe 20 pages and just gave the book away. I was vary disappointed with top fantasy recommendations
Try "Left Hand of Darkness" her adult fiction is incredible. Earthsea is what she wrote it to be - for children
What did she say at 18:24 was it a stroke or something else sounded really unintelligible
WTF is wrong with you?
She is a writer but a very terrible reader and a public speaker. so irritating! i'd prefer read that "some bits" by my self
Astrid Stoik Really? I loved her narrating in some of the audiobooks of Earthsea, didn't know it was her until I recognized the voice in this video. What makes her a bad speaker?
Did not your parents ever tell if you have nothing good to say keep it to yourself. I'd love to hear an epic you wrote. There is a reason she is a legend and well you are nobody.
I do not know if writers are the best readers, but at least their tempi (plural form of tempo, which means velocity) show how fast their novels should be read.
Let's see how well you speak when you reach very old age, fool.
Clearly didn't listen to any of Ursula's famous speeches