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Jan. 13th, 2010 09:58 pmIn case you haven't heard, there was a terrible earthquake in Haiti. Donate to the Red Cross by text message.
My parents flew out this morning to Hawaii (incidentally hiding my car keys before they went). Bitter? A tad.
Anyways, I started rereading the Earthsea books!
( Come and listen to a story about a man named Ged / A powerful mage, who went and tried to raise the dead, / A pissing contest to soothe his wounded pride, / But out through the veil, something from the other side. / Gebbeth, that is! Black wraith, shadow of death. )
Gender!FAIL aside, I definitely still like the first book. It reminded me a lot of Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster Trilogy (well, technically it would be the other way around), which I definitely recommend for reasons of less gender!FAIL, and also, AWESOME.
I'll leave you with this quote. Lulz were had. :D
"Sparkweed," said Jasper. "They grow where the wind dropped the ashes of burning Ilien, when Erreth-Akbe defended the Inward Isles from the Firelord" (43).
My parents flew out this morning to Hawaii (incidentally hiding my car keys before they went). Bitter? A tad.
Anyways, I started rereading the Earthsea books!
( Come and listen to a story about a man named Ged / A powerful mage, who went and tried to raise the dead, / A pissing contest to soothe his wounded pride, / But out through the veil, something from the other side. / Gebbeth, that is! Black wraith, shadow of death. )
Gender!FAIL aside, I definitely still like the first book. It reminded me a lot of Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster Trilogy (well, technically it would be the other way around), which I definitely recommend for reasons of less gender!FAIL, and also, AWESOME.
I'll leave you with this quote. Lulz were had. :D
"Sparkweed," said Jasper. "They grow where the wind dropped the ashes of burning Ilien, when Erreth-Akbe defended the Inward Isles from the Firelord" (43).