A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)

By Ursula K Le Guin

by Jonathan Doering 17th April 2026

‘All power is one in source and end… Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man’s hand and the wisdom in a tree’s root… My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water… all are syllables of the great word that is very slowly spoken by the shining stars. There is no other power. No other name.’