Not only does Peter S. Beagle know his unicorns (and boy, does he ever), he knows his romance, too. Very lovely. I've never felt like an old, grumpy, Italian farmer before and now I wouldn't have want to miss out on this experience.
Omg yes. More, please.
Wow wow wow. Real scifi, brilliant scifi.
Decent Peter Grant novella.
Loved it. Both the inner and the outer stories took me right back.
Oh boy, Yudkowsky writes high fantasy, and it's exactly what I expected.
I was still very interested in the progress, but less impressed as no terribly new concepts were introduced. Light and pleasant reading!
I enjoyed it a lot. While I would have liked to get to know the alien culture (and its language!) even better, I was given a lot of context. Also, the story is told as seen by an alien, a nice human anthropologist, and a horrible, vicious, self-righteous human soldier, which was well done.
4.5 stars, really.
Some parts are predictable, yes. And the story has no women at all, which is very weird. But it's told so well, touches me so deeply, that this can't matter. If you like fantasy at all, Earthsea is really recommended. Wow. Will need to re-read. And put on a shelf. And re-read again.
Wow! If you're new to the series, … start here. This book has all the fun, and action, and, y'know, forwards momentum.
(Our beloved hero is crippled, but clever, and builds a mercenary army by accident. Yep.)
Gave up half way through. I just don't get it at all.
Oh wow. This touched me, and the ending was perfect. It didn't follow all the fantasy rules, it followed Earthsea rules. <3