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  • The Other Wind

  • The Earthsea Cycle, Book 6
  • By: Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
  • Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (139 ratings)
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The Other Wind

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
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Summary

The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea.

Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman.

The threat can be confronted only in the Immanent Grove on Roke, the holiest place in the world, and there the king, hero, sage, wizard, and dragon make a last stand.

In this final book of the Earthsea Cycle, Le Guin combines her magical fantasy with a profoundly human, earthly, humble touch.

©2001 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)2017 Recorded Books

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Not a fan of Samuel Roukin's performance at all.

some of his pronunciations were odd and jarring and seemed to change throughout the recording as though he had been given new guidance halfway through and his voice for Tenar was weird at best.

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Amazing book

I love this series, and this book is a stunning finale. Mostly, I liked the reading fine, but he doesn’t do the women’s voices very well - I found Tenar’s voice particularly jarring... and some weird variance in pronunciation of Irian’s name, but overall well worth putting up with those niggles!

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Great story let down by performance

This series has been fantastic, and, until now, superbly narrated. The narrator’s intonation for this book is off in nearly every sentence and pronunciation of some names changes from sentence to sentence. It’s a shame as it feels like the series falls flat because of this right at the end.

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A well-read classic.

The conclusive book of the Earthsea series, well read and of course excellent writing from UkLG.

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Excellent book

Great story and a fitting end to the earthsea series. Narrator needs to pick a pronunciation and stick with it as pronouncing the same name different every time it is said is very confusing.

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Earthsea is a wonderful world

Earthsea is a wonderful world and I very much enjoy myself every time I get to visit

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What an incredible ending.

Le Guin is a master of fantasy, and this finally book of earthsea just proves it all over again.

Yes the performance is a little strange when you’ve listened to the other books, as he pronounces some names differently then how the other readers did, but it is still a good and solid reading of an excellent book.

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wonderful story spoiled by terrible narrator

Constantly mispronounces words/names, stresses the wrong words/phrases, gives Tenar/women weak feeble voices.
Bring back KobnaHolbrook-Smith!

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