I know she hates it when people read meanings into her works, but given that the book was written in the middle of racial unrest in the '60s a statement was made, intended or otherwise. Moreover, the best of the series was the last two books, unlike most other most similar series (was it Frank Herbert that said "every good trilogy is five books, at least"? 2) Changing the race of the characters misses an integral part of the statement made by the author. While both of those series were great, A Wizard of Earthsea precedes them. I have seen a couple of posts to which I must respond: 1) Comparing this to other works such as Dune and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant miss the mark. This adaptation of it only resembles it in the location it was set and the names of the characters. This is, to my mind, one of the best fantasy series ever written. LeGuin's response to some statements made by the director and I expected it to be bad.
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