牧童雀鹰天生拥有法力，他渴求更强大的力量和更深奥的知识，于是选择离开故乡，前往传奇的巫师学院学习，以求出人头地。为了证明实力，他当众施展禁忌法术，召唤亡灵，却铸成大错。他召唤出的恶灵追捕着他，太古的邪恶诱惑着他。为了弥补过错，他步上了一段从未有人完成的追寻之旅，直到海洋的尽头、世界终结之处……

这里是死寂静默的古墓，
这里有亘古不变的黑暗，
这里长眠着“累世无名者”，
这里是一个十五岁少女所知的唯一世界。
这里是她的家、她的王国，
更是她终生的牢笼！
直到有一天：一团微光，出现在这绝对黑暗的地底禁区……
即使身处黑暗的地底古墓，也绝不放弃追求自由的微光！

在遥远的星球上，住着一群绿毛、大眼睛的原住民。
他们喜爱做清明梦，依靠森林，过着与世无争的生活。
一天，一群贪婪的殖民者来到这里，破坏了原有的一切。
绝望的原住民，开始报复。
然而，对入侵者的每一次报复，也是对自己人性的一次摧残。
他们一步一步，离昔日的自我越来越远。
杀戮一旦开始，没有人能再回到原点。
宇宙深处有一面镜子，可以看见真正的自己。

这是一个人寻找乌托邦的故事。
阿纳瑞斯和乌拉斯，是一对双子星球，都有人类居住。
但这两个星球，一个不堪，令人想逃离；一个理想，令人向往。
一个人为追求理想，逃离阿纳瑞斯，投奔理想世界乌拉斯。
在那里，却发现了另一种残酷的现实。
身处现实与理想的两端，他该何去何从？
理想不是一切，但失去理想如同失去一切。
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◆ 理想不是一切，但失去理想如同失去一切。
◆ 村上春树：厄休拉•勒古恩的文字极为优美丰富，是我钟爱的女作家。
◆ 《纽约时报》：勒古恩文笔极为出色、简练，其作品令人折服。有她这部作品，至少十年内都不该再有人尝试写乌托邦。
◆ 《时代周刊》：勒古恩笔下的角色复杂饱满，让人难忘。她的作品因其无穷的魅力而不凡。
◆ 《波士顿环球报》：勒古恩，一个伟大的小说家，创造了一个令我们重拾信心、卸下负担、回归自我的幻想世界。
◆ 《纽约时报》：勒古恩是美国当今科幻小说作家中数一数二的伟大作家。
◆ 《黑暗的左手》三部曲还包括以下精彩作品：
《黑暗的左手》：在宇宙尽头的陌生人身上，看到了另一个自己。
《世界的词语是森林》：宇宙深处有一面镜子，可以看见真正的自己。
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厄休拉•勒古恩的文字极为优美丰富，是我钟爱的女作家。
——村上春树
勒古恩文笔极为出色、简练，其作品令人折服。有她这部作品，至少十年内都不该再有人尝试写乌托邦。
——《纽约时报》
勒古恩笔下的角色复杂饱满，让人难忘。她的作品因其无穷的魅力而不凡。
——《时代周刊》
勒古恩，一个伟大的小说家，创造了一个令我们重拾信心、卸下负担、回归自我的幻想世界。
——《波士顿环球报》
勒古恩是美国当今科幻小说作家中数一数二的伟大作家。
——《纽约时报》

一切纷乱均从失去力量的咒语发端……
巫师不识真言，无法操控力量；工匠抛弃技艺，歌者遗忘诗歌；人们恍惚度日，不求谋生，却苦寻不朽。地海大法师格得带著年轻热忱的英拉德王子亚刃，启程追寻邪恶的根源、乱象的症结，却不知前方有什么在等候他们。他们只能一径向边陲航行──从神秘未知的龙屿，到漂流民的海洋游群，再到一无活物的死域，最终抵达无人涉足的极远彼岸。
在那彼岸，等待着他们的将是最后的艰苦试炼……

在本卷中，地海的世界已重归完整，黎白南于黑佛诺正式加冕为王，然而地海各处仍百废待兴，一时间世相艰险、邪恶盛行。
曾是峨团陵墓第一女祭司的恬娜，如今只是个孀居的中年妇人。一日她与遭受虐待、身负火伤的孤儿瑟鲁相遇，两人相依为命，共同度过艰苦生活；曾经的大法师格得，如今力量尽失，已成一个平凡之人，甚至受人欺辱、无力还击。在这黎明前的黑暗中，灾厄与患难接二连三地袭向主角们，邪恶的迫害令他们命悬一线，在这千钧一发的时刻，意想不到之人向他们伸出了援手，地海世界的终极真相在众人面前悄然揭开……

Decades before Hogwarts, Ursula K. Le Guin invited young readers to wizard school in her classic Earthsea fantasy series, and dazzled the science fiction world with masterworks like The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin tells the groundbreaking author's story in her own words, sprinkled with stunning animation and commentary from literary luminaries like Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, and Michael Chabon. Produced with Le Guin's participation over ten years, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a breathtaking journey through the late writer's career and her worlds, both real and fantastic.

“地海传奇”系列是人类历史上最伟大的奇幻小说之一，自1968年出版以来，被译成20多种语言，深受全世界读者的喜爱。本书是系列的第五本，曾获得努力号奖、轨迹奖等多个奖项，共收录五篇中短篇小说和一篇《地海风土志》。
这里有创建柔克学院的悲壮过程，有地海流传的动人爱情故事，有弓忒大地震的真相，有格得担任大法师时期的惊险战斗和他老师欧吉安年轻时代的遭遇，不仅完整地展现了地海世界的历史、地理、住民、风俗与魔法，将地海世界的前世今生娓娓道来，更将开启一场波澜壮阔的崭新冒险。
《寻查师》：很久很久以前，在动荡的年代，有一群人曾默默对抗高压暴政，以勇气与远见创建了地海巫师学院。
《钻石与黑玫瑰》：是终生守贞，成为巫师；还是放弃力量，追求真爱？一个发生在地海的动人爱情故事，也是关于选择和勇气的故事。
《大地之骨》：格得第一位老师欧吉安年轻时代的故事。在大地震面前，为了保护岛屿，曾有一个人献出自己的生命，成为大地之骨。
《高泽上》：一个遭人欺凌的“乞丐”，竟是曾令大法师格得也无法招架的强者。
《蜻蜓》：承接《地海传奇4：地海孤儿》与《地海传奇6：地海奇风》的故事。一位不甘于传统的女孩想挑战巫师学院对女性的禁令，却给柔克带来了几乎倾覆的危机。
《地海风土志》：介绍地海世界的历史、地理、住民、风俗与魔法，是您畅游地海世界的最佳导览。

《变化的位面》这本书是一个新型写作方法的实验品，它以一种精心设计的格式将异世界的游记和异形生物的调查报告有机地组合在一起，整本书的可读性非常强……书中充斥着斯威夫特式的讽刺，而幻想的部分则与道格拉斯·亚当斯的《银河系漫游指南》有异曲同工之妙……作者似乎轻轻巧巧地突破了类型作家的局限，书中遍布各种各样的新奇故事：有富于教育意义的寓言，也有介绍异界风俗的逸闻，还有凄凉的恐怖故事和栩栩如生的喜剧，每个故事都能引人深思。《变化的位面》中的每一篇小文章都能满足那些喜爱富于想象力和智慧的小说的读者。这是一部非常有趣的著作，而作者则是全世界最富智慧和最有创造力的作家……或者我们应该说，不管在哪个世界，我们这位叫勒奎恩的作者都是最棒的。

DARKNESS THREATENS to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it. With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Years before, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost to him not by choice.A lifetime ago, they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Now they must join forces again, to help another -- the physically and emotionally scarred child whose own destiny remains to be revealed.With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea —“…reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago,” (David Mitchell)—comes this complete omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles, including over fifty illustrations illuminating Le Guin’s vision of her classic saga.
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature—they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.
Now for the first time ever, they’re all together in one volume—including the early short stories, Le Guin’s “Earthsea Revisioned” Oxford lecture, and a new Earthsea story, never before printed.
With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way.
[Stories include: “A Wizard of Earthsea”, “The Tombs of Atuan”, “The Farthest Shore”, “Tehanu”, “Tales From Earthsea”, “The Other Wind”, “The Rule of Names”, “The Word of Unbinding”, “The Daughter of Odren”, and “Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture at Oxford University”.]
With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings—but also unlike anything but themselves—this edition is perfect for those new to the world of Earthsea, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: to know Earthsea is to love it.

"In this stellar collection...Ursula K. Le Guin makes a triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea."* Featuring a new Earthsea novella, two original stories and two classic tales, plus new maps and a special essay on Earthsea's history, languages, literature and magic, this is "a major event in fantasy literature" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
"A writer of depth who recognizes that not all fantasy venues are created equal...Le Guin's combination of opaque simplicity and transparent complexity, the quotidian and the miraculous, as well as her sharp and subtle characterizations, make for stories that stand shoulder to shoulder with ancient archetypal fairy tales and fables." (Washington Post Book World)

The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, five Hugo Awards and five Nebula Awards, the renowned writer Ursula K. Le Guin has, in each story and novel, created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in The Birthday of the World, this gifted artist returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity. </p>

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET
World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel