Happy birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin

2008-10-21T16:22:47Z in geography, cartography

79 today. Geography was a key ingredient in her Earthsea novels (which I read again earlier this year, and the Other Wind for the first time). Did you know that her website has maps of Earthsea?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2961979462_6353fecd06_d.jpg

Is that crayon? I've been looking at a lot of crayon coloring lately, and would swear it is. Cool! Maps of Archaic Latium from her new novel, Lavinia, are also available from her site.

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1Re: Happy birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin

matt, 2008-10-21T18:59:10Z
I just reread the series this year too. I loved the maps, finding myself thumbing back to them just about every time locations are mentioned in the novels. The geography is extremely important to the storyline.

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