Ep 598 - A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? If you're a wizard of Earthsea, you can make it smell however you want if you know it's TRUE name. LeGuin's beloved fantasy novel is notable for how it plays both against and into common fantasy tropes, delivering a proper hero's journey without the same Sturm und Drang we've come to expect in the genre.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Craig with a special announcement.
0:07.4	We've got a special recording coming up on Friday, July 14th.
0:12.9	We're going to be celebrating our 600th episode talking about Percy Jackson, the lightning
0:19.4	thief.
0:21.2	Usually we do live streams with some of our Patreon supporters, but to celebrate this
0:25.8	milestone, we'd love all of you to join us.
0:29.0	Please go to bit.ly-slash-overdo-600, and you can join us for this special recording
0:37.9	on Friday, July 14th, 815pm Eastern Time.
0:45.3	bit.ly-slash-overdo-600.
0:49.4	Hope to see you there, and thanks for listening as long as however long you've been listening.
0:55.3	Enjoy this week's episode, everybody.
0:59.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot.
1:22.6	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
1:25.7	My name is Craig.
1:26.7	My name is Andrew.
1:28.8	We have given you power over us just now by telling you our true names.
1:36.6	Yes.
1:37.6	You don't know that I told them my true name.
1:40.6	Did you tell them your true name this whole time?
1:43.4	They have such power over us, Andrew.
1:45.4	We must have been telling them our true names over the 600 episodes.
1:50.7	Maybe you are, but I don't tell my true name to anybody.
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