How the Gwynne Revisited the World With Different Perspectives

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If folks have read the other books and can kind of shed light on what happens in the first trilogy I would love to hear about that. Please send us an email at overdo pod at gmail.com figure out which ads you need to type you'll you'll get there. Tell us about Earthsea or a cool fantasy video game you're playing on social media whichever social media services still exists by the time you hear this podcast. Join us on July 14th at 8 15 p.m. Eastern for our 600 episode bit.ly slash overdue 600 we're talking about Percy Jackson.

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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