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TALES FROM
EARTHSEA


Ursula K. Le Guin

Copyright (c) 2001 by Ursula K. Le Guin All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
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Permissions Department, Harcourt, Inc., 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777.
www.harcourt.com "Darkrose and Diamond" first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction.
Copyright (c) 1999 by Ursula K. Le Guin. "Dragonfly" first appeared in Legends.
Copyright (c) 1997 by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-
Tales from Earthsea/Ursula K. Le Guin.-1st ed. p. cm. Contents: The finder-Darkrose and
Diamond-The bones of the earth-
On the high marsh-Dragonfly-A description of Earthsea.
Summary: Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events which occur
before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages,
history and magic of the place.
ISBN 0-15-100561-3 I. Fantasy fiction, American, [I. Fantasy. 2. Short stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.L52I5 Tal 2001 [Fic]-dc21 2001016554
Designed by Linda Lockowitz Text set in Adobe Jenson First edition ACBGIKJHFDB
Printed in the United States of America
Contents

Foreword
The Finder
Darkrose and Diamond
The Bones of the Earth
On the High Marsh Dragonfly
A Description of Earthsea

Foreword

AT THE END OF THE fourth book of Earthsea, Tehanu, the story had arrived at what I felt to be now.
And, just as in the now of the so-called real world, I didn't know what would happen next. I could
guess, foretell, fear, hope, but I didn't know.
Unable to continue Tehanu's story (because it hadn't happened yet) and foolishly assuming that the
story of Ged and Tenar had reached its happily-ever-after, I gave the book a subtitle: "The Last
Book of Earthsea."
O foolish writer. Now moves. Even in storytime, dreamtime, once-upon-a time, now isn't then.
Seven or eight years after Tehanu was published, I was asked to write a story set in Earthsea. A
mere glimpse at the place told me that things had been happening there while I wasn't looking. It