The Rule of Names
short fiction 1964 Earthsea Cycle
Record
| First published | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062470904 |
Synopsis
The Rule of Names is set on Sattins Island, where the unassuming wizard Underhill lives quietly in a hilltop cave. His peace is disrupted when a mysterious stranger arrives seeking a treasure allegedly stolen by a dragon, leading to a shapeshifting magical confrontation that turns on the power of true names.
Where it sits
- Universe: Earthsea Cycle
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Notes
- Fantastic, April 1964; collected in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975). Proto-Earthsea.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Earthsea Cycle (standalone work): position 2 of 11: previous The Word of Unbinding (1964) · next A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
Sources
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