Ursula K. Le Guin

The Farthest Shore is a young-adult fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by Atheneum in 1972. It is the third book in the series commonly called the Earthsea Cycle. As the next Earthsea novel, Tehanu, would not be released until 1990, The Farthest Shore is sometimes referred to as …

Chapbook compilation of the title essay, the story, "The Rule of Names," a doublespread Earthsea map, Le Guin's National Book Award acceptance speech, and an interview with Le Guin by Jonathan Ward.