Book Beginnings - A Wizard of Earthsea

Book Beginnings is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader. Share the first sentence (or so) of a book you are currently reading, along with your initial thoughts and impressions about the sentence or book. Remember to include the title of the book and the author AND link up at the Rose City Reader

The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards. From the town in its high valleys and the ports on its dark narrow bays many a Gontishman has gone forth to serve the Lords of the Archipelago in their cities as wizard or mage, or, looking for adventure, to wander working magic from the isle to isle of all Earthsea. Of these some say the greatest, and surely the greatest voyager, was the man called Sparrowhawk, who in his day became both dragonlord and Archmage. 

I like this beginning. From reading it I know its going to be about a  revered man named Sparrowhawk. I don't really like that name...Sparrowhawk....but I do like the character because he's flawed. I'm about halfway through, and I'll probably finish it today and write a review (something I haven't done in a long time)

I'm of that generation where anything in a book concerning adventures in wizardry almost always gets compared to Harry Potter, but LeGuin...she's on a different plane. I don't want to say on another level, but just in a different space. I'm actually drawing more connections to Skyrim than Harry Potter. I  recently started a new playthrough as mage, rather than greatsword wielding tank...so I have Skyrim on the brain while reading. I digress a little. It's pretty good. It's the first of four books.