The trouble with Harry

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at ...> wrote:
>
> On 8/9/07, Barry Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at ...> wrote:
> > --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Mike & Susan Gray" <mikesusangray@> 
wrote:
> > >
> > > >Genuine question.
> > > >Can anyone think of a story of this genre where *the* main character
> > > >is the sharpest knife in the cutlery drawer, a fantasy lead who's, say,
> > > >the equivalent of Sherlock Holmes in whodunnits?
> > >
> > > Ged.
> > >
> > > Though it takes a while.
> > >
> > > Baaaaaa!
> > >
> > > Mike Gray (a.k.a. Aberforth's Goat, who is rather proud of having fashioned
> > > a genuine almost-one-liner.)
> >
> > Who he?
> >
> > Kneasy
> > who can demonstrate his ignorance with two words.
> 
> The main character from Earthsea series.
>

Ursula La Guin?
Quality writer.
Familiar with her SF books (The Left Hand of Darkness is up there on 
the all-time classics list) but I've never delved into her wizarding stuff.

> I add the Wicked Witch of the West from Wicked, and Jenna from Sister
> Light, Sister Dark.
> 

Don't know those either.
*Sigh*
Too many books, not enough time.

Kneasy