Geodyssey · Book 1
Isle of Woman
- Published
- 1 January 1993
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9785551963431
- Type
- novel
About this book
Isle of Woman (1993, 448 pages) opens Geodyssey, Piers Anthony's fictionalized survey of human prehistory following the same handful of recurring reincarnated souls -- broadly a leader, a shaman/artist, a worker, and others -- beginning with prehistoric human migration out of Africa.
Its place in Geodyssey
Isle of Woman is book 1 in the Geodyssey series. It is followed by Shame of Man. See the full Geodyssey reading order.
Geodyssey traces the same handful of recurring souls — reincarnated across tens of thousands of years, from prehistoric human migration out of Africa through the rise of agriculture, early civilization, and eventually the modern era — using each incarnation's story to dramatize a different stage of human cultural and technological development. Rather than a single continuous plot, the series is closer to a fictionalized survey of human prehistory and history: each book picks up the same small ensemble of…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9785551963431