Geodyssey · Book 1

Isle of Woman

Published
1 January 1993
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9785551963431
Type
novel
Cover of Isle of Woman

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.

Key facts about Isle of Woman

Piers Anthony wrote Isle of Woman, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1993. The book has 448 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9785551963431 to find the main one.

Isle of Woman is book 1 of 5 in the Geodyssey series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, Piers Anthony writes Battle Circle, Of Man and Manta and Jason Striker, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, action thriller and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Three Novel Nymphs is the latest published Piers Anthony book on file, from 2025.

About Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony is a prolific British-born American author best known for Xanth, his long-running comic fantasy series built around magical puns and wordplay, which has run to more than forty novels since 1977. See every Piers Anthony book in order.

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…

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