The Steerswoman - Rosemary Kirstein • BookLikes (ISBN:0345357620)

The Steerswoman

by: Rosemary Kirstein (author)

3.59 110

A fantasy with an underlying theme that sets rationality and science against the unknown world of magic and superstition. The heroine is a steerswoman, one of a group of mapmakers and fact collectors who is intrigued when she discovers some blue stones embedded in trees.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780345357625 (0345357620)

Publish date: August 13th 1989

Publisher: Del Rey Books

Pages no: 279

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, High Fantasy

Series: The Steerswoman -2 (#1)

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Mike Finn rated it

6 years ago

http://mikefinn.booklikes.com Mike Finn 4.0 “The Steerswoman – The Steerswoman #1” by Rosemary Kirstein

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I love it when you pick up a book with neutral expectations and within a single chapter, find yourself looking for extra reading time in the day so that you can stay in the flow of the story. "The Steerswoman" gave that to me on the morning I opened it. It was an intriguing blend of the familiar (...

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ken rated it

10 years ago

http://ken.booklikes.com ken 4.0 The Steerswoman

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Delightful, fast read and a great entry to an interesting world. I saw the series (which is apparently not finished yet) being mentioned in /r/fantasy and decided that the blurb sounded interesting enough. And I am really glad I did. Looking at the genres assigned to this book my suspicions about th...

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By Singing Light rated it

10 years ago

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I went to the trouble of getting this one through inter-library loan and then discovered that my library owns a omnibus edition of the first two books! I guess I shouldn’t feel too badly, since the ILL folks didn’t catch it either. Anyway, I’m still going to count it for my ILL reading challenge. ...

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christinaochs rated it

10 years ago

http://christinaochs.booklikes.com christinaochs 5.0 The Steerswoman

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irst published in 1989, The Steerswoman gained a small but devoted following. These poor people had to wait ELEVEN YEARS between books two and three, so I should probably quit whining. Published as ebooks in 2013, they seem to be gaining in popularity, as well they should.Rowan is a steerswoman, a ...

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