Woodcarvers

Instead it was a list of Singers and their life stories -- of Woodcarvers and Treedancers, of Teachers and Housemakers.

Enjoyment 2010

Barely forty messages had they exchanged, but enough to learn about the Tines and Mr. Steel and the evil Woodcarvers.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Woodcarvers council chamber was at the large extreme; it was not a cozy place.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Before the Flenser Movement, Woodcarvers had been the most famous city-state west of the Icefangs.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

The nations of the south could not easily send armies as far as Woodcarvers.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Even now Steel's spies were reporting that the Woodcarvers had taken the bait, that their small army and their crude cannon had begun the overland trek up the coast.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

And she believed him when he said that a high fly-by wouldn't scare the Woodcarvers off.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

There was always something: problems with the Tines 'developments, fears that the murderous Woodcarvers might attack Mr. Steel, worries about the steadily degrading drive spines and Zone turbulence that slowed OOB's progress even further.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

They were up against a crew of murderers that had not hesitated to ambush a starship; the Woodcarvers needed a real demonstration.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Ravna found it hard to accept that no matter what the four of them did, saving Jefri from the Woodcarvers would be partly a matter of luck.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992