Riverworld

Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat

Philip Jose Farmer

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"Charts a territory somewhere between Gulliver's Travels and The Lord of the Rings."
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat
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Imagine that every human who ever lived, from the earliest Neanderthals to the present, is resurrected after death on the banks of an astonishing and seemingly endless river on an unknown world. They are miraculously provided with food, but with not a clue to the possible meaning of this strange afterlife. And so billions of people from history, and before, must start living again.

Some set sail on the great river questing for the meaning of their resurrection, and to find and confront their mysterious benefactors. On this long journey, we meet Sir Richard Francis Burton, Mark Twain, Odysseus, Cyrano de Bergerac, and many others, most of whom embark upon searches of their own in this huge afterlife.

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1 His wife had held him in her arms as if she could keep death away from him. He had cried out, “My God, I am a dead man!” The door to the room had opened, and he had seen a giant, black, one- humped camel outside and had heard the tinkle of the bells on its harness as the hot desert wind touched them. Then a huge black face topped by a great black turban had appeared in the doorway. The black eunuch had come in through the door, moving like a cloud, with a gi­gantic scimitar in his hand.

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Ben  rated it  
Aug 12, 2010
Great book. It combines high fiction with low fiction. Both of the books within tell great stories and reveal a lot of interesting questions about life. If you are into science fiction, this is a must read. ...more
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Erin  rated it  
Feb 2, 2012
Brilliant premise. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this series sooner. Seems very original. ...more
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Tim  rated it  
Sep 30, 2011
Luv this guys style, using very interesting historical figures as main characters, makes it so much more fun to read, I wanted to learn everything about burton Clemens etc after reading this and the rest of the series ...more
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Philip José Farmer was one of the great SF writers of the 20th Century. He lived in Peoria, Illinois.

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Riverworld
Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat
Philip Jose Farmer

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
March 2010
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ISBN: 9780765326522
ISBN10: 0765326523
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 448 pages
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