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Riverworld - by Philip Jose Farmer (Hardcover)

Name: Riverworld - by Philip Jose Farmer (Hardcover)
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From award-winning author Philip Jose Farmer comes his most famous science fiction work: the first combined edition of the first two Riverworld novels, To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat.The basis of the 2010 television miniseries from Syfy.
About the Author: Hugo award-winning author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) was one of the great science fiction writers of the 20th Century, and the Riverworld books are generally considered his masterpiece.
448 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
Series Name: Riverworld

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From award-winning author Philip Jose Farmer comes his most famous science fiction work: the first combined edition of the first two Riverworld novels, To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat.

The basis of the 2010 television miniseries from Syfy.

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.

"Charts a territory somewhere between Gulliver's Travels and The Lord of the Rings."--Time

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"[A] jolting conception, brought off with tremendous skill." --The Times (London)

"Impressively imaginative and well-researched." --Evening Standard (London)

"One of the most imaginative worlds in science fiction!" --Booklist

About the Author

Hugo award-winning author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) was one of the great science fiction writers of the 20th Century, and the Riverworld books are generally considered his masterpiece. He lived in Peoria, Illinois.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.45 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 448

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Science Fiction

Series Title: Riverworld

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

Theme: Action & Adventure

Format: Hardcover

Author: Philip Jose Farmer

Language: English

Street Date: March 30, 2010

TCIN: 82927238

UPC: 9780765326522

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-5140

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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