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onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga #1)
by Philip Jose Farmer
And finally, something completely different. This Hugo Award winner starts off this classic fantasy series. It's a fun read, albeit a bit off-kilter for those who are not fans of the fantasy genre, so I'll let Amazon explain it...
Amazon says:
This is Philip José Farmer's unequaled tale about life after death. When famous adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton dies, the last thing he expects to do is awaken naked on a foreign planet along the shores of a seemingly endless river. But that's where Burton and billions of other humans find themselves as the epic Riverworld saga begins. It seems that all of Earthly humanity has been resurrected on the planet, each with an indestructible container that provides three meals a day, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, a lighter, and the odd tube of lipstick. But why? And by whom?
That's what Burton and a handful of fellow adventurers are determined to discover as they construct a boat and set out in search of the river's source, thought to be millions of miles away. Although there are many hardships during the journey -- including an encounter with the infamous Hermann Goring -- Burton's resolve to complete his quest is strengthened by a visit from the Mysterious Stranger, a being who claims to be a renegade within the very group that created the Riverworld. The stranger tells Burton that he must make it to the river's headwaters, along with a dozen others the Stranger has selected, to help stop an evil experiment at the end of which humanity will simply be allowed to die.
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|$11.16
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by Philip Jose Farmer
Amazon says:
Resurrected on the lush, mysterious banks of Riverworld, along with the rest of humanity, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) has a dream: to build a riverboat that will rival the most magnificent paddle-wheelers ever navigated on the mighty Mississippi. Then, to steer it up the endless waterway that dominates his new home planet--and at last discover its hidden source.
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240 page paperback
|$11.20
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onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Dark Design (#3)
by Philip Jose Farmer
(Mark Twain, Sir Richard Burton, Cyrano de Bergerac... how cool is this?)
Amazon says:
Years have passed on Riverworld, yet the truth about the Ethicals, the powerful engineers of this mysterious "afterlife," remains unknown. A curious cross-section of humanity is determined to change that situation... at any cost.
Intrepid explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton leads the most remarkable voyage of discovery he has ever undertaken and hot on his heels are Samuel Clemens, King John of England, and Cyrano de Bergerac.
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464 page paperback
|$10.17
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by Philip Jose Farmer
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The answers behind the enigmatic origins of Riverworld lie at last within reach, as the remarkable gathering of Earthlings -- including Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the real-life Alice in Wonderland), Cyrano de Bergerac, Ulysses S. Grant, and Baron Von Richtoven -- finally breaches the stronghold of Riverworld's extraordinary super-race.
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416 page paperback
|$11.16
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by Philip Jose Farmer
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Thirty-five billion people from throughout Earth's history were resurrected along the great and winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew, but a rebellious handful burned to confront the unseen masters who controlled their fate.
Now Riverworld's omnipotent leaders have been confronted, and the renegades of Riverworld -- led by the intrepid Sir Richard Francis Burton -- control the fantastic mechanism that once ruled them. But the most awesome challenge lies ahead. For in the vast corridors and secret rooms of the tower stronghold, an unknown enemy watches and waits to usurp the usurpers...
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336 page paperback
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by Philip Jose Farmer
A collection of short stories that includes the original tale that kicked off the series above.
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edited by Philip Jose Farmer
A collection of short stories (only one by Farmer) set in the Riverworld... world.
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onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Quest to Riverworld
edited by Philip Jose Farmer
Another collection of short stories (two by Farmer this time) set in the Riverworld... world.
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328 page paperback
|$14.47
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