Philip José Farmer
Paperback | Pages: 220 pages Rating: 3.95 | 27601 Users | 828 Reviews
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| Original Title: | To Your Scattered Bodies Go |
| ISBN: | 0345419677 (ISBN13: 9780345419675) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Riverworld #1 |
| Characters: | Richard Francis Burton, Hermann Göring, Alice Liddell |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (1972), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1972) |
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the Hugo Award-winning beginning to the story of Riverworld, 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 (plus a few nonhumans) 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. --Craig E. Engler
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| Title | : | To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld #1) |
| Author | : | Philip José Farmer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 220 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 1998 by Del Rey (first published 1971) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Hugo Awards. Science Fiction Fantasy. Adventure. Speculative Fiction |
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Revisit 2015 is via audio file 07:42:33Description: To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the Hugo Award-winning beginning to the story of Riverworld, 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 (plus a few nonhumans) find themselves as the epic Riverworld sagaThere is really a lot to love in this book. First--the inventive idea of coming back to life on a foreign planet with everyone else who has ever lived. Second--now all the characters must live with each other and other hsitorical figures, how does one get along with so many different people displaced from time. Third--just survival on a foreign planet. There is a lot to wrap your mind around in this book, especially when it comes to social interaction with various kinds of people and characters.
I don't like to write negative reviews. If I didn't like a book, why waste even more time? I'm throwing this together because I'd read a number of bad reviews for To Your Scattered Bodies Go, but they didn't stop me. The premise sounded so good that I picked it up anyhow. So, I'm writing the review that would have turned me away. You might fall in love with the Riverworld series -- I'm writing this to turn past-me away, not necessarily you. It tickled my fancy to imagine every human that ever
For me, the appeal of Speculative Fiction is the breadth and depth of its scope. An author is free to explore the most difficult questions and imagine worlds vastly different from anything we have ever experienced. Though all literature is concerned with what it means to be human, few outside of Sci Fi go to such lengths to ask what it means to be capable of thought and self-knowledgeHowever, there is a drawback. Often, authors succumb to the temptation to create a world so new, so different, so
I read this many years ago, but never wanted to read any more in the series. As time went by, I forgot why, so I thought I'd reread it & see. The description makes this sound really neat & it is, but it's also disappointing. It's certainly open ended enough that I should want to continue, but I don't - again.It starts off with a great idea. Everyone is reborn into their body at their prime. They have plenty of food, no disease or insects, & a great climate with abundant natural
Good novel. Totally weird, creepy, bizarre, alternative Earth, populated with resurrected humanity.
Mayyybe 2.5Some real character building here - there's Burton, who, realistically, is almost the only person out of 36 billion intent on figuring out how the world works. There's Alice, who is a bit of a stickler for Victorian morals but has a great figure. Frigate, who wikipedia claims is a stand-in for the author. Wilfrida, who has a great figure. Herman Goering, who eventually works his way toward salvation. Luga, who would be pretty if only her lips were better, but has a great figure. The
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