Series: Riverworld
by Author Philip José Farmer
The Gods of Riverworld (1998)
What a bleak view of humanity this book presents! The only semi-believable emotion portrayed is anger and there is a LOT of violence, especially since these are supposed to be the new & improved humans who finally made it to the mysterious tower on Riverworld. They soon prove themselves to be as ...
The Magic Labyrinth (1998)
WARNING: This review contains spoilers! Read at your own risk!"This fourth book in the classic Riverworld series continues the adventures of Samuel Clemens and Sir Richard Francis Burton as they travel through Farmer's strange and wonderful Riverworld, a place where everyone who ever lived is si...
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1998)
Here's the premise: all of mankind is reborn, all at once, on a planet custom made for the purpose. If you think about this for a few minutes, you'll probably come up with all sorts of possibilities: anthropological exploration, meeting famous historical figures, fights with savages from variou...
The Fabulous Riverboat (1998)
The book itself is good. It's part of a series that is a single story, so the ending isn't the end, and therefore somewhat unsatisfying. I assume that will resolve itself as I finish the series. But I've been meaning to rant about 'introductions' for quite some time now, and the introduction t...