false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166725188m/16536.jpg 16536 22 In <I>To Your Scattered Bodies Go</I>, Philip José Farmer introduces readers to the awesome Riverworld, a planet carved into one large river on whose shores all of humanity throughout the ages has seemingly been resurrected. In <I>The Fabulous Riverboat</I>, he tells of one person whose is uniquely suited to find the river's headwaters, riverboat captain & author Sam Clemens, aka Mark Twain. Clemens has been visited by X, a mysterious being who claims to be a rebel among the group that created Riverworld. X tells Clemens where he can find a large deposit of iron & other materials for building the greatest riverboat ever seen. Since there is virtually no metal on the planet, it will also give Clemens an unbeatable edge when it comes to battling the various warlike societies that dominate the Riverworld. But Clemens is not alone in his quest for the iron, which arrives on the planet in the form of a giant meteorite. In fact, Clemens is besieged on all sides by forces determined to seize the precious ore, leading him to make a deadly pact with one of history's most notorious villains, John Lackland. Lackland's crimes during his reign as king of England were so hideous that no other English monarch will ever carry his name, & he's up to equally nefarious tricks on Riverworld. However, Clemens has a guardian angel in the form of Joe Miller, a giant subhuman with a big nose, a serious lisp & a cutting wit. Miller has also been to the very headwaters of the river, where he saw a mysterious tower in the middle of the North Sea & where the creators of Riverworld are thought to reside. He will be an invaluable ally in completing the riverboat & sailing to the headwaters, but even an 800-pound giant may not be enough to help Clemens fulfill X's mission.--Craig E. Engler (edited) 18220 book 1971 The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld 2) total:691|5:8|4:10|3:8|2:2|1:1| 691 2569 888 21 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 20:50:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 21:17:29 -0700 2009 To Your Scattered Bodies Go was pure sci-fi adventure, The Fabulous Riverboat gives its focus to sci-fi action.

The second of five novels delving into Philip José Gardner's fantastic Riverworld saga, The reader follows the exploits of Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens. Tortu...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 02:07:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 00:37:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 08:46:52 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 21:57:06 -0800 2009
His protagonist is an unfunny Mark Twain, whose occasional...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 14:08:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 15:17:00 -0700 2008
Although it is reasonably well written, I preferred To Your Scattered B...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 26 21:10:36 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 21:55:21 -0700 2007 The Fabulous Riverboat. The second novel of Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld saga begins roughly 20 years after the first book, To Our Scattered Bodies Go. People have adapted to the world reborn and harnessed as much technology that the Riverworld has to offer. The abundance of raw materials, sp...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Tue Sep 15 11:19:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:23:25 -0700 2009 1
While the concept of the Riverworld mightily impressed me at the out...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 26 18:26:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 18:26:31 -0800 2009
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