false 189147 29 <I>To Your Scattered Bodies Go</I> 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?<p> 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. <I>--Craig E. Engler</I> 3171254 book 1971 To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld 1) total:1132|5:13|4:18|3:13|2:4|1:1| 1132 4351 1541 80 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Sat Dec 20 12:28:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 03:43:35 -0800 2009 A very Kilgore Troutish book. Farmer comes up with a phenomenal idea: a world where every human being who's ever lived has been resurrected, to spend the rest of eternity coming to terms with each other along the banks of a gigantic river. Unfortunately, after a few chapters it becomes clear t...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 14 13:25:16 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 08:57:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 19:29:15 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 19:51:30 -0700 2009 1 Philip Jose Farmer's basic premise is both simple and complex: in the far-flung future every person who has every lived and died in Earth's history (up to 2008) is reborn in prime condition at age 25 on the banks of a seemingly endless river. The lead character, adventurer and writer Sir Francis Bur...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 03:53:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 04:12:40 -0700 2009
So says John Collop, one of the few remaining spiritual (read: religious) people left reincarnated in the Riverworld. Although his appearance is rather as brief as a cameo within the novel To Your Scattered Bodies Go, he represents a variety of ho...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 07:48:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:45:57 -0700 2009
the praise that I've read regarding this book mostly lies in its premise. Seemingly everyone who has ever died fi...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat May 31 19:00:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 16:34:33 -0700 2008 Everyone that ever lived on earth has been cloned and deposited on an alien world, dominated by a huge ( you guessed it) river.

What happened? Who did this? What the heck is going on? A band of assorted historical characters are thrown toget...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 18:37:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 18:42:06 -0700 2009
It is not hard sci-fi, I'd say it is more similar to fantasy. Also, it has that questing type of plot. You know, first the protagonist goe...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 13:42:23 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 08:51:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 17 12:04:45 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 12:20:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 14:27:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 14:52:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 12 08:41:46 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 10:36:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 06:30:23 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 10:03:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 26 03:53:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 01 08:30:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 21:10:32 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 21:23:34 -0700 2007
I just finished the first novel in the old series, To Your Scattered Bodies Go. I had heard of the author, but was prompted to read it after I saw a 2-hour pilot/movie on the SciFi Channel. I knew of the author, Farmer, through Vonnegut. They both began writing around the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 22 15:01:48 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:10:37 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 13:28:22 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 13:34:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Tue Sep 15 01:10:45 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 01:16:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 18 19:43:27 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 19:43:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 17:55:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:55:17 -0800 2009 two or three more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 13:19:25 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 13:22:20 -0800 2009 more...]]>