Synopsis
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Welcome
to Riverworld.
It is not like our
world - or any
world that can be
imagined by anyone
but Philip Jose
Farmer. It
is huge and
mysterious.
It has a central
river, rimmed by
mountains, with a
hidden source and
an unknown
end. Reborn
there is every
last soul who ever
lived on Earth -
from prehistoric
apemen to
moondwelling
future
civilisations.
Reborn there is
Sir Richard
Francis Burton,
translator of The
Arabian Nights,
explorer, brawler,
scholar, womaniser
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adventurer.
His quest to
discover the end
of the river, the
meaning of the
world's existence
- and the lovely
Alice Hargreaves
(the real-life
model for Alice in
Wonderland) form a
science fiction
adventure that is
recognised as a
classic. |