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Riverworld Series

This series embarks on a remarkable journey beyond life and death, blending historical figures with fantastical premises. Readers will follow the extraordinary lives of iconic individuals from diverse eras and cultures, all brought together in a peculiar afterlife. They will unravel the mysteries of existence and seek meaning in unexpected adventures. It's a tale of eternal quests for truth and the exploration of humanity's ultimate limits.

Gods Riverworld
The magic labyrinth Philip José Farmer
Le Labyrinthe Magique
The Dark Design
The Fabulous Riverboat
To Your Scattered Bodies Go

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    To Your Scattered Bodies Go

    • 208 pages
    • 8 hours of reading
    3.7(134)Add rating

    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

    To Your Scattered Bodies Go
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    The Dark Design

    • 464 pages
    • 17 hours of reading
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    Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld. Once there, he hopes to learn the secret of the mysterious tower that dominates the landscape and find the answer to his most urgent question: could the tower contain the Ethicals, the enigmatic beings that created Riverworld? Meanwhile, Jill Gulbirra is challenged for the job of piloting the airship by none other than Cyrano de Bergerac. As if there were not enough challenges facing the crew, they soon suspect there is an agent of the Ethicals among their number, plotting their destruction ..

    The Dark Design
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    Le Labyrinthe Magique

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    Tous les mystères du Fleuve sont en effet, ici, dévoilés. Pourquoi les Ethiques ont-ils ressuscité l'humanité ? Et comment s'y sont-ils pris ? Pourquoi y a-t-il eu entre eux des dissensions ? Quels étaient les mystérieux comploteurs cosmiques ? La série du Fleuve de l'éternité est un des chefs-d'œuvre de la science-fiction. Mêlant science-fiction, aventures et histoire, elle a reçu le prix Hugo pour son premier titre, Le Monde du Fleuve, publié dans la même collection. Le Labyrinthe magique est le quatrième volume d'une fresque qui, en définitive, en comportera cinq. En effet, Philipp José Farmer n'a pu se résoudre à délaisser sa création. Dans un cinquième volume, qui va au-delà du Labyrinthe magique, il révèle les secrets des Dieux du fleuve. Le cycle du Fleuve de l'éternité, qui compte parmi les chefs-d'œuvre incontestés de la science-fiction, comprend cinq volumes : Le Monde du fleuve (prix Hugo), Le Bateau fabuleux, Le Noir Dessein, Le Labyrinthe magique, Les Dieux du fleuve.

    Le Labyrinthe Magique
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    The magic labyrinth Philip José Farmer

    3.3(76)Add rating

    Here are all mysteries revealed, all quests completed, in the fabulous planet of Riverworld THE MAGIC LABYRINTH is the most heralded science fiction event of recent times. It is the culminating achievement of the epoch-making Riverworld Series which has been pronounced the most daring, wide-ranging and speculative in the annals of science fiction. Here Philip José Farmer concludes the adventures of his all-star cast - Sir Richard Burton, Mark Twain, Jack London, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hermann Goering, Peter Frigate and literally everyone who has ever lived - all resurrected now along the banks of an enormous river on a mysterious planet known as Riverworld. (Source: back cover)

    The magic labyrinth Philip José Farmer
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