Gods of Riverworld, Philip Jose Farmer
Gods of Riverworld, Philip Jose Farmer
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Gods of Riverworld

Author: Philip José Farmer

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 12 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/23/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Thirty-five billion people from throughout Earth's history were resurrected along the great and winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew—accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious benefactors. But a rebellious handful burned to confront the unseen masters who controlled their fate—and these few launched an invasion that would ultimately yield the mind-boggling truth.

Now Riverworld's omnipotent leaders have been confronted, and the renegades of Riverworld—led by the intrepid Sir Richard Francis Burton—control the fantastic mechanism that once ruled them. But the most awesome challenge lies ahead. For in the vast corridors and secret rooms of the tower stronghold, an unknown enemy watches and waits to usurp the usurpers …

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry

The final in the incomparable, glorious Riverworld series with many twists and turns, making the previous books incomplete... lets say inaccurate facts not lies or misinformation but this is science-fiction , readers will not be shocked , after all five novels need a lot of thick pages. Our not quit......more

After the non-ending of the last volume, I had to get the fifth of the series. In this convoluted tale, Burton, Frigate and the others enjoy their newfound powers in the Ethicals' tower, and begin resurrecting people... and then some folks start becoming power-mad. Despite some annoying internal inc......more

Goodreads review by Robert

I will say this of all 5 books in the series... Philip Jose Farmer is a literary genius! I fell absolutely in love with Riverworld and couldn't put it down to save my life. I read all 5 books at the same time within a few days. I was completely entranced. I loved every character and felt like I was......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Another very weak entry in the Riverworld story. I thought that Farmer might have gotten his fill of writing out Wikipedia entries for all his characters as part of the book, but once again about half this book is about the backstories of various historical characters. One thing that's interesting ab......more