The fabulous riverboat

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Philip José Farmer: The fabulous riverboat (1973, Berkley)

256 pages

English language

Published May 27, 1973 by Berkley.

ISBN:
978-4-250-2329-9
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The Fabulous Riverboat is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, the second book in the Riverworld series . A shorter version of the novel was serialized in If magazine as "The Felled Star" (July and August 1967) and "The Fabulous Riverboat" (June and August 1971).

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reviewed The fabulous riverboat by Philip José Farmer (A Berkley Medallion book)

Decidedly unfabulous

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Content warning spoilers and unwelcome frankness

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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first Riverworld book, I'm continuing my reexamination of the series.

"The Fabulous Riverboat" is the second book in the series, and it has a somewhat confusing publication history. The story here was originally published in four parts - two parts in 1967 and more two parts in 1971 (all in "If" Magazine). These parts were combined (and somewhat revised) for the book-length version, which was also published in 1971... the same year as "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" (the first book in the series).

Do you got all that?

I wonder if Hugo voters who named "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" best novel gave Farmer credit for the second book as well. It did beat out a very deserving novel by Ursula K Le Guin.

Anyways, this is a somewhat better book than the first. Some decades have passed since Resurrection Day, …

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