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Title	:	To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld #1)
Author	:	Philip José Farmer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 220 pages
Published	:	June 30th 1998 by Del Rey (first published 1971)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Hugo Awards. Science Fiction Fantasy. Adventure. Speculative Fiction

To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld #1) Paperback | Pages: 220 pages

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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

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Original Title:	To Your Scattered Bodies Go
ISBN:	0345419677 (ISBN13: 9780345419675)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Riverworld #1
Characters:	Richard Francis Burton, Hermann Göring, Alice Liddell
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award for Best Novel (1972), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1972)

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Lets say you died in 2005. You wake up on a beach (I am simplifying here for those of that have not read thisthe book does not start off on a beach), next to a river that is endless. You have no recollection of this place. You know this can't be possible because next to you are a man dressed in 16th century attire and a bit further down from him is what looks like a Neanderthal. But, hey, you're in a Philip Jose Farmer novel, so anything's possible. I love the concept that when we die

admittedly, I hate sci-fi, so at best this might have gotten a three from me-- but wow, this book did not age well.

Imagine that you wake up and the last thing that you remember is dying. You're lying on a riverbank surrounded by strangers who are naked and hairless just as you are. As you explore your surroundings, you find that you are no longer on Earth and the people around you are all the people from the beginning of time who have lived and died on Earth. Furthermore, there are no animals or insects, but there are plenty of fish in a river that seems never never to end. Meals and wants like cigarettes,

Good novel. Totally weird, creepy, bizarre, alternative Earth, populated with resurrected humanity.

I loved the concept behind this book more than the story itself. It was good but it could have been much better. The idea of millions of people, spanning the globe and human history, waking beside each other was fantastic. Then to learn that they were deliberately brought together was even more fascinating. But then there was the story itself. Told from the POV of Sir Richard Burton, the dialogue felt unauthentic but still dated. There were some other interesting characters but there wasnt

This one had been toward the top of my TBR pile for several years. The premise was intriguing and all the awards it won made me think I was going to be reading a thought provoking yarn once I finally picked it up. Well, it certainly did end up provoking quite a few thoughts, not all of them good. The world building was phenomenal and there was a twist or two that surprised me. I also really liked that we had people spanning the entirety of human history and evolution suddenly being pushed

Mayyybe 2.5Some real character building here - there's Burton, who, realistically, is almost the only person out of 36 billion intent on figuring out how the world works. There's Alice, who is a bit of a stickler for Victorian morals but has a great figure. Frigate, who wikipedia claims is a stand-in for the author. Wilfrida, who has a great figure. Herman Goering, who eventually works his way toward salvation. Luga, who would be pretty if only her lips were better, but has a great figure. The