Series
Riverworld
Philip José Farmer, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Weinberg, Allen Steele, Barry N. Malzberg, Brad Strickland, David Bischoff, Dean Wesley Smith, Ed Gorman, Esther M. Friesner, Harry Turtledove, Jerry Oltion, Jody Lynn Nye, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Mike Resnick, Owl Goingback, Phillip C. Jennings, Rick Wilber, Robert Sampson & Robert Sheckley · 6 novels · 4 novellas · 19 novelettes · 6 short stories · 2 anthologies · 1965–1993
The Riverworld series consists of five science fiction novels (1971–1983) by American author Philip José Farmer (1918–2009). The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected. The novels explore interactions of resurrected individuals from many different cultures and time periods. The underlying theme is quasi-religious. The motivations and ethics of the unknown intelligences that created the Riverworld and its inhabitants are explored.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(3 editions)
Map
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Stats
By decade
- 1960s3
- 1970s4
- 1980s5
- 1990s25
Shape
6 novels · 4 novellas · 19 novelettes · 6 short stories · 2 anthologies
20 authors
reads like:science fictionfaith and religionother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book34 of 37 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Suicide Expressdarkest
- Quest to Riverworldbrightest · most intense
- Gracelandcalmest