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The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip Jose Farmer

The Fabulous Riverboat

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  • Title: The Fabulous Riverboat
  • Author: Philip Jose Farmer
  • Genre/Subject: SF
  • Publisher: Berkley
  • Publication Date: 1971
  • Start date: 11/20/2020
  • Finish date: 11/23/2020

Review:

A wild ride down the amazing river of Riverworld.

Thought provoking and disturbing in some aspects.

Suspension of disbelief taken way too far. Imagine a resurrected Mark Twain going from stone age capabilities to full industrial manufacturing and 20th century technology in about 5 years. Nope.

Good but not great, worth reading, but I doubt if I will read the others in the series.

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Other: River kippers

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