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A review by grayjay
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
1.0
Richard Burton, a 19th century English explorer and a group of humans from different times and places wake up naked and hairless, resurrected in a strange empty paradise by a river.
The concept is interesting, but the plot leaves something to be desired. Halfway through the novel someone guesses what's going on and that turns out to be the case.
The other problem is that the main characters are all pulled out of times past with their racist ideas intact. The author tries to grapple with it, but we're still left with an unlikable cast of men.
The writing is pretty classically sexist and xenophobic. Even though everyone is naked, only the women's bodies are described by the narrator, and usually in terms of how attractive they are. Men's bodies are never described unless they are racially othered in some way. There is also a pretty homophobic moment.
The concept is interesting, but the plot leaves something to be desired. Halfway through the novel someone guesses what's going on and that turns out to be the case.
The other problem is that the main characters are all pulled out of times past with their racist ideas intact. The author tries to grapple with it, but we're still left with an unlikable cast of men.
The writing is pretty classically sexist and xenophobic. Even though everyone is naked, only the women's bodies are described by the narrator, and usually in terms of how attractive they are. Men's bodies are never described unless they are racially othered in some way. There is also a pretty homophobic moment.