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joemasilotti 's review for:
The Fabulous Riverboat
by Philip José Farmer
World building: excellent
Character development: one-dimensional
Racism: high
Riverworld, where everyone (ever!) has been resurrected to live out their lives as spry 25 year olds until the end of time. The Fabulous Riverboat continues the series following an author's quest to build a vessel that will take him to the end of the river. What he and his followers do to get there is anything less than savory.
There's so much to love about the world of Riverworld. So much that still works today and doesn't sound antiquated. But the story itself and the characters moving the plot don't do it justice. It wasn't bad enough to stop reading the series but I hope #3 picks up steam (pun intended) again.
Character development: one-dimensional
Racism: high
Riverworld, where everyone (ever!) has been resurrected to live out their lives as spry 25 year olds until the end of time. The Fabulous Riverboat continues the series following an author's quest to build a vessel that will take him to the end of the river. What he and his followers do to get there is anything less than savory.
There's so much to love about the world of Riverworld. So much that still works today and doesn't sound antiquated. But the story itself and the characters moving the plot don't do it justice. It wasn't bad enough to stop reading the series but I hope #3 picks up steam (pun intended) again.