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A review by hypatia13
Riverworld: Including to Your Scattered Bodies Go & the Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer
3.0
I really enjoyed To your Scattered Bodies, but I didn't like the Fabulous Riverboat as much. Twain (the main character of the second book) made too many stupid choices. You could see the inevitable doom coming a mile off, as could he, but he didn't seem to really do anything about it because he was too obsessed with his boat.
Also, I found the books had a lot of subtle sexism. There are very few female characters, and while some of them are warriors, engineers, etc, those women never have any names or roles. (e.g., in The Riverboat, there are three engineers, one of whom is mentioned to be female, but she has no name and is never heard from again). The only women who do play any role in the book are as "hutmates" to the male characters. I found this kind of disappointing, and it really detracted from my enjoyment of the book.
Also, I found the books had a lot of subtle sexism. There are very few female characters, and while some of them are warriors, engineers, etc, those women never have any names or roles. (e.g., in The Riverboat, there are three engineers, one of whom is mentioned to be female, but she has no name and is never heard from again). The only women who do play any role in the book are as "hutmates" to the male characters. I found this kind of disappointing, and it really detracted from my enjoyment of the book.