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A review by lucasmiller
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
3.0
As I've been reading my sci-fi/fantasy for the past year or two, the Riverworld Saga has been on my list from near the beginning. I do not remember when or where I encountered the concept of these books, but I've known the general plot outline (everyone whose ever lived is suddenly resurrected on a planet that is a single giant river valley) and have been intrigued by it. I went back and forth, but finally bought the first two volumes and dipped into the first one.
I don't know. My feelings are mixed. I'm not sure how much of this is just because I've thought of what a the book based around the concept might be for a long time, or if it really is the sort of worst aspects of 70s sci-fi writing manifesting in the novel. The gender politics are wack and the historical research part is pretty clunky at times. I went back and forth a dozen times while reading this relatively slim volume about whether it was worthwhile to continue. I'm might hang on to volume two for now, but I think there are myriad other series that I'm more interested in than this one.
I don't know. My feelings are mixed. I'm not sure how much of this is just because I've thought of what a the book based around the concept might be for a long time, or if it really is the sort of worst aspects of 70s sci-fi writing manifesting in the novel. The gender politics are wack and the historical research part is pretty clunky at times. I went back and forth a dozen times while reading this relatively slim volume about whether it was worthwhile to continue. I'm might hang on to volume two for now, but I think there are myriad other series that I'm more interested in than this one.