The Riverworld Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip Jose Farmer
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: 2246-2307
- Setting: Riverworld
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Resurrection, Hot air balloons, blimps, or dirigibles
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
The Riverworld series is set on the distant planet of Riverworld, where all humans ever born are resurrected along a ten- million-mile river near mushroom-shaped grailstones that provide food and drugs. When humans die, they are reborn a day later at another location. Twelve unseen, ancient Ethicals oversee the system, the purpose and character of which are revealed throughout the series. A rebel Ethical called X chooses human agents to spoil the Ethicals’ plans to limit humankind’s chances to “go on” past terrestrial existence.
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