To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1)

I love the imagination in this book. The whole concept of this book fascinates me. However it is tough to take how dark humanity can get in this story. Even so, I can't wait to read the rest of the saga.

Excellent Book ! Loved it !

Very disappointing. Not well written. Silly & illogical plot. Only fair, nowhere near as good as advertised.

at the same time interesting but disturbing, this book is a Science Fiction approach to life after death. For anyone expecting "heaven", this will come as a bit of a shock.

Enjoyed as a concept for an alternate universe. Where else are the conversations of Samuel Clemens and Hermann Goering recorded??? Got a bit indefinite and slow as it proceeded through the later books

Imagine waking up one morning and finding yourself naked and hairless on the shores of a great river. Around you are dozens of other people, in a similar state. As you will soon find out, these people represent a part of history. This is the Riverworld, where anyone who ever lived has been reincarnated after death. And, as the protagonist, none other than Sir Richard Burton (of Arabian Nights...more

Imagine waking up one morning and finding yourself naked and hairless on the shores of a great river. Around you are dozens of other people, in a similar state. As you will soon find out, these people represent a part of history. This is the Riverworld, where anyone who ever lived has been reincarnated after death. And, as the protagonist, none other than Sir Richard Burton (of Arabian Nights fame), will soon discover, no one on the Riverworld ever dies (at least, not permanently).   hide

Philip José Farmer's multi-volume Riverworld series ignited my imagination like nothing before or since. Altho long and seriously drawn out toward volumes 4 and 5, the fact that a single author could have come up with something like this is nothing short of stunning. This series was sheer scifi brilliance. Don't even attempt to watch the ridiculous mini-series that was on TV. ...more

Philip José Farmer's multi-volume Riverworld series ignited my imagination like nothing before or since. Altho long and seriously drawn out toward volumes 4 and 5, the fact that a single author could have come up with something like this is nothing short of stunning. This series was sheer scifi brilliance. Don't even attempt to watch the ridiculous mini-series that was on TV. You will only get the slightest taste of what these stories covered that way. I spent months reading this series - savoring the textures and flavors as they washed over me. I could only hope to write as epically as this.   hide

The first of Farmer's Riverworld Series. Among my favorite concepts in this book (and there are MANY) is the "Suicide Express." Not because I'm suicidal (I most definitely am not), but because, if one believes in reincarnation (I decidedly do not), this is a totally rational pursuit!

Loved it!!