Author: Philip José Farmer
Publisher: Questar
ISBN: 9780446362702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
By the banks of a ten-million-mile river, everyone who has ever died enjoys new life, in a collection of science fiction stories by David Bischoff, Brad Strickland, Robert Sheckley, and Philip Jose Farmer
Quest to Riverworld
Author: Philip José Farmer
Publisher: Questar
ISBN: 9780446362702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
By the banks of a ten-million-mile river, everyone who has ever died enjoys new life, in a collection of science fiction stories by David Bischoff, Brad Strickland, Robert Sheckley, and Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher: Questar
ISBN: 9780446362702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
By the banks of a ten-million-mile river, everyone who has ever died enjoys new life, in a collection of science fiction stories by David Bischoff, Brad Strickland, Robert Sheckley, and Philip Jose Farmer
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Author: Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575119667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected - healthy, young, and naked as newborns - on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history - and prehistory - must start again. Sir Richard Francis Burton would be the first to glimpse the incredible way-station, a link between worlds. This forbidden sight would spur the renowned 19th-century explorer to uncover the truth. Along with a remarkable group of compatriots, including Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the Victorian girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), an English-speaking Neanderthal, a WWII Holocaust survivor, and a wise extraterrestrial, Burton sets sail on the magnificent river. His mission: to confront humankind's mysterious benefactors, and learn the true purpose - innocent or evil - of the Riverworld . . . Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1972
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575119667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected - healthy, young, and naked as newborns - on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history - and prehistory - must start again. Sir Richard Francis Burton would be the first to glimpse the incredible way-station, a link between worlds. This forbidden sight would spur the renowned 19th-century explorer to uncover the truth. Along with a remarkable group of compatriots, including Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the Victorian girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), an English-speaking Neanderthal, a WWII Holocaust survivor, and a wise extraterrestrial, Burton sets sail on the magnificent river. His mission: to confront humankind's mysterious benefactors, and learn the true purpose - innocent or evil - of the Riverworld . . . Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1972
The Dark Design
Author: Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429949147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
A New York Times bestsesller, The Dark Design is the third novel in Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction legend Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series. Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld. Once there, he hopes to learn the secret of the mysterious tower that dominates the landscape and find the answer to his most urgent question: could the tower contain the Ethicals, the enigmatic beings that created Riverworld? Meanwhile, Jill Gulbirra is challenged for the job of piloting the airship by none other than Cyrano de Bergerac. As if there were not enough challenges facing the crew, they soon suspect there is an agent of the Ethicals among their number, plotting their destruction.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429949147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
A New York Times bestsesller, The Dark Design is the third novel in Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction legend Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series. Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld. Once there, he hopes to learn the secret of the mysterious tower that dominates the landscape and find the answer to his most urgent question: could the tower contain the Ethicals, the enigmatic beings that created Riverworld? Meanwhile, Jill Gulbirra is challenged for the job of piloting the airship by none other than Cyrano de Bergerac. As if there were not enough challenges facing the crew, they soon suspect there is an agent of the Ethicals among their number, plotting their destruction.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Gods of Riverworld
Author: Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575119705
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Thirty billion people from throughout Earth's history have been resurrected along the great an winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew - accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious benefactors. But a rebellious handful burned to challenge the unseen masters who controlled their fate Now, these adventures of Riverworld have penetrated the great tower which rises from the amazing planet's north polar seas - and within it is the mighty computer which controls the resurrection of billions of human beings. It is inside this giant tower that Sir Richard Burton, Alice Liddell Hargreaves, Peter Frigate and Li Po meet their greatest challenge - and their deadliest foe. The incredible secret behind the Riverworld is about to be unveiled . . .
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575119705
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Thirty billion people from throughout Earth's history have been resurrected along the great an winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew - accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious benefactors. But a rebellious handful burned to challenge the unseen masters who controlled their fate Now, these adventures of Riverworld have penetrated the great tower which rises from the amazing planet's north polar seas - and within it is the mighty computer which controls the resurrection of billions of human beings. It is inside this giant tower that Sir Richard Burton, Alice Liddell Hargreaves, Peter Frigate and Li Po meet their greatest challenge - and their deadliest foe. The incredible secret behind the Riverworld is about to be unveiled . . .
Bright of the Sky
Author: Kay Kenyon
Publisher: Winterset Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The complete four-book series! Enter the world of the Entire in this first book of the celebrated four-volume epic. In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire gathers both human and alien beings under a sky of fire, called the bright. A land of wonders, the Entire is sustained by monumental storm walls and a never-ending river. Over all, the elegant and cruel Tarig rule supreme. Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot, bereft of his beloved wife and daughter who are assumed dead by everyone on earth except Quinn. Believing them trapped in a parallel universe—one where he himself may have been imprisoned—he returns to the Entire to free them. Thus begins a tale of high adventure and vast concept, replete with alien cultures, an exotic bureaucracy, and a man with nothing left to lose. He may not find what he seeks, but he’ll be offered a view of the multiverse, the power of princes, an unthinkable revenge—and unexpectedly, love. "A riveting launch." ––Publisher's Weekly starred review [A] fascinating and gratifying feat of world building. . . . promises to be a grand epic, indeed.”—Booklist “[A] star-maker, a magnificent book that should establish its author's reputation as among the very best in the field today.”—SFSite.com
Publisher: Winterset Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The complete four-book series! Enter the world of the Entire in this first book of the celebrated four-volume epic. In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire gathers both human and alien beings under a sky of fire, called the bright. A land of wonders, the Entire is sustained by monumental storm walls and a never-ending river. Over all, the elegant and cruel Tarig rule supreme. Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot, bereft of his beloved wife and daughter who are assumed dead by everyone on earth except Quinn. Believing them trapped in a parallel universe—one where he himself may have been imprisoned—he returns to the Entire to free them. Thus begins a tale of high adventure and vast concept, replete with alien cultures, an exotic bureaucracy, and a man with nothing left to lose. He may not find what he seeks, but he’ll be offered a view of the multiverse, the power of princes, an unthinkable revenge—and unexpectedly, love. "A riveting launch." ––Publisher's Weekly starred review [A] fascinating and gratifying feat of world building. . . . promises to be a grand epic, indeed.”—Booklist “[A] star-maker, a magnificent book that should establish its author's reputation as among the very best in the field today.”—SFSite.com
Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
Author: David Quammen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393350851
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS. The real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people—is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's hair-raising investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations in the jungles of southeastern Cameroon to laboratories across the globe, as he unravels the mysteries of when, where, and under what circumstances such a consequential "spillover" can happen. An audacious search for answers amid more than a century of data, The Chimp and the River tells the haunting tale of one of the most devastating pandemics of our time.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393350851
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS. The real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people—is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's hair-raising investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations in the jungles of southeastern Cameroon to laboratories across the globe, as he unravels the mysteries of when, where, and under what circumstances such a consequential "spillover" can happen. An audacious search for answers amid more than a century of data, The Chimp and the River tells the haunting tale of one of the most devastating pandemics of our time.
The Secret River
Author: Kate Grenville
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459620038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
'Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year. After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a de...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459620038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
'Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year. After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a de...
Tales of Riverworld
Author: Philip José Farmer
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446362696
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Each of the stories takes place on the Riverworld but is by a different writer. These writers were given carte blanche with their situations and characters but had to follow the structure and strictures of the Riverworld as laid down by Farmer.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446362696
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Each of the stories takes place on the Riverworld but is by a different writer. These writers were given carte blanche with their situations and characters but had to follow the structure and strictures of the Riverworld as laid down by Farmer.
Up the Bright River
Author: Philip José Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596063297
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A posthumous collection of the short fiction of Philip Jose Farmer, celebrating the impressive variety of his prodigious output. Includes his last three Riverworld stories.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596063297
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A posthumous collection of the short fiction of Philip Jose Farmer, celebrating the impressive variety of his prodigious output. Includes his last three Riverworld stories.
Venus on the Half-Shell
Author: Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1781163073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer.
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1781163073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer.