- Paperback: 398 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1st Ballantine Books Ed edition (1 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345419707
- ISBN-13: 978-0345419705
- Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.5 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,000,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The answers behind the enigmatic origins of Riverworld lie at last within reach, as the remarkable gathering of Earthlings--including Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the real-life Alice in Wonderland), Cyrano de Bergerac, Ulysses S. Grant, and Baron Von Richtoven--finally breaches the stronghold of Riverworld's extraordinary super-race.
But answers would lead to more enigmatic questions . . .
Who is the Mysterious Stranger who taunted the Riverworld resurrectees with hints of the truth? What is the key to the gargantuan computer that wields the power of life and death? The astonishing secrets lie within the Dark Tower--but only for those brave enough to seek them and wise enough to decipher them . . .
But answers would lead to more enigmatic questions . . .
Who is the Mysterious Stranger who taunted the Riverworld resurrectees with hints of the truth? What is the key to the gargantuan computer that wields the power of life and death? The astonishing secrets lie within the Dark Tower--but only for those brave enough to seek them and wise enough to decipher them . . .
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Philip Jose Farmer is one of those Sci Fi/Fantasy writers who do the job properly. He takes ideas and plays with them to get the best out of them. He starts from the idea of the entire human race being reincarnated in Riverworld and then takes the idea as far as it will go.
It is brilliantly written and funny as well as showing an extensive knowledge of the characters involved. This is the final book in the series but can be read on its own as well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the longest book in the series - and seemed like it. After the imaginative stories and sub-plots of the earlier works, this book seemed long and boring. I read it through, waiting for the interesting bits - but didn't find them. Sorry, but ...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For a series that started so promising, the "end" was quite a disapointment. PJF again makes a mockery of the characters which were established earlier, having them engage in completely non-sensical behavior given who they are and what they are doing. He kills off a bunch of characters to establish "suspense", introduce a bunch of new characters you couldn't care less about, and then has to make up a last-ditch obstacle to extract any action for a climax - which might have worked but for the fact he has to waste pages and pages extemporizing about the background which he apparently couldn't figure out who to reveal in any other way. PJF tries to set up a cliff-hanger ending, but I, t least, was so uninterested the characters, I really didn't care what happened to them. The first book in this series was wonderful, but the ending is almost insultingly bad...
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