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The Dark Design (Riverworld Saga) (Paperback)

by Philip Jose Farmer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1st Ballantine Books Ed edition (1 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345419693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345419699
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Down We Go, 2 Jun 1999
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Call me silly, but I think that the level of the story drops steadily from book one through this one. Now, after the Riverboat is built, dirigibles come into the picture (now why didn;t I think of that!?). Okay, Sam Clemens and his cohorts are hot on the heels of King John the dastardly. Are they going to get him? The enterprising dirigible pilot Jill Gulbirra (of the Clemens lot) finally reaches the mysterious tower at the center of the polar sea. I won;t spoil it for you by giving it away. Let me just tell you that it is ..ahem.. less than revealing. But the absolutely worst sin of this book are the endless parentheses dedicated to Peter Frigate's dreams and reminiscences which say absolutely nothing. At the start of the book, Farmer points out the autobiographical genesis of Frigate's character but he still is (at least so far) a very minor character that simply does not justify the soporific dream sequences.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A grand follow-up to The Fabulous Riverboat, 9 Jan 1999
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I became a PJF fan in the years between this book and the Fab. Riverboat. It was a tough wait, then I saw it show up in the bookstores. Wow!.. Mr Farmer did a fine job in writing this book and in keeping the reader's attention. He went into such character depth that they became "real", even those based on real persons. He did quite a job of writing himself as the character of Peter Frigate. The daunting task of building a dirigible, the nightmares of Clemens, the voyage of the Rex and the Ra and the Snark, all kept me daydreaming of the journey up the mighty River. I could hardly sit still the next 4 years until The Magic Labyrinth finally came out.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Totally disapointing - avoid it!, 25 Aug 1999
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I hate it when authors go back and change around what happened in previous books in later books - and in this book PJF does it in spades, changing both the plot and nature of the characters he introduced in the earlier books. It's unbelievable and uninteresting. Read the first book in the series, and leave it at that.
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