explorer / books · 1972
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Philip José Farmer’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1971 by G.P. Putnam's Sons · 221 pages
Hugo · 1972
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Synopsis
Every human who ever lived is simultaneously resurrected along the banks of a seemingly endless river on an alien world, each provided with a mysterious canister that produces food and supplies. The Victorian explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton leads a band of adventurers on a journey upriver to discover who created the Riverworld and why all of humanity has been reborn.
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Details
- Series
- Riverworld · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- Adaptation
- Riverworld (TV, 2003)
- ISBN
- 9780399107191