Riverworld #05 - Gods of Riverworld
✍ Scribed by Philip José Farmer
- Publisher
- Tor Books;Berkley Books
- Year
- 1983;1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780765326560
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Review
Praise for the novels of Riverworld:
“A feast for the imagination.”
—Los Angeles Times
“A virtual playground for SF’s growing fascination with history.”
—Locus
“Farmer’s blend of intellectual daring and pulp-fiction prose found a world-wide audience…sprawling, episodic works gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action.”
—The New York Times
“An excellent science fiction writer, far more skillful than I am.”
—Isaac Asimov
From the Back Cover
"A FEAST FOR THE IMAGINATION."
--Los Angeles Times
"A virtual playground for SF's growing fascination with history."
--Locus
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