Paul reviewed The fabulous riverboat by Philip José Farmer (Panther science fiction)
Review of 'The fabulous riverboat' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In the Riverworld, everyone who has ever lived has been resurrected by persons - and for reasons - unknown. This second book of the series centres on Mark Twain's attempts to build a riverboat to find the source of the river.
For a novel that spends most of it's time discussing how to recreate 20th century technologies on a resource-poor planet, it's a remarkably good read. The main fun comes from the fact that with this world, Farmer can - and does - throw together historical characters from wildly diverse times and places to watch how they react to each other. Sometimes it can feel a bit clunky, but overall it works very well indeed.
In the Riverworld, everyone who has ever lived has been resurrected by persons - and for reasons - unknown. This second book of the series centres on Mark Twain's attempts to build a riverboat to find the source of the river.
For a novel that spends most of it's time discussing how to recreate 20th century technologies on a resource-poor planet, it's a remarkably good read. The main fun comes from the fact that with this world, Farmer can - and does - throw together historical characters from wildly diverse times and places to watch how they react to each other. Sometimes it can feel a bit clunky, but overall it works very well indeed.
