The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld Saga, Book 2)

Once you have become familiar the Riverworld concept, having read " To Your Scattered Bodies Go", this second book really is fascinating. It deals with how Mark Twain interacts with treacherous characters such as rotten King John, as well as his earthly wife Livy(who is now in love with Cyrano de Bergerac)as he pursues his dream of building the Boat which will take him to the headwaters of the River, in order to solve the mystery of the Riverworld. Farmer excels in bringing these characters to life, and shows his excellent grasp of human nature in his portrayal of the wars of neighbouring nations, and the fights for supremacy that really would occur in this scenario. Using real life characters somehow even adds more realism to this amazing tale. Farmer's imagination is unparalleled, and the Riverworld series is a must for anyone with a sense of wonder.

This is one of my all-time great series. Since everyone who ever lived is in this world, I keep on looking for myself in the story. The Fabulous Riverboat is arguably the best book of the series, but I deeply enjoyed them all. The idea for this seriesis ingenius and a gold mine of plot opportunities with everycharactor in history (and pre-history to draw from). My onlyregret is that Mr. Farmer has only written one other book (ofshort stories) on this theme. I am a great fan of Mr.Farmer.

I read this book 20years ago and have not been able to find this book or it's sequel. Not remembering the authors name made it that much more difficult. Thanks to Yahoo my dream was made possible just by typing in the title, It has been like watching a vidio tape of a movie 20 years ago half way and not being able to find the tape until now. Thanks Yahoo.....

This is only the confirmation of what other readers expressed.Great,absolutely to read

This book is a must! I not only enjoyed it a lot with its fantasy and fiction, but I learnt history and many philosopical new questions arised to me! I really recomend it if you want to spend a good time and you want to think in the same moment!