Riverworld

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Series created by Philip Jose Farmer

Description

The original Riverworld story was titled Owe For The Flesh and ended with the protagonist (called Richard Black in this version) finding the tower at the end of the river. Farmer entered a scifi contest run by Shasta Press and subsidized by Pocket Books, submitting his 150,000-word entry. He won the contest, but received no money. The work was never published and was lost in its original form. A later, revised manuscript (itself lost for decades) was discovered and published in 1983 as River Of Eternity.

All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected -- healthy, young, and naked as newborns -- on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history -- and prehistory -- must start again.

Original stories in Riverworld series:

1. Owe For The Flesh (1953?)
2. River Of Eternity (1983?)

Stories in Riverworld series:

1. To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971?)
2. The Fabulous Riverboat (1971?)
3. The Dark Design (1977?)
4. The Magic Labyrinth (1980?)
5. Gods Of Riverworld (1983?)

Omnibus editions of titles in Riverworld series:

1. Riverworld War (1980?)

Collections of stories in Riverworld series:

1. Tales Of Riverworld (1992?)
2. Quest To Riverworld (1993?)

Short stories in Riverworld series:

1. The Day Of The Great Shout (1965?)
2. Riverworld (1966?)
3. The Suicide Express (1966?)
4. The Felled Star (1967?)
5. Blandings On Riverworld by Phillip C Jennings (1992?)
6. Crossing The Dark River (1992?)
7. Every Man A God by Mike Resnick (1992?)
8. Fool's Paradise by Ed Gorman (1992?)
9. Graceland by Allen Steele (1992?)
10. A Hole In Hell? by Dane Helstrom (1992?)
11. The Merry Men Of Riverworld? by John Gregory Betancourt (1992?)
12. Two Thieves by Harry Turtledove (1992?)
13. Unfinished Business by Robert Weinberg (1992?)
14. Because It's There by Jerry Oltion (1993?)
15. Coda (1993?)
16. Diaghilev Plays Riverworld by Robert Sheckley (1993?)
17. Hero's Coin by Brad Strickland (1993?)
18. Human Spirit,Beetle Spirit by John Gregory Betancourt (1993?)
19. If The King Like Not The Comedy by Jody Lynn Nye (1993?)
20. Legends by Esther M Friesner (1993?)
21. Nevermore by David Bischoff (1993?)
22. Old Soldiers by Lawrence Watt-Evans (1993?)
23. A Place Of Miracles? by Owl Goingback (1993?)
24. Riverworld Roulette by Robert Weinberg (1993?)
25. Secret Crimes by Robert Sampson (1993?)
26. Stephen Comes Into Courage by Rick Wilber (1993?)
27. Up The Bright River (1993?)

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A film of Riverworld was released in 2003?