Riverworld
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First edition• To Your Scattered Bodies Go, 1971
• The Fabulous Riverboat, 1971
• The Dark Design, 1977
• The Magic Labyrinth, 1980
• Gods of Riverworld, 1983
First publication
1971–1983
Literature form
Novels
Genre
Science fiction
Writing language
English
Author's country
United states
Length
Five novels
Notable lines
His wife had held him in her arms as if she could keep death away from him.
— First line, To Your Scattered Bodies Go
"Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows," Samuel Clemens said.
— First line, The Fabulous Riverboat
Dreams haunted The Riverworld.
— First line, The Dark Design
"Know a man's faith, and you knew at least half the man. Know his wife, and you knew the other half."
— To Your Scattered Bodies Go
"Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate."
— The Fabulous Riverboat
"I'm going to build a boat and sail up The River. All the way! Want to come along."
— Last line, To Your Scattered Bodies Go
"Some day, John! Some day!"
— Last line, The Fabulous Riverboat
Like the recruits and the agents, like the Riverdwellers, like all sentient creatures, he would have to make his own light.
So be it.
— Last line, The Dark Design
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