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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Troubled Waters: Five SFF Works About Rivers
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:49:35 -0800
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:52:13 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

>In article <vmb9qn$3ig6r$1@dont-email.me>,
>Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 1/16/2025 10:06 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> Troubled Waters: Five SFF Works About Rivers
>>>=20
>>> Stories about rollin' on a river, featuring vampires, faeries,
>>> goddesses, and more.
>>>=20
>>>   https://reactormag.com/troubled-waters-five-sff-works-about-rivers/
>>
>>I suppose I shouldn't be surprised you skipped the most obvious choice:
>>"Riverworld" et al, by Phillip Jose Farmer.
>
>I don't think of it often. As I mention over on Reactor, I've reviewed
>Riverworld in 2019, and mentioned it in passing in two other reviews,=20
>but I never bothered rereading or reviewing the rest of the series.=20
>My memory is that each new volume was a bit more meh than the one
>before.=20

A damn fine description, IMHO.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"