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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Troubled Waters: Five SFF Works About Rivers
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:52:13 -0000 (UTC)
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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
>> 
>> Stories about rollin' on a river, featuring vampires, faeries,
>> goddesses, and more.
>> 
>>   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, 
but I never bothered rereading or reviewing the rest of the series. 
My memory is that each new volume was a bit more meh than the one
before. 

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