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Riverworld : the great short fiction of Philip Jose Farmer
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Riverworld : the great short fiction of Philip Jose Farmer

by Philip José Farmer

This collection features the original novelette set in Riverworld, a planet where all of humanity is simultaneously reincarnated along a vast river, alongside eleven other short stories.

Accession 11338 ISBN 0425042081 Publisher Berkley Books
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