The Fabulous Riverboat
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| Author | Philip José Farmer |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Riverworld |
| Genre(s) | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
| Released | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0853911975 |
| Preceded by | To Your Scattered Bodies Go, 1971 |
| Followed by | The Dark Design, 1977 |
The Fabulous Riverboat is a science fiction novel, the second book in the Riverworld series by Philip José Farmer.
Parts of the novel were originally published in if magazine as "The Felled Star" (1967) and "The Fabulous Riverboat" (1971).
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Departing from the plot of To Your Scattered Bodies Go, the first novel, The Fabulous Riverboat follows the efforts of Samuel Clemens to find a way to build a riverboat on the metal poor Riverworld. In the process Twain must confront a tenth century viking, make friends with a member of another hominid species, and makes an uneasy alliance with King John Lackland.
