The Magic Labyrinth (The Riverworld series ; v. 4)

Farmer, Philip Jose

ISBN 10: 0399123814 / ISBN 13: 9780399123818

Published by Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1980

About this Item

Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 339 pages. First edition, first printing with no other printings listed on copyright page. The fourth and final volume in the epic saga of Riverworld, begun some twenty years earlier. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket clean, with no tears or chips. A very good+ copy in a very good or better jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Magic Labyrinth (The Riverworld series ; v. 4)
• Publisher: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399123814
• ISBN 13: 9780399123818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The answers behind the enigmatic origins of Riverworld lie at last within reach, as the remarkable gathering of Earthlings--including Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the real-life Alice in Wonderland), Cyrano de Bergerac, Ulysses S. Grant, and Baron Von Richtoven--finally breaches the stronghold of Riverworld's extraordinary super-race.

But answers would lead to more enigmatic questions . . .

Who is the Mysterious Stranger who taunted the Riverworld resurrectees with hints of the truth? What is the key to the gargantuan computer that wields the power of life and death? The astonishing secrets lie within the Dark Tower--but only for those brave enough to seek them and wise enough to decipher them . . .

Review

“Farmer's blend of intellectual daring and pulp-fiction prose found a worldwide audience.... Sprawling, episodic works gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action.”
--"The New York Times
"“The greatest science fiction writer ever.”
--Leslie A. Fiedler, author of "Love and Death in the American Novel
"“An excellent science fiction writer, far more skillful than I am.”
--Isaac Asimov
"Farmer's blend of intellectual daring and pulp-fiction prose found a worldwide audience.... Sprawling, episodic works gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action."
--"The New York Times

""The greatest science fiction writer ever."
--Leslie A. Fiedler, author of "Love and Death in the American Novel

""An excellent science fiction writer, far more skillful than I am."
--Isaac Asimov
The greatest science fiction writer ever.--Leslie A. Fiedler, author of Love and Death in the American Novel

An excellent science fiction writer, far more skillful than I am.--Isaac Asimov

Farmer's blend of intellectual daring and pulp-fiction prose found a worldwide audience . Sprawling, episodic works gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action. "The New York Times"

The greatest science fiction writer ever. Leslie A. Fiedler, author of Love and Death in the American Novel

An excellent science fiction writer, far more skillful than I am. Isaac Asimov"

"Farmer's blend of intellectual daring and pulp-fiction prose found a worldwide audience.... Sprawling, episodic works gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action." --The New York Times

"The greatest science fiction writer ever." --Leslie A. Fiedler, author of Love and Death in the American Novel

"An excellent science fiction writer, far more skillful than I am." --Isaac Asimov