Annotation
All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected--healthy, young, and naked as newborns--on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history--and prehistory--must start again. Sir Francis Bacon would be the first to glimpse the incredible way-station, a link between worlds. This forbidden sight would spur the renowned 19th-century explorer to uncover the truth. Along with a remarkable group of compatriots, including Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the Victorian girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), an English-speaking Neanderthal, a WWII Holocaust survivor, and a wise extraterrestrial, Burton sets sail on the magnificent river. His mission: to confront humankind's mysterious benefactors, and learn the true purpose--innocent or evil--of the Riverworld . . .
Characters
| Name | Burton, Richard Francis |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Explorer |
| Trait | English |
| Name | Hargreaves, Alice Liddell |
| Gender | Female |
| Trait | English |
| Genre | Science fiction --Alternate worlds, Parallel worlds --World order --Quest Fiction |
| Topics | Resurrection Afterlife Quest for knowledge Exploration |
| Setting | Riverworld In-between world with a ten million mile long river |
| Series | ||
| The Riverworld Saga | ||
| 1 | To your scattered bodies go | |
| 2 | The Fabulous riverboat | |
| 3 | The Dark design | |
| Riverworld and other stories (Short story collection) | ||
| 4 | The Magic labyrinth | |
| 5 | Gods of Riverworld | |
| Tales of Riverworld (Short story anthology) | ||
| Quest to Riverworld (Short story anthology) | ||