Nominated for the Locus
Award (1984 - Best SF Novel: 16th).
Also published as an Audio
Book (2010).
DEDICATION: "For those who won't knuckle under."
COVER
TEXT:
Thirty-five
billion people from throughout Earth's history were resurrected along
the great winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew –
accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious
benefactors. But a rebellious handful burned to confront the unseen
masters who controlled their fate – and these few launched an invasion
that would ultimately yield the mind-boggling truth.
Riverworld's
omnipotent leaders would be confronted, and the renegades of Riverworld
- led by the intrepid Sir Richard Francis Burton - would control the
fantastic mechanism that once ruled them. But the most awesome
challenge lies ahead. For in the vast corridors and secret rooms of the
tower stronghold, an unknown enemy watches and waits to usurp the
usurpers...
(Ballantine/Del Rey)
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FIRST PUBLICATION
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press
-
ISBN 0-932096-24-7
hardcover (23,5×15,5cm)
08/1983
279
$ 50.00
Kevin Eugene Johnson
Limited edition of six hundred and fifty copies in a slipcase, signed
and numbered by Philip José Farmer. According to the publisher there are also
twenty-six lettered presentation copies, which were not for sale (I have never seen any proof of this).
Beige
cloth boards, with gilt lettering on the spine and the front. The
slipcase is also with beige cloth. With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Kevin E. Johnson
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New York, NY: Putnam (G.P.
Putnam's Sons)
-
ISBN 0-399-12843-3
hardcover (23,5×15,5cm)
09/1983
not dated [= -/1983] (2nd)
not dated [= -/1983] (3rd)
331
$ 14.95
Don Ivan Punchatz
Purple paper boards and dark blue cloth spine, with silver lettering on
the spine. Later printings stated as such ('Second Impression' and
'Third Impression') on the copyright page. With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Putnam / BCE
Book Club Edition, SFBC #3658
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
not dated [= 12/1983; date code N49]
x + 278
not priced [= $ 3.98]
Don Ivan Punchatz
Brown-red paper boards and dark blue leatherette spine, with brown-red
lettering on the spine. The date code N49 has been printed on page 277.
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-07448-X
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
01/1985
331
$ 3.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With an Author's
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Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-09170-8
paperback (17,6×10,5cm)
03/1986 (2nd)
331
$ 3.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With an Author's
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Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Ace Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-441-29526-6
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
08/1987
331
$ 3.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41971-5
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
08/1998 (1st)
not dated [= unknown] (2nd)
322
$ 12.95
John Stevens
The changed title The
Gods of Riverworld is only printed on the cover and spine
of the
book. With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
John Stevens
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41971-5
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
not dated [= -/2002] (3rd)
not dated [= unknown] (4th)
322
$ 13.95
John Stevens
The changed title The
Gods
of Riverworld is only printed on the cover and spine of
the
book. With an Author's
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John Stevens
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New York, NY: Random House /
Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41971-5
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
not dated [= -/2007] (5th)
not dated [= unknown] (6th)
322
$ 13.95
John Stevens
The changed title The
Gods
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the
book. With an Author's
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John Stevens
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New York, NY: Tor Books
-
ISBN 978-0-7653-2656-0
trade paperback (21×14cm)
02/2011
352
$ 15.99
(movie still)
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
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New York, NY: Tor Books
ISBN 978-1-4299-9352-4
ebook
02/2011
(352)
$ 9.99
(movie still)
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
UK
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London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-06232-7
paperback (17,5×11cm)
11/1984
367
£ 1.95
Richard Clifton-Dey
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Richard Clifton-Dey
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London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-06232-7
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1985 (2nd)
367
£ 1.95
Richard Clifton-Dey
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword. This printing is also included in the
boxed set of Riverworld
books in 1985.
Richard Clifton-Dey
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London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-06232-7
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1986 (3rd)
367
£ 2.50
Richard Clifton-Dey
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Richard Clifton-Dey
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London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-06232-7
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1987 (4th)
11/1988 (5th)
367
£ 2.95
Richard Clifton-Dey
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Richard Clifton-Dey
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London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-06232-7
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1990 (6th)
367
£ 3.50
Richard Clifton-Dey
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Richard Clifton-Dey
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Czech: Bohové
světa řeky
Prague: Triton Books / Trifid
-
ISBN 80-7254-481-0
paperback (16,5×11cm)
03/2004
379
Kč 199,00
Jan Pavlík
Martin Zhouf
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword. Also with an article, "Farmer, Philip
José", by Martin Šust.
Martin Zhouf
FRANCE
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et Demain
ISBN 2-221-04247-6
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
10/1984
433
FF 86
Charles Canet
not priced
The cover is with silver foil. Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
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-
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-fiction, No.2536
ISBN 2-277-22536-3
paperback (16,5×11cm)
01/1989
541
not priced
Charles Canet
Donald Grant
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
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Donald Grant
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 2-253-06483-1
paperback (16,5×11cm)
09/1993
03/1995
541
not priced
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword. Inside both books it wrongly printed
ISBN 3-253-06395-9, which is the ISBN of Le
labyrinthe magique.
Manchu
Title
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 2-253-06483-1
paperback (18×11cm)
05/1999
477
not priced
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Manchu
Title
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 2-253-06483-1
paperback (18×11cm)
04/2003
477
€ 6,10
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Manchu
Title
Omnibus
Publisher
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Bookno.
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Price
Translation
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Title
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 978-2-253-06483-1
paperback (18×11cm)
06/2006 (5th)
477
€ 6,95
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Manchu
Title
Publisher
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Bookno.
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Translation
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 978-2-253-06483-1
paperback (18×11cm)
05/2010 (6th)
477
€ 6,95
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Manchu
Title
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Bookno.
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 978-2-253-06483-1
paperback (18×11cm)
08/2014 (7th)
477
€ 7,10
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Manchu
Title
Omnibus
Publisher
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Bookno.
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Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Contents
Title
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French: Les
dieux du fleuve
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction No. 7159
ISBN 978-2-253-06483-1
paperback (18×11cm)
12/2019 (8th)
477
€ 8,20
Charles Canet
Manchu
Includes also the novella "Riverworld".
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Manchu
GERMANY
Title
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German: Die
Götter der Flusswelt
München: Heyne
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Band 4256
ISBN 3-453-31237-6
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1986 (1st)
-/1988 (2nd)
-/1990 (3rd)
399
DM 9,80
Uwe Anton
Wojtek Siudmak
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Wojtek Siudmak
Title
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German: Die
Götter der Flusswelt
München: Heyne
Science Fictiuon & Fantasy, Band 4256
ISBN 3-453-31237-6
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1992 (4th)
-/1994 (5th)
399
DM ?
Uwe Anton
Wojtek Siudmak
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Wojtek Siudmak
Title
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German: Die
Götter der Flusswelt
München: Heyne
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Band 4256
ISBN 3-453-31237-6
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1996 (6th)
03/1997 (7th)
399
DM 12,90
Uwe Anton
Wojtek Siudmak
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Wojtek Siudmak
Title
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German: Die
Götter der Flusswelt
München: Piper
Serie Piper No. 6661
ISBN 978-3-492-26661-1
paperback (19×12cm)
12/2008
412
€ 8,95
Uwe Anton
Daniel Ljunggren
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword. Includes an extra Riverworld story,
"Den glänzenden Fluss hinauf" ("Up the Bright River").
Daniel Ljunggren
ITALY
Title
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Italian: Gli
dei del Fiume
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di Fantascienza, 162
no ISBN
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
12/1985
vi + 324
L 6.000
Giampaolo Cossato & Sandro Sandrelli
Jim Burns
With an Author's Preface. No ISBN, later it got ISBN 88-429-0164-4.
Jim Burns
Title
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Italian: Gli
dei del Fiume
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di Fantascienza, 162
no ISBN
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
-/1989 [2nd]
vi + 324
L 10.000
Giampaolo Cossato & Sandro Sandrelli
Paul Lehr
With an Author's Preface. No ISBN, later it got ISBN 88-429-0164-4.
Paul Lehr
Title
Omnibus
Publisher
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Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
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Italian: Gli
dei del Fiume
in Riverworld, Il mondo del
Fiume (2)
Milan: Nord
Grandi Opere 21
no ISBN
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
10/1992
596
not priced [box: L 50.000]
Giampaolo Cossato & Sandro Sandrelli
Peter A. Jones
The two omnibus volumes -in a box- have no ISBN. Later the box got ISBN 88-429-0604-2. The books were not sold
separately. Omnibus, together with The Magic Labyrinth.
Peter A. Jones
Title
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Italian: Gli dei del
Fiume
Milan: Mondadori
Urania 1248
no ISBN
trade paperback (19×13cm)
01/1995
272
L 5.000
Giampaolo Cossato & Sandro Sandrelli
Oscar Chichoni
-
Oscar Chichoni
Title
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Italian: Gli dei del
Fiume
Milan: Mondadori
Bestsellers Oscar 657
ISBN 88-04-40747-6
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
02/1996
362
L 14.000
Giampaolo Cossato & Sandro Sandrelli
Jacopo Bruno
-
Jacopo Bruno
Title
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Italian: Gli dèi del
Fiume
Rome: Fanucci
TIF Extra
ISBN 978-88-347-1954-1
trade paperback (21×13,5cm)
08/2012
371
€ 9,90
Giampaolo Cossato & Sandro Sandrelli
(photo) Frenta
-
Frenta
POLAND
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Polish: Bogowie Świata Rzeki
Warsaw: MAG
-
ISBN 978-83-7480-372-4
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
12/2013
378
Zł 39,00
Gregory Komerski
Irek Konior
With an Author's Preface and Afterword.
Irek Konior
PORTUGAL
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Portuguese: Regresso
ao Mundo do Rio -1
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #340
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
-/1985
201
not priced [= Esc 614.00]
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro
Original novel published in two volumes. With an Author's Preface and
Afterword. The original afterword became a second 'foreword'
with the title "O Mundo do Rio".
A. Pedro
Title
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Portuguese: Regresso
ao Mundo do Rio -2
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #341
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
-/1985
199
not priced [= Esc 614.00]
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro
Original novel published in two volumes.
A. Pedro
ROMANIA
Title
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Romanian: Zeii Lumii
Fluviului
Bucharest: Nemira
Nautilus Science Fiction
ISBN 978-973-143-223-6
paperback (18×11cm)
09/2008
496
Lei 27,90
Gabriel Stoian
David Ho
With an Author's
Preface and
Afterword.
David Ho
RUSSIA
Title
Latin
Omnibus
Latin
Publisher
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Date
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Translation
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Russian: Боги мира
реки Bogi mira reki
in Миры Филипа Фармера - T. 9
in Miry Filipa Farmera - T. 9
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-167-7
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
09/1996
319
not priced
S. Trofimov & I. Vasil'ev
I. Leontiev
Pictorial boards. With a foreword about the novel, an Author's Preface and Afterword. This book is not really an omnibus, but it is part of
an omnibus series.
I. Leontiev
Title
Latin
Omnibus
Latin
Publishers
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Russian: Боги мира
реки Bogi mira reki
in Мир Реки: Магический
лабиринт
in Mir Reki: Magicheskiy labirint
Moscow: Eksmo
St Petersburg: Domino
Шедевры фантастики
ISBN 978-5-699-24469-0
hardcover (20×13cm)
11/2007
704
242 руб
S. Trofimov & I. Vasil'ev
Donato Giancola
Omnibus, together with The Magic
Labyrinth.
Donato Giancola
SPAIN
Title
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Spanish: Dioses
del mundo del río
Madrid: Ultramar
Bolsillo B-74 / Ciencia Ficcion
ISBN 84-7386-350-X
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
09/1984 (1st)
329
not priced
Domingo Santos
Garcés / Castells
With an Author's
Preface and Afterword.
Garcés / Castells
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Spanish: Dioses
del mundo del río
Barcelona: Ultramar
Bolsillo B-74 / Ciencia Ficcion-11
ISBN 84-7386-350-X
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
02/1989 (2nd)
329
Ps 518
Domingo Santos
Garcés / Castells
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Preface and Afterword.
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