The dark design
Much has transpired since Earth's denizens found themselves resurrected along the shores of a river 22 million miles long. With the truth of this strange river's creators, the Ethicals, still shrouded in mystery, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, King John, and Cyrano de Bergerac face a fantastical voyage of discovery. "Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld. Once there, he hopes…
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- Full title :The dark design / Philip José Farmer.
Summary
Much has transpired since Earth's denizens found themselves resurrected along the shores of a river 22 million miles long. With the truth of this strange river's creators, the Ethicals, still shrouded in mystery, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, King John, and Cyrano de Bergerac face a fantastical voyage of discovery.
"Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld. Once there, he hopes to learn the secret of the mysterious tower that dominates the landscape and find the answer to his most urgnet question: could the tower contain the Ethicals, the enigmatic beings that created Riverwold? Meanwhile, Jill Gulbirra is challenged for the job of piloting the airship by none other than Cyrano de Bergerac. As if there were not enough challenges facing the crew, they soon suspect there is an agent of the Ethicals among their number, plotting their destruction..." -- Page 4 of cover.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1977
- Edition:1st Tor ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Tor
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1977
Notes
Date of publication from Books in Print.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
The Physical Object
- Description:461 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780765326546, 076532654X
- oclc:ocn471820049
- LC Classification:PS3556.A72
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
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