Comments on: Omnibus editions of Riverworld http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655989 OtherMichael Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655989 If you're referring to "Gods of Riverworld", wasn't that ending in the original manuscript, or at least in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_of_Eternity" rel="nofollow">semi-original</a> that was finally published in the 80s? Or am I confusing it with "Magic Labyrinth" ? If you’re referring to “Gods of Riverworld”, wasn’t that ending in the original manuscript, or at least in the semi-original that was finally published in the 80s?

Or am I confusing it with “Magic Labyrinth” ?

]]> By: pedantic http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655818 pedantic Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655818 These are not omnibus editions. Omnibus editions collect several separately-published works into one volume.  These are uniform editions, whereby separately-published works are republished all matchy-matchy. These are not omnibus editions. Omnibus editions collect several separately-published works into one volume.  These are uniform editions, whereby separately-published works are republished all matchy-matchy.

]]> By: Vic Hoon http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655508 Vic Hoon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655508 Dammit, you could have left off that last spoilery sentence from Wikipedia! I recall enjoying these books decades ago, giving me enough time to forget how they concluded. Dammit, you could have left off that last spoilery sentence from Wikipedia! I recall enjoying these books decades ago, giving me enough time to forget how they concluded.

]]> By: gracchus http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655252 gracchus Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655252 The series is perfectly enjoyable doing just that. Heck, the first book stands well enough on its own. The series is perfectly enjoyable doing just that. Heck, the first book stands well enough on its own.

]]> By: RadioSilence http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655102 RadioSilence Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655102 Me too. Finding the Riverworld books along with some Arthur C Clarke and Larry Niven on my dad's bookshelves as a teenager was what got me into SF in the first place.  Me too. Finding the Riverworld books along with some Arthur C Clarke and Larry Niven on my dad’s bookshelves as a teenager was what got me into SF in the first place. 

]]> By: glittalogik http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655105 glittalogik Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655105 It's a big baby and not *that* much bathwater, be a shame to throw the lot out. I feel similarly about Tad Williams' 'Otherland'  series - some of the most fantastic SFF I've ever read until the second half of the final book turned the whole thing into a steaming, rage-inducing pile of telepathic spacebaby crap. It’s a big baby and not *that* much bathwater, be a shame to throw the lot out. I feel similarly about Tad Williams’ ‘Otherland’  series – some of the most fantastic SFF I’ve ever read until the second half of the final book turned the whole thing into a steaming, rage-inducing pile of telepathic spacebaby crap.

]]> By: Aaron http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1655048 Aaron Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1655048 I completely agree. The series was good, the initial adventures were great, but the ending of the last book was pure deux ex machina.I don't think I could handle reading them again knowing I was leading up to that. Maybe if I just pretended the last book didn't exist... I completely agree. The series was good, the initial adventures were great, but the ending of the last book was pure deux ex machina.I don’t think I could handle reading them again knowing I was leading up to that. Maybe if I just pretended the last book didn’t exist…

]]> By: gellfex http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1654951 gellfex Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1654951 It's been a long time since I read these through, but I recall such disappointment in the final resolution of an incredibly inventive premise. Oh well, he's not alone in that weakness, it's endemic in SF. Diamond Age? Uplift Saga? It’s been a long time since I read these through, but I recall such disappointment in the final resolution of an incredibly inventive premise. Oh well, he’s not alone in that weakness, it’s endemic in SF. Diamond Age? Uplift Saga?

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1654948 OtherMichael Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1654948 I miss the Punchatz covers. Reading Riverworld without those covers is like reading LOTR without the Remington "Wilderness" covers. I miss the Punchatz covers. Reading Riverworld without those covers is like reading LOTR without the Remington “Wilderness” covers.

]]> By: Michelle_Randy Carlson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1654908 Michelle_Randy Carlson Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1654908 This series is some of the first sci-fi books I remember reading! This series is some of the first sci-fi books I remember reading!

]]> By: Bill Goldsmith http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1654835 Bill Goldsmith Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1654835 Cory:  thanks SO much for reminding me about an all-time favorite long overdue for re-reading. Cory:  thanks SO much for reminding me about an all-time favorite long overdue for re-reading.

]]> By: Eric Jacobsen http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/omnibus-editions-of-riverw.html#comment-1654794 Eric Jacobsen Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212777#comment-1654794 “these editions are fab” goddamnit “these editions are fab” goddamnit

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