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After setting off, Burton's group encounters many adventures, but are enslaved by a riverbank kingdom run by Tullus Hostilius and Hermann Göring, against whom Burton leads a successful revolt. Göring himself is killed by Alice.
- Philip José Farmer
- 1971
Jan 1, 2001 · Although there are many hardships during the journey--including an encounter with the infamous Hermann Goring--Burton's resolve to complete his quest is strengthened by a visit from the Mysterious Stranger, a being who claims to be a renegade within the very group that created the Riverworld.
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For example, one of the characters depicted in the first book of the Riverworld series, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, is a tormented, drug-addicted Hermann Göring who ends up as a missionary of the Church of the Second Chance, a peaceful religion. Apparently left to their own devices, the people re-create their Earthly societies.
The story revolves around three main characters: Sir Richard Francis Burton, Alice Liddell, and Hermann Göring. Sir Richard Francis Burton, a famous adventurer, finds himself inexplicably resurrected on a foreign planet after his death.
The interplay between Richard Francis Burton and Hermann Göring was especially interesting. The setting is very mysterious. Information about how the people got there and why they're there, is slowly introduced, but lots of red herrings are thrown into the mix.
- Philip José Farmer
- 1971-06-??
- Science Fiction
- Fiction
His portrayal of Hermann Göring, for instance, is cartoonish at best, but that doesn't matter because we all know what Göring was like and anyway, look – he's naked and tripping his nuts off and murdering everyone!
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Mar 14, 2001 · He leaves the rest of the group behind and heads upriver, only to find Hermann Goering's new home. Goering has become a dreamgum addict. In the end, Burton ends up killing him with a spear to the belly again, and drowns himself in the river shortly afterward to avoid certain capture by the Ethicals.
