The Book of the River
The Book of the River is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1984.
Plot summary
The Book of the River is a novel in which Yaleen is one of the women who sail on an immense river which they cannot cross due to a vast worm appearing as the gelatinous Black Current that runs along its full length.Reception
Dave Langford reviewed The Book of the River for White Dwarf #55, and stated that "Not exactly major Watson, but good-humoured and enormously readable."Reviews
- Review by Chris Morgan in Fantasy Review, August 1984
- Review by K. V. Bailey in Vector 122
- Review by Baird Searles in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1986
- Review by Don D'Ammassa in Science Fiction Chronicle, #86 November 1986