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."

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