The River Rolls On
"Blackness. Nothingness. He did not even know that his heart had given out forever. Nothingness. Then his eyes opened. His heart was beating strongly. He was strong, very strong! All the pain of the gout in his feet, the agony in his liver, the torture in his heart, all were gone. It was so quiet he could hear the blood moving in his head. He was alone in a world of soundlessness. A bright light of equal intensity was everywhere. He could see, yet he did not understand what he was seeing. What were these things above, beside, below him? Where was he?" - Riverworld I just read this morning that Philip Jose Farmer passed away at age 91 on the 25th of Feb. I cannot begin to tell you the hours that I have escaped into one of his stories. From "Riverworld" with Sir Richard Burton, ( Any of you who think I am referring to the actor that was married to Liz Taylor should quietly leave now ), to "The World Of Tiers" with first Robert Wolff then Kickaha, ( Paul Janu...