Gods of Riverworld

'''Farmer, Philip José. Gods of Riverworld.''' (c) 1983. New York: Putnam's n.d. [S. F.] Book Club Edition. Toronto: General Publishing Co., n.d. "A limited first edition of this book has been published by Phantasia Press."

Fifth volume in the Riverworld series. Action set in huge tower, which is both a building and the Computer (capital "C" in text) for Riverworld—a double computer, with backup, as we learn at the end of the story. Dialog includes discussion of free will vs. determinism, with the conclusion that "Every person is a semirobot," in that ". . . each is subject to the demands of the biological machine, the body"—but still has reason and a degree of free will (169-76). Rev. Russell Letson, FR #65 (March 1984): 28.