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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Berkley Pub Group
Publication date January 1, 1984
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780425086780
ISBN-10 042508678X
Availability§ Publication Cancelled
Original list price $3.95
§As reported by publisher
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Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld.  Once there, he hopes to learn the secret of the mysterious tower that dominates the landscape and find the answer to his most urgent question: could the tower contain the Ethicals, the enigmatic beings that created Riverworld?

Meanwhile, Jill Gulbirra is challenged for the job of piloting the airship by none other than Cyrano de Bergerac. As if there were not enough challenges facing the crew, they soon suspect there is an agent of the Ethicals among their number, plotting their destruction….



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780399120312
 
from Putnam Pub Group (September 1, 1977)
9780399120312 | details & prices | List price $9.95
About: Little wear to boards.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780345419699 Book cover for 9780765326546
 
With Philip Jose Farmer | 1 edition from Tor Books (June 8, 2010)
9780765326546 | details & prices | 461 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $22.99
About: Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld.
from Del Rey (August 1, 1998)
9780345419699 | details & prices | 450 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Genghis Khan, Alice, Sir Richard Burton, Mark Twain, Peter Frigate, and millions of others mysteriously resurrected on the planet Riverworld wander along the planet's twisting river in search of the master beings who brought them all back to life
Reissue edition from Ace Books (December 1, 1988)
9780441138173 | details & prices | List price $3.95
About: Genghis Khan, Alice, Sir Richard Burton, Mark Twain, Peter Frigate, and millions of others mysteriously resurrected on the planet Riverworld wander on the planet's twisting river in search of the master beings who brought them all back to life
The price comparison is for this edition
from Berkley Pub Group (January 1, 1984)
9780425086780 | details & prices | List price $3.95
About: Milton Firebrass, once Mark Twain's enemy and now his greatest ally, plans to build a giant airship that can fly to the North Pole of Riverworld.
Miscellaneous
Book cover for 9781429949149
 
With Philip Jose Farmer | 1 edition from Tor Books (June 8, 2010)
9781429949149 | details & prices | List price $9.99

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