Please Help Me Remember This Book

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This is a longshot, and I am not sure I really started reading it or if it was a dream.

The story involved the main character(s) traveling town some river in another time/place/dimention. Maybe aliens were involved, maybe the book had a religious theme. I acquired the book from the same bookshelf where I found a bunch of Left Behind novels, so the religious connection could be there.

I think the main character(s) kept encountering new and different peoples/creatures during the trip.

I wish I had more to go on. I know I did not finish reading it, and i want to find out the title so I can read the rest. Thanks for any help!

2

First guess, Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer. It has aliens and something of religious themes, and fits your precis.

3

My first guess also.

4

If it’s Riverworld, know that there are three long sequels continuing the story from multiple viewpoints that eventually combine.

There is also a fifth book, but we don’t talk about it. At all. Ever.

5

Riverworld is it! The cover illustration of the golden bodies sealed the deal. Who whoula thunked, a book about a mystical world centering around a river…Riverworld.

Thank you all!