Philip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld
Someone mentioned to me that Philip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld series has a Sufi character. Hence I looked around and asked a few people if they had more information and although I did not find out about the character but instead I found something more interesting – The main character of the novels is actually Sir Richard Francis Burton who is a real person and is famous for his book chronicling his visit to Mecca and Medina disguised as a Hajji (A Muslim Pilgrim).
The Sufi character in the Riverworld series is named Nur ed Din. I believe he was introduced in book 3, The Dark Design. He is a major secondary character in book 4, The Magic Labyrinth, and in book 5, Gods of Riverworld.
Thanks for the info Ross. I have not read the book so I was curious to know about this info. Thanks!
You’re right ross, the character is called nur ed din (el musafir) but he’s introduced in the first book in which he’s a friend of richard burton. He talks with him about islam, and they sail the river in the … Hajj 😉 those characters don’t appear in 2nd book, which introduced mark twain, john lackland or cyrano de bergerac, burton and nur come back in 3, 4 and 5st book. Maybe the author want to say we need a mystic initiation to know the meaning of (river)world..