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As a kid, I became a fan of Sir Richard Francis Burton via the science fiction novel series by Philip Jose Farmer called the Riverworld. http://en.wikipedia.or

As a kid, I became a fan of Sir Richard Francis Burton via the science fiction novel series by Philip Jose Farmer called the Riverworld. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer#Riverworld_series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer#Riverwo... Burton was an amazing character and it's fun to read about his "real" life and contract that to my memories of his science fiction (after)life.

Jare 12y ago
Exactly the same for me, it was such a fascinating character (and novel)
yitchelle 12y ago
Just read the his entry in Wikipedia. Among the other amazing things Sir Burton has done, he is also a master in at least 25 languages, or 40 dialects. That is spectacular. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton