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Larry Niven
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 237 pages Rating: 3.82 | 5273 Users | 322 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Inferno |
| ISBN: | 0671826581 (ISBN13: 9780671826581) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Inferno #1 |
| Characters: | Allen Carpentier, Benito Mussolini |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1976), Nebula Award Nominee for Novel (1976), Ditmar Award Nominee for Best International Long Fiction (1976) |
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This is the 6th Pocket printing.Cover Artist: Harry Bennett
An unearthly voice hisses unholy welcome. And the late, great Allen Carpentier begins his one-way journey into the dim nether regions where flame-colored demons wield diabolically sharp pitchforks and tormented vixens reign forever in a pond of sheer ice. Here, in this land of torment and terror, he discovers the amazing truth of the ultimate adventure that lies beyond the grave.
Frank Herbert -"The somber beauty of INFERNO brought up to the twentieth century with care and humor and with some sins Dante didn't even suspect."
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| Title | : | Inferno (Inferno #1) |
| Author | : | Larry Niven |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 237 pages |
| Published | : | December 2nd 1978 by Pocket (first published October 1975) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 5273 Users | 322 ReviewsPiece Regarding Books Inferno (Inferno #1)
What I liked about it?- Dante's Inferno, but better. Dante was never afraid of his journey through hell - Allen Carpentier (our protagonist) most definitely is. He has a lot more riding on it, and that makes it much more captivating.- Cameos from history's most infamous characters- Gory, but funny as hell (pun intended).What I didn't like about it?- It ended. Should you read it?Hell yes. Ha! It was morbidly hilarious, and indulged my twinge for the dark side of religion, complete with scaryBattled through for book club. Most boring book in the world.
Niven and Pournelle rewrite Dante as a pulp SF novel. Well, it would perhaps have been funny as a short story, but as it was I just felt appalled after a while.I wonder which level of Hell they're going end up in for doing this? My guess is the Tenth Bolgia of the Eighth Circle ("various sorts of falsifiers: alchemists, counterfeiters, perjurers, and impersonators"). Any other suggestions?
omg, you guys, gnats are so annoying they're probably in hell. HAHAHAHAHA! And you know what else? Lawyers and ad execs are annoying, so they're probably in hell, too. AHAHAHAHA! And sci-fi writers are so pedantic and skeptical, I bet they wouldn't believe they were in hell until they investigated every other possible explanation.I bet they would annoy the demons! AHAHAHAHA! And what about that Mussolini...A sci-fi convention joke that's probably best served as a sci-fi convention joke. Go home,
Very little that expanded or deepened my understanding of Dante's Inferno. I see the science fiction, but it is not fresh or helpful to me. The agnostic narrator Allen Carpentier found his journey into Hell worthwhile as he came to realize something of the power and the mystery of the Divine. Since I have those two clues as to what God might be, I found this book to be easy reading. I told some GR friends that I would read it, and I have.
Interesting, but also kinda meh.
Not to be confused with the classic, this is a book that is in fact a total ripoff of the aforementioned story with the added bonus of a dash of bigotry and homophobia. Awesome!
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