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Description edit
After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Allen Carpentier: A famous science fiction writer who dies and finds himself in a place he just cannot believe is real.
- Benito Mussolini: Former Duce of Italy. Executed by partisans, 1945.
- Billy The Kid: Gunslinger in the old west.
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First Sentence edit
I thought about being dead.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Errata edit
The Second Vatican changed quite a bit about the way the religious rules worked.. and places like "Limbo" were lost, so in Escape From Hell the authors talk about this.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in The Inferno. (standard series)
Followed by Escape from Hell.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Larry Niven (Author)
- Jerry Pournelle (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0-671-80490-1
Page Count: 237
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0-671-80490-1
Page Count: 237
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 2328489
- Dewey: 813.54
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