This being lunacy of a transcendent order. You are right there in the nether-reaches of the ultimate Sam Peckinpah movie with all the matter-of-fact solidity of a Hal Clement novel. I kid you not, Pournelle and Niven have had the chutzpah to re-write Dante’s Inferno as if they were some unholy hybrid of Roger Zelazny, Robert Heinlein, and Phil Jose Farmer.

I kid you not, Pournelle and Niven have had the chutzpah to re-write Dante’s Inferno as if they were some unholy hybrid of Roger Zelazny, Robert Heinlein, and Phil. Tor Books, 19.95 (529pp) ISBN 978-9-0 What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers or, indeed, about any of the provocative ideas that. Review” Inferno is quite literally a cake walk through hell, with a science fiction writer as Dante and Benito Mussolini as Virgil. Escape from Hell (2009) (with Larry Niven) Review Inferno is quite literally a cake walk through hell, with a science fiction writer as Dante and Benito Mussolini as Virgil. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller.

Acclaimed writing pair Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle offer a new twist on Dante’s classic tale, Inferno.Īfter being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell.įeeling he’s landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante’s road map.ĭetermined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the Nine Layers of Hell led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures.Īs he struggles to escape, he’s taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin-recast for the present day.Ī great read! INFERNO (1976) (with Larry Niven)Įscape from Hell (2009) (with Larry Niven) Escape from Hell Larry Niven 13 offers from £5.58 Product description About the Author Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces.

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