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Inferno

By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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After being thrown out of 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 through the nine circles of Hell, led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin recast for the present day.©1976 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fiction Science Fiction Classics Witty Funny
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"A dazzling tour de force." (Poul Anderson)
"A fast, amusing and vivid book, by a writing team noted for intelligence and imagination." (Roger Zelazny)

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I liked the voice actor, he did an excellent job and I’d like to hear some of his other work. I just couldn’t really get into this story. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either, just pretty mediocre all around. In the end, all of the characters were thinly written and ultimately forgettable. The main character spends the better part of the book refusing to believe that he’s actually in hell. This is comical at first, but it wears thin pretty quickly and overstays its welcome far too long. Ultimately, I’m glad the story was relatively short otherwise I don’t know that I would have been able to finish. I’m also glad that I picked this up on sale, paying full price would have only added to my disappointment.

We are in the hands of ultimate power and ultimate sadism

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Great story, and great narration. He used different voices for characters, it was fun listening

love the narration

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The sequel is just as good. Great humor, accuracy to Donte’s original is obvious with obvious side jokes to livin it up. Niven’s does as always. An amazing job. Could only wish for more, but very satisfied with what he has given us. I highly Recommend this book.

Amazing

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Interesting read, well written and humorous. I found it entertaining to listen to, and was well read. It is not as detailed as Mr. Nivens other novels, but worth the listen. This is a short review, I am aware, but I am not inspired to write a longer one. It is about one guys travel through hell, the people he meets and his personal discovery, which is a large part of what hell seems to be about.

Dante's Inferno, the sequel...

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I loved every second of the story. The ending was well worth all the eternal pain and torment.

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