Inferno
#1742 of 8,085 books · #335 in Fantasy
Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1976) and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1976).
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 through the Nine Layers 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.
- Publisher
- Galaxy Science Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781429933452
- Topics
- Afterlife and hellSin and redemptionJourney through the underworld
Awards
- Hugo Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1976)
- Nebula Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1976)
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- Footfall (1988)0 wins · 5 score
- Lucifer's Hammer (1981)0 wins · 5 score
- Oath of Fealty (1981)0 wins · 4 score
- The Gripping Hand (1993)0 wins · 2 score
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