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Inferno
Published 1976 by Pocket Books · 237 pages
Hugo · 1976
FinalistNebula · 1977
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Hugo 19765 finalists
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle on these ballots
6 award entries · 4 books · 0 wins · 1975–1986
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Synopsis
Science fiction writer Allen Carpentier dies at a convention and wakes up in Hell, a place that mirrors the geography of Dante's Inferno with chilling modern updates. Guided by a mysterious figure who claims to be Benito Mussolini, he journeys through the circles of damnation trying to find a way out.
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Details
- Series
- Inferno · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780671804909