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* Used in ''[[Good Omens]]'', where an angel and a demon discuss who gets the better entertainment (Hell wins, as all Heaven has is Elgar and The Sound Of Music for all eternity). ''Overall'', however, Hell is said to be extremely unpleasant. The ''real'' point of the argument is that the Earth, possessing the best of both worlds, should be saved.

* In ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', the capital of Hell (Pandemonium) is portrayed as a somewhat glorious place - far more beautiful than anywhere on earth, but rather small for countless of millions of gigantic fallen angels. Thankfully they can change their size at will.

* The ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld/Eric|Eric]]'' features the Disc's version of Hell and the description of how it used to be before the book's [[Big Bad]] took charge doesn't sound that bad - people did get [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortured]], but since they didn't have physical bodies this wasn't a problem and the demons were quite friendly. But the new management has switched to ''psychological'' torture by [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|boring the souls of the damned out of their minds]].

* In the novel ''Waiting On The Galactic Bus'' by Parke Godwin, Heaven and Hell (or "Topside" and "Downstairs" as the characters refer to it) are pretty much the same, shaped only by the minds of the souls ("post-life energy") who inhabit it. Also, people tend to end up in the version they expect to. In the sequel, ''The Snake Oil Wars'' Topside is run by one of the two immortal alien brothers accidentally responsible for human evolution, and Downstairs is turned over to Jesus (Yeshua) and Judas (Yes, ''that'' Judas).