Inferno (novel): Difference between revisions

''[['''Inferno]]''''', by [[Larry Niven]] and Jerry Pournelle, is a [[Recycled in Space|modern retelling]] and [[Deconstruction]] of the first part of ''The [[Divine Comedy]],'' with [[Ontological Mystery]] elements. The protagonist is a science-fiction author named Allen Carpentier (real name Carpenter -- [[My Nayme Is|he added the "i" to sound more interesting]]), who finds himself consigned to Hell after drunkenly falling off a window ledge at a convention. A mysterious figure called Benito (whom he calls "Benny" for short) rescues him from imprisonment in a brass jar, and then begins leading him to the exit Dante used at the very center of Hell, which is supposed to lead to Purgatory.