The Gates of Hell [Hardcover]

C. J. Cherryh (Author), Janet Morris (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Baen; 1St Edition edition (April 15, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671655612
• ISBN-13: 978-0671655617
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,820,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've written sf and fantasy for publication since 1975...but I've written a lot longer than that. I have a background in Mediterranean archaeology, Latin, Greek, that sort of thing; my hobbies are travel, photography, planetary geology, physics, pond-building for koi...I run a marine tank, can plumb most anything, and I figure-skate.

I believe in the future: I'm an optimist for good reason---I've studied a lot of history, in which, yes, there is climate change, and our species has been through it. We've never faced it fully armed with what we now know, and if we play our cards right, we'll use it as a technological springboard and carry on in very interesting ways.

I also believe a writer owes a reader a book that has more than general despair to spread about: I write about clever, determined people who don't put up with situations, not for long, anyway: people who find solutions inspire me.

My personal websites and blog: http://www.cherryh.com
http://www.cherryh.com/WaveWithoutAShore
http://www.closed-circle.net

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imagine the greatest heroes of all time, together in hell!, September 20, 2000

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Mary Carol Scherb (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gates of Hell (Hardcover)

Out of the underworld and into your heart! Rumor has it that there is a way out of Hell, through tunnels. Of course the rumors could he disinformation direct from the Father of Lies; all the Heroes of Hell who have assembled for the adventure know that. Though they do not know what hideous dangers they will face once they forsake the sanctuary of Julius Caesar's palace in New Hell, they are sure that boredom, the most awfiil fate Eternity has to offer, will not he one of them. Anything less they can handle; they are who they are, after all, and they have their army, equipped with the most modern weapons and electronics.... Join the greatest Heroes and Rogues of all the Ages in the first full-length novel in the greatest of all shared universes: Heroes in Hell.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Caesar and Cleopatra refight the Illiad in Hell., June 23, 2009

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Wellsoul2 (Boston MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gates of Hell (Paperback)

I've been re-reading the whole Heroes in Hell series from 1 to 12.

So far "Gates of Hell" is the best standalone novel.

This series is very interesting as many different famous persons interact
and have adventures in hell. This novel features Caesar,Alexander the Great, Achilles, Agamemnon and many of their respective friends as well
as mixing modern and ancient warfare and personalities. Cherryh does
a great job of getting into the heads of the various characters and
showing how ways of thinking from different periods can influence actions.
If you'd like to know what happens when famous people from different times meet then you'll love this series.

It's out of print but generally available used.