HEROES IN HELL [Mass Market Paperback]

Janet Morris (Author), Gregory Benford (Author), CJ Cherryh - David Drake (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Baen (March 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671655558
• ISBN-13: 978-0671655556
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #386,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like the "Riverworld" Books? You'll Enjoy These Too., November 16, 2005

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Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HEROES IN HELL (Mass Market Paperback)

This is red meat for fans of genre fiction-- in these shared-world stories, we see how various historical figures deal with being consigned to Hell. Oddly, it's very like our current existence (with some nasty differences), and we get to find out how Ernest Hemingway, Julius Caesar, Dante, Che Guevara and countless other greater and lesser lights deal with this "second life." If you liked Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld" novels (beginning with "To Your Scattered Bodies Go"), in which everyone who ever lived is resurrected along a million-mile river, you'll like this as well. It's well written and thought-provoking. And if you like it, there's another volume called "Rebels in Hell," featuring the really superior Robert Silverberg novelette "Gilgamesh in Hell." Genre fans will enjoy the byplay between HP Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and King Gilgamesh...

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Favorite, July 2, 2005

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John McKnight (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HEROES IN HELL (Mass Market Paperback)

There are very few books I still re-read, but the Hell series comprises most of the list. Solidly grounded in historical research, these stories and novels are gripping, amusing, and full of adventure, camaraderie and cleverness.

Achilles as a crazed helicopter pilot? Dante as hacker supreme? Hatshepsut the ultimate technogeek double agent? The portrayals of historical figures come to life, and the life of Agustus's household, the core of the series, is a place any fun, smart person yearns to live, like Heinlein's Boondock, or Xavier's school, or Hogwarts -

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Heroes in Hell, February 8, 2000

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amy & ed peterson (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HEROES IN HELL (Mass Market Paperback)

I picked up this book at a used book sale because the title and cover caught my attention. I bought the book because the synopsis intrigued me. When I read the book, I laughed--I became absorbed. I could see the individual parts leading somewhere. Suddenly I was on the last page, and still wanted to read more. I'm can't wait to find other books in the series.