Heroes in Hell

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...

This was enjoyable for me. I would recommend it for a rainy day or a long trip. Definately worth reading.

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 -