Inferno-Unabridged cover art

Inferno-Unabridged

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Inferno-Unabridged

By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £12.53

Buy Now for £12.53

About this listen

 After being thrown out of the window of his luxury apartment, science-fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of Hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the nine circles of Hell, led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin recast for the present day.©1976 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Science Fiction

Critic reviews

"A dazzling tour de force." (Poul Anderson)
"A fast, amusing and vivid book, by a writing team noted for intelligence and imagination." (Roger Zelazny)
All stars
Most relevant

Would you listen to Inferno again? Why?

I would definitely listen to Inferno again, it isn't too long, well read and quite an involving story. Many references to modern historic characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Inferno?

The moment the protagonist and his guide go through the beaurocratic engine of the place they are in. Very amusing!

Which character – as performed by Tom Weiner – was your favourite?

The protagonist, but also his guide. Both characters are very well played and with an appropriate accent.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Hell, is not what you have been told it is...

Any additional comments?

Really enjoyed this audiobook, will listen to it again when I have caught up with the other books in my queue.

Great Story, A Modern Divina Commedia

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
listened to this while driving to work, was always looking forward to knowing what came next. While the story is a little predictable, it's an interesting well described journey through hell. Sometimes the dialogue was a little unrealistic and I sometimes became lost what was going on and had to skip back but that's probably more to do with my concentration than the writing itself, I look forward to re-listening in the future and hope new details come out in the 2nd time around.

Fun concept executed well, passionate narration.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Searched for a copy of this book for years. As good as I remembered it. A good entry into the world creating talents of the authors.

Lost Classic

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was an amusing, relatively modern retelling of Dante's Inferno. I thoroughly enjoyed the humour and philosophy as well as the really imaginative and weird imagery. The use of real, historical people as characters was also very fun and charming.

Funny and philosophical

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Read and enjoyed this in print many years ago. Audio version did not dissapoint. Funny and thought provoking.

Thought provoking story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews