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The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 02 Nov 1997
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Paul C Duggan — 02 Nov 1997, 17:30

> > observation, after reading Cordwainer Smith's "A Planet Named Shayol," 
> > that where at one time people wrote gory descriptions of Hell with the
> > purpose of putting a genuine fear of God into people, several modern
> > science fiction writers have written gory stories about Hell with the
> > (seemingly intended) effect of making the reader say, "surely this cannot
> > be." 

> Who else? I'm curious.

Niven's "Inferno"?

"I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, |  paul           + | +
elated, disillusioned, shocked, comforted, and I    |                 --|--
have to transmit my mental experiences lest I die." |                 + | +
                     --  Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy    |  pduggan at world.std.com

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Michael Straight — 03 Nov 1997, 08:32
  follows, by subject match Paul C Duggan

> On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Paul C Duggan wrote:
> 
> [Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other works]

> > > observation, after reading Cordwainer Smith's "A Planet Named Shayol," 
> > > that where at one time people wrote gory descriptions of Hell with the
> > > purpose of putting a genuine fear of God into people, several modern
> > > science fiction writers have written gory stories about Hell with the
> > > (seemingly intended) effect of making the reader say, "surely this cannot
> > > be." 

> > Who else? I'm curious.

> Niven's "Inferno"?

Arguably, Harlan Elison's "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream" can be read
this way. 

-Rostrum

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