Heroes in Hell

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

For the 1973 Italian war film, see Heroes in Hell (film). For the anthology book, see Heroes in Hell (book).

Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 314: malformed pattern (missing ']').

Heroes in Hell is a series of shared world fantasy books, within the genre Bangsian fantasy, created and edited by Janet Morris and written by her, Chris Morris, C. J. Cherryh and others. The first 12 books in the series were published by Baen Books between 1986 and 1989, and stories from the series include one Hugo Award winner and Nebula nominee, (Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg from Rebels in Hell), as well as one other Nebula Award nominee. The series was resurrected in 2011 by Janet Morris with the thirteenth book and eighth anthology in the series, Lawyers in Hell, followed by four more anthologies and two novels between 2012 and 2015.

Background

The shared world premise of Heroes in Hell (also called The Damned Saga) is that all the dead wind up together in Hell, where they pick up where they left off when still alive.[1] The Encyclopedia of Fantasy states "In the long series of shared world adventures begun with Heroes in Hell, Hell becomes an arena in which all the interesting people in history can come together to continue the relentless pursuit of their various ends."[2] Brian Stableford commented that the series "adapted the backcloth of Dantean fantasy as a stage for violent adventures with ironic echoes of infernal comedy".[3]

Reception

Science fiction and fantasy author Orson Scott Card compared the success of Heroes in Hell with other shared worlds like Thieves' World, Wild Cards and Liavek, and said that this "almost guarantees that shared worlds will be around for many years to come".[4] The webzine SF Site discussed the popularity of shared worlds in the 1980s and listed Heroes in Hell as a "significant example" of one of them.[5] Library Journal called Heroes in Hell "a garden of infernal delights."[6]

Miriam Van Scott reviews the first novel in the series within her book Encyclopedia of Hell.[7]

<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

Author Janet Morris created a unique underworld saga in her 1984 book, Heroes in Hell, a witty novel that declares "Nobody who is anybody went to heaven." The collection of infernal vignettes features everyone from the legendary hero GILGAMESH to actor James Dean in the great below, with the likes of Caesar and Mao Zedong thrown in for color. Trapped in the abyss of fire, the villains continue vying for power and position in the underworld to the delight of SATAN, their new overseer. Heroes was published with a companion novel, Gates of Hell.

— Miriam Van Scott, Encyclopedia of Hell, pg. 162

She later describes the entire series within the same book.[7]

<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

Innovative and clever, the Damned Saga weaves myth, legend, fact, and fantasy into a fascinating tapestry of underworld lore. The Heroes series also testifies to the immense popularity hell enjoys even in this modern age of literature.

— Miriam Van Scott, Encyclopedia Of Hell, pg. 162

Books in the series

There are seven novels in the series and twelve anthologies of short fiction. Janet Morris edited all twelve anthologies. Portions of Legions of Hell first appeared in stories published in Heroes in Hell, The Gates of Hell, Rebels in Hell, Kings in Hell and Crusaders in Hell.

Reviews

  • Heroes in Hell
    • Jackie Cassada, Library Journal, March 15, 1986, Volume 111, Issue 5, page 80
    • Chuq von Rospach, OtherRealms, April 1986, Volume 1, Number 3
    • James D. Riemer, Fantasy Review, May 1986, Volume 9, Number 5, page 21-22
    • Don D’Ammassa, Science Fiction Chronicle, June 1986, Volume 7, Number 9, page 45
    • Doug Fratz, Thrust, Winter 1986, Issue 25, page 24
  • Rebels in Hell
    • Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, October 1986, Volume 20, Number 7, page 5
    • Michael Cobley, Paperback Inferno, June/July 1987, Number 66, page 6
    • Don D’Ammassa, Science Fiction Chronicle, March 1987, Volume 8, Number 6, page 43
  • Kings in Hell
    • S. Lamb, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, May 1987, Volume 21, Number 4, page 3
  • Crusaders in Hell
    • Gloria Wall, Short Form, Issues 3 & 4, 1989, page 31
  • Angels in Hell
    • P.R., Booklist, September 15, 1987, Volume 84, Number 2, page 112
  • Legions of Hell
    • Publishers Weekly, May 29, 1987, Volume 231, Number 21, page 73
    • Trevin Matlock, Locus, Number 318, July 1987
    • P.R., Booklist, July 1987, Volume 83, Number 21, page 1655
    • K. E., Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, October 1987, Volume 21, Number 7, page 3
  • The Little Helliad
    • Philip J. De Parto, The Starship Express, 1988, Volume 2, Numbers 6 & 7
    • S. Lamb, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, September 1988, Volume 22, Number 6, page 26
  • Prophets in Hell
    • S. Lamb, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, September 1989, Volume 23, Number 6, page 20
  • Lawyers in Hell
    • Dan L. Hollifield, Aphelion, The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy,[15] September 2011, Issue 155, Volume 15
    • Patrick Richardson, Otherwhere Gazette,[16] March 30, 2012
    • Barb Caffrey, Shiny Book Review,[17] April 20, 2012
    • Joe Bonadonna, Black Gate, Adventures in Fantasy Literature ,[18] Friday, September 27, 2013
  • Rogues in Hell
    • Dan L. Hollifield, Aphelion, The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy,[19] October 2012, Issue 167, Volume 16
    • Joe Bonadonna, Black Gate, Adventures in Fantasy Literature ,[20] Monday, July 1, 2013
  • Dreamers in Hell
    • Joe Bonadonna, Black Gate, Adventures in Fantasy Literature ,[21] Thursday, July 18, 2013
  • Poets in Hell
    • Joe Bonadonna, Black Gate, Adventures in Fantasy Literature ,[22] Sunday, June 22, 2014

References

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

  1. ↑ Card 1990, p. 125.
  2. ↑ Clute and Grant 1997, p. 461.
  3. ↑ Stableford 2005, p. 356.
  4. ↑ Card 1990, p. 126.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Jackie Cassada, Library Journal, "Heroes in Hell", March 15, 1986, Volume 111, Issue 5, page 80
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Van Scott 1998, p. 162.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Brian Thomsen (ed.), Novel Ideas – Fantasy, DAW Books, 2006, copyrights acknowledgments page
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Heroes_in_Hell&oldid=5154848"