Since I'm on holiday, I read an update and rewrite of Dante's Inferno by two science-fiction writers, largely on the strength of a favorable write-up on the First Things website. While it wasn't bad by a long shot, it also wasn't particularly engaging. Part of the problem was I couldn't be bothered to care much about the protaganist; a larger part was that once it became apparent that there was an escape from Hell, it didn't seem so awful to be consigned there.
Perhaps there's a reason the Bible doesn't give too many details about either Heaven or Hell: they're both more interesting when their particulars are left up to the imagination.
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