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InfernoSeries
series2 books1976
Fantasy, dark in tone, about redemption and faith and religion, set in afterlife & underworld.
“In Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle send a science fiction writer to his death and drop him into a modern-dress version of Dante's nine circles of Hell, where he must reason his way toward understanding why he has been damned.”
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The Great DivorceNovel
C. S. Lewisstandalone novel1945
Literary & general.
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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includes Earthsea Cycle
To Reign in HellNovel
Steven Bruststandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about angels and gods.
Songs of the SeraphimSeries
series2 books2009
completed
About angels and assassins, set in contemporary.
“Angel Time introduces Toby O'Dare, a contract killer given a chance at redemption when an angel recruits him to intervene in a medieval crisis, sending him back through history rather than forward.”
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What Dreams May ComeNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1978
Emotional and hopeful in tone, about grief and loss and reincarnation.
“A man who dies and finds himself in the afterlife is concerned about the state of mind of his widow, who doesn't believe in life after death.”
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