A Short Stay in Hell
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4.5
Steven L. Peck
As a faithful Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.
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Author
Steven L. Peck
Pages
110
Publisher
Strange Violin Editions
Published Date
2012
ISBN
0983748446 9780983748441
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"FIRE. My brain is still trying to come to terms with a novella. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SO SHORT? I can understand that it might not have been as effective if it had been shorter. I still wanted 400 pages of this. The idea is utterly captivating to me, the finite library (a word I now know how to pronounce due to sassy comments from my friends) is one of the most gripping concepts I've read in a long time. I think that Peck was able to go over the philosophical implications it would impress quite well for 100 pages. He dived into the questions I wanted and gave me even more. I don't know why this book was so vibrant and clear in my head, but I found my visualization of it was better than it normally is. My primary hypothesis for this is just how into I was, I had to finish it throughout a couple of days due to lack of time and that was damn unfortunate. I hope that the hell waiting for me is much more mundane, maybe a little shorter too."
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