![]() ![]() In Jón Kalman Stefánsson's novel, Heaven and Hell the character Barthur is enamored of the poem, and suffers tragic consequences when he does not pay attention to gathering his gear for a fishing job, instead dwelling on one passage from the poem.In 1994, American author Joseph Lanzara wrote Paradise Lost: The Novel based upon the epic poem.John Collier's Paradise Lost: Screenplay for Cinema of the Mind.The Day After Judgment by James Blish ends with Satan making a long speech in Miltonic blank verse.In his Sandman comics/graphic novels series, Neil Gaiman uses Lucifer as a character, most notably in the Season of Mists arc/collection, and makes reference to the poem, having Lucifer openly quote Milton.Libba Bray uses a quote from Paradise Lost to name the second book of her trilogy, Rebel Angels quoting from it "To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav'n.".In Pullman's introduction, he modifies Blake's line to quip that he himself "is of the Devil's party and does know it." The epic was also one of the prime inspirations for Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials (itself a quotation from Book II of Paradise Lost).In his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie adapts major motifs and plot elements from Paradise Lost, such as a "fall" and subsequent transformation.John Steinbeck's novel In Dubious Battle takes its title from Book 1 of Paradise Lost.Frederick Buechner's debut novel, A Long Day's Dying, takes its title from Book 10 of Paradise Lost. ![]() Lewis' novel The Great Divorce the narrator meets writer George MacDonald in heaven, who uses the quote "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav'n" as answer to the narrator's questions about heaven and hell.
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