100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings
- 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife
- Ken Jennings
- Page: 320
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781501131592
- Publisher: Scribner
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Overview
Notes From Your Bookseller You can be an armchair traveler to practically anywhere, and thanks to Jeopardy kingpin Ken Jennings, now you can visit the wide assortment of afterlives from the comfort of your home. A fun and engaging exploration of the various places death could lead you, this is equal parts hilarious and fascinating. From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring to die for destinations from literature, mythology, and pop culture. Ever wonder which circles of Dante’s Inferno have the nicest accommodations? Where’s the best place to grab a bite to eat in the ancient Egyptian underworld? How does one dress like a local in the heavenly palace of Hinduism’s Lord Vishnu, or avoid the flesh-eating river serpents in the Klingon afterlife? What hidden treasures can be found off the beaten path in Hades, Valhalla, or TV’s The Good Place? Find answers to all those questions and more about the world(s) to come in this eternally entertaining book from Ken Jennings. Written in the style of iconic bestselling travel guides, Jennings wryly outlines journeys through the afterlife, as dreamed up over 5,000 years of human history by our greatest prophets, poets, mystics, artists, and TV showrunners. This comprehensive index of 100 different afterlife destinations was meticulously researched from sources ranging from the Epic of Gilgamesh to modern-day pop songs, video games, and Simpsons episodes. Get ready for whatever post-mortal destiny awaits you, whether it’s an astral plane, a Hieronymus Bosch hellscape, or the baseball diamond from Field of Dreams. Fascinating, funny, and irreverent, this “gung-ho travel guide to Heaven, Hell, and beyond” (The New Yorker) will help you create your very own bucket list—for after you’ve kicked the bucket.