the concept of the void stripping everything from you but fear is an excellent one. Being vs nothingness… why is the void so scary? Is it the absence of meaning? The fear of complete and utter solitude? this would be an excellent essay topic. Hell perhaps is the complete absence of meaningful input… perhaps the envelopement of noise but with noise the human will overlay meaning of our own creation (hallucination) using what is present to develop something (anything) meaningful. But the void… there is no input at all. Nothing upon which the human mind can work. Yes. That would be hell indeed, hence the fear.

Admittedly, this is a difficult thesis to tackle. East of Eden would present many easier alternatives.