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Good Omens (Gollancz S.F.) Book

Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humour; the result is a humanist delight to be savoured and read again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mix-up when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time.…Read More

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    There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch (recorded thankfully in 1655 before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants who had gathered to watch her burn) the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday in fact. So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing the four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road and the world's last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling. Tempers are flaring and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. They've lived amongst Humanity for millennia and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle. So if Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening they've got to find and kill the AntiChrist (which is a shame really as he's a nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him.Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's brilliantly dark and funny take on mankind's final judgment is back in a new hardcover edition which includes an introduction by the authors comments by each about the other and answers to some still-burning questions about their wildly popular collaborative effort that the devout and the damned alike will surely cherish until the end of all things.

  • Blackwell

    'The Apocalypse has never been funnier' Clive Barker There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its...

  • Pickabook

    Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

  • 0575080485
  • 9780575080485
  • Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
  • 18 October 2007
  • Gollancz
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 368
  • New Ed
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