Good Omens - Hardcover

Gaiman, Neil; Pratchett, Terry

4.26

747,248 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 057504800X ISBN 13: 9780575048003

Publisher: Gollancz, 1990

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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.

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Review:

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....

Review:

"Huge fun." -- Sunday Express (London)

"Wacky and irreverent." -- Booklist

"Hilariously naughty." -- Kirkus Reviews

"One Hell of a funny book." -- Gene Wolfe

"An utter delight-fresh, exciting, uproariously funny." -- Poul Anderson

"The Apocalypse has never been funnier." -- Clive Barker

"Fiendishly funny." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Hilarious!" -- Locus

Fiendishly funny. --New Orleans Times-Picayune

One Hell of a funny book. --Gene Wolfe

Huge fun. --Sunday Express (London)

Hilarious! --Locus

Wacky and irreverent. --Booklist

Hilariously naughty. --Kirkus Reviews

"Huge fun."--Sunday Express (London)

"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended."--Library Journal

"Hilarious!"--Locus

"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated."--Washington Post

"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"Fiendishly funny."--New Orleans Times-Picayune

"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time."--Detroit Free Press

"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python."--San Francisco Chronicle

"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A."--Rocky Mountain News

"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time."--Rave Reviews

"An utter delight--fresh, exciting, uproariously funny."--Poul Anderson

"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon."--Palm Beach Post

"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!"--Orlando Sentinel

"Wacky and irreverent."--Booklist

"The Apocalypse has never been funnier."--Clive Barker

"Hilariously naughty."--Kirkus Reviews

"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."--New York Times

"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld."--James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

"One Hell of a funny book."--Gene Wolfe

"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: --New York Review of Science Fiction

The Apocalypse has never been funnier. --Clive Barker"

Hilariously naughty. --Kirkus Reviews"

Wacky and irreverent. --Booklist"

Fiendishly funny. --New Orleans Times-Picayune"

From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time. --Rave Reviews"

If you ve never read [GOOD OMENS], don t miss it now. Grade: A. --Rocky Mountain News"

It could be called The Hitchhiker s Guide to Armargeddon. --Palm Beach Post"

Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python. --San Francisco Chronicle"

[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs. --San Diego Union-Tribune"

What s so funny about Armageddon? More than you d think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time. --Detroit Free Press"

Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud. --San Diego Union-Tribune"

A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. --New York Times"

An utter delightfresh, exciting, uproariously funny. --Poul Anderson"

Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh! --Orlando Sentinel"

I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: --New York Review of Science Fiction"

A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker s guide to the netherworld. --James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter"

One Hell of a funny book. --Gene Wolfe"

Hilarious! --Locus"

Huge fun. --Sunday Express (London)"

Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended. --Library Journal"

Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. --Washington Post"

An utter delight fresh, exciting, uproariously funny. --Poul Anderson"

-The Apocalypse has never been funnier.---Clive Barker

-Hilariously naughty.---Kirkus Reviews

-Wacky and irreverent.---Booklist

-Fiendishly funny.---New Orleans Times-Picayune

-From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time.---Rave Reviews

-If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A.---Rocky Mountain News

-It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon.---Palm Beach Post

-Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python.---San Francisco Chronicle

-[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs.---San Diego Union-Tribune

-What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time.---Detroit Free Press

-Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud.---San Diego Union-Tribune

-A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.---New York Times

-An utter delight--fresh, exciting, uproariously funny.---Poul Anderson

-Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!---Orlando Sentinel

-I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: --New York Review of Science Fiction

-A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld.---James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

-One Hell of a funny book.---Gene Wolfe

-Hilarious!---Locus

-Huge fun.---Sunday Express (London)

-Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended.---Library Journal

-Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated.---Washington Post

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