The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.?Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon!“Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of … collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It’s a wow. It would make one hell of a movie. Or a heavenly one. Take your pick.” —Washington Post
According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world’s only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.
So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.
And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .
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Hilarious. Please ignore the television series and read the book; the book is fabulous, the series is not.
One of my all time favorite books. I’ve read it several times and laugh out loud each time!
I only just started it, but the previous book I was reading will have to wait.
My TBR pile of books is almost as large as Aziraphale’s, and I definitely won’t live quite as long as him, so I’ve been trying not to do too much re-reading of old favourites – but what can one do when Crowley is in Temptation Mode [TM]…?
Like a good half of the planet, I recently watched and loved the superb Amazon Prime series, and then just had to re-read and re-love the novel as well. I have no idea how many times I read it Back In The Day, but it was at least eleventy-something.
What can I say? It’s brilliant and thoroughly goodhearted, it’s clever and funny and colourful and occasionally poignant. It’s how the world should be.
I don’t always get along very well with other works by the two individual authors, but together – like Crowley and Aziraphale – they added up to more than the sum of their parts, and wrote something truly spectacular.
Thank you, both! This book almost makes me believe in Grace.
Absolutely delightful!
This book is the result of a wonderful cooperation between 2 of my greatest author heroes. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett created something fabulous with this story! The last few sentences really made me grin out loud!
Neil Gaimman, master story teller!
I really enjoyed the story, but the organization of the book really drove me crazy. I feel like it jumped around characters too much, and I would have preferred more chapter breaks. However, the story is entertaining, and I am looking forward to checking out the show next month.
This was my first introduction to Terry Pratchett, and right away I was hooked. I was familiar with Neil Gaiman, but not his funnier side, and this book was a great lead into that, as well. I couldn’t put it down! And now there’s going to be an Amazon series based on the book! I’m thrilled to see it.
Laugh out loud romps as a demon and an angel try to avert the Apocalypse.
I’ve been on a Neil Gaiman kick lately. Neverwhere started it, The Ocean at the End of the Lane put fuel on it, and now I’ve finished Good Omens.
Good Omens irritated me at first. It’s meant to be funny, but in the first chapters it was so funny it became annoying. I love Neil Gaiman story telling with flicks of humor tossed in, but Good Omens was funny shoved down a reader’s throat.
Around chapter 5 something clicked for me. I’m theorizing that was the point that the story began to have some real meat to it, besides being incredibly witty.
By the end of Good Omens I was happily in love with every aspect of the story and the humor in it. I often laughed out loud and snickered when I remembered a clever line. Read Good Omens if you love dry English humor. Expect to laugh out loud a lot much to your own annoyance
One of my favorite books to date. Crowley and Aziraphale quickly became two of my favorite characters of all time. It is delightfully irreverent while managing to be thought-provoking, with a completely satisfying ending.
Angels, Demons, the Anti-Christ, and otherwordly wickedness wreck havoc with glee in this story. I loved the beginning of this but as the book progressed I found that there were so many characters I sometimes got lost in trying to figure out what was going on. Good story, just a different read for me.
I cannot even tell you how many people I’ve recommended this book to in person, even offering up my own copy more than a couple times. Awesome story, great characters, and just an all around good time… read it. Trust me.
Brilliant storytelling funny, witty, exceptional characters Azreale and Crawley are two antagonists who become frenemies then friends. Whilst trying to prevent the apocalypse
A great book written by two great authors just trying to make each other laugh
This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite books. I couldn’t put it down, and it made me laugh the whole way through. Read it and you’ll absolutely fall in love with the characters, the story, and the ineffable.
Ridiculously fun, jam-packed with wit, action, and creativity, as you might expect from the combination of these two powerhouse fantasy authors. Can’t wait for the upcoming TV adaptation.
Many prophets have predicted the end of the world, but all of them have gotten some things wrong, that is except for Agnes Nutter. Unfortunately her book The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch which she wrote about 300 years ago is all but forgotten about. Now there is an angel and a demon running amuck because they have decided that they quite like living on earth, heaven and hell are boring, and they don’t want the world to end. The four horsemen are on the loose, and the Antichrist is lost somewhere in suburban England wreaking havoc on the world (possibly because he is 11 and doesn’t know he is the Antichrist).
One word: HILARIOUS!
A real funny twist on a great horror story.