Good Omens: A Full Cast Production

Here is a romp of a book about the coming of the End of the World. An angel and a demon who have been in charge of preparing the Earth for its doom have, over the recent millennia, grown to enjoy us humans and our planet, have actually but yet grudgingly become friends, and in the last few days before the Apocalypse decide to work together to avert the calamity.I do also own Terry Pratchett's book the Gnome Trilogy AKA the Bromeliad Trilogy about a group of small humanoids who discover that their ancestors were aliens marooned here on Earth and so make arrangements to be rescued. And the other author of Good Omens is Neil Gaiman, who worked closely with Douglas Adams on the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy. It is quite apparent that Good Omens is almost but not quite but yet surely and certainly in the same league as HHGG!

My kid loves this book and when my old paperback got destroyed I decided to get her this copy for her library. It looks wonderful and rich. The print is a nice size. It's not too big (about the size of a large paperback). The page mark ribbon is a nice bouse. I would recommend for any fan to add this edition to their library.

Interesting book with information good to know. I can't remember when I enjoyed a book more. There are witch's out there as well as Demons and Angel's if you believe. Delightful book, fun read. The series on Prime is also entaining.

The Kindle edition of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett that I downloaded was a 2011 reprint edition from William Morrow (publisher) sold by Harper Collins Publishers. At four hundred thirty-three pages, the novel is such a huge collection of very funny stuff and observations that it is best read in segments. While you are reading something else. If you get bogged down in something a bit too serious (even a book!) you would have the comfortable knowledge that you have a collection of absurdities in reserve that can pull you out of dull situations.It is a cult classic and I am not going to waste a bunch of time trying to come up with superlatives not yet used. It is worth reading the reviews such as the ones I found on Amazon. The novel is not everyone’s cup of tea; there are many negative ones. Most of the negative ones I read were of Neil Gaiman and those reviewers complained about a difference in the Gaiman style as compared to his other works. I felt those reviewers were unfair. I can safely bet there are a bunch of Christian religious fundamentalists (not extremists) which would not even attempt to see the humor in the naming and depictions of various members of the holy (and unholy) establishment. Who would have the temerity to suggest that War, Death, and Famine could keep their original Four Horsemen names but Pestilence was going to have to accept an upgrade to Pollution due to the demands of technology?Back to two complaints I have about the edition I read. (1) Who cares about publisher and publishers and reprint editions and the “when” of an edition? Me, when the novel becomes hard to read. Throughout this edition, there were symbols that looked like this * throughout the novel. I couldn’t initially find what they referred to. The story was moving along nicely at its usual speed of light and ignoring the symbols didn’t hinder its movement at all. Then I found all the referenced items at the end of the novel. And they were interesting. But at that point, there were no page references and I couldn’t easily go back to what they referred to. Grrrr! So, for a better reading experience, click on the tiny symbols. They will take you to the reference. Then click the back button on the Kindle App and it will take you back to the page you were on … maybe. I don’t know how it works when you are reading the novel on several devices at once and synchronization kicks in. That is what caused me problems.(2) This book was written by two authors in sort of a back-and-forth style. If one couldn’t get past a certain point (make it funny) the other kicked in new ideas. Through lots and lots of conference calls, they came up with this. Of course, Gaiman’s style was different! I am sure both he and Terry Pratchett made compromises in their final submission. I found many of the negative reviewer comments irrelevant.Now a bit about content. Here are some of the lines I found attention grabbing. Having read these, no way I could put the book down. After reading the subtitle I was hooked. “The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.” How could I walk away from that? It quickly became apparent that Agnes had written a book predicting the Apocalypse, the end of Days. And, looking at the table of contents (of this novel, not the one by Agnes) we can see that it is going to be very soon. It is a matter of days. Certain events and signs must happen first (re: the four Horsemen) but a lot of subordinate characters, angels and lesser angels, demons and lesser demons, Witchhunters, and innocent bystanders go in search for the missing ingredient, the Antichrist. The Antichrist, appropriately named Adam, has not exactly gotten sidetracked in his mission. He was never informed of the mission. He grew up as a “normal” boy. Although he always seemed to be the leader of any group, the one with the best ideas, and the ability to bend everyone else to his will, he did not act knowingly as the Antichrist. He is simply known by his nickname “The Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan, and Lord of Darkness. (p. 27). At least that is what Crowley, Satan’s representative on Earth, calls his soon-to-be-master.This is a hilarious, sarcastic, cynical, and absurd look at the fragility of human nature. For those who want to relate absurd happenings to literal happenings in present day reality, there is lots of material to allow a reader to do that.But I couldn’t stop laughing and didn’t want to spoil it with reality. I will read more novels with the Gaiman name. And I will take care of them. I will not treat them in a way described at the beginning of this novel. “If we run across a shiny new copy, it’s usually because the owner’s previous five have been stolen by friends, struck by lightning or eaten by giant termites in Sumatra. You have been warned. Oh, and we understand there’s a copy in the Vatican library.” (p. 2).

I love both of these writers. How can this book not be brilliant? The story is so creative - an unlikely pair become best friends throughout the span of humankind. Warms the heart.

This book should be required reading for teenagers, adults, and every age in between. Wonderfully subversive, and wickedly funny — all six thousand years’ of it!

great book, though cant help but notice the guy on the front cover is just not there

This book was just as wonderful as I'd assume the authors would write. This rendition is honestly the series in book format so there won't be anything new added to the story.

O livro tem uma qualidade muito boa, a capa é normal, por ser a edição econômica, mas é muito boa. O que eu mais gostei foi o fato de não saber se iria vir o livro com a capa branca ou preta, mas mesmo não conseguindo o que esperava, estou muito satisfeita com a compra.

Había visto la serie, de mis favoritos ambos

This book was recommended on a Facebook group of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans. It's the same style of British humour as HGTTG. I read the book, listened to the audio book, and watched the series on Prime. Then I segued to American Gods, which I didn't love as much but still enjoyed. You can say I am a fan.

Great fun to read, keeping up with the characters could be tricky, if you were to put the book aside for a few days but that is doubtful. Thoroughly enjoyed the book, reminded me of Tom Holt.

Een heel leuk geschreven boek over het einde der tijden. Maar wel met een twist. Het boek wijkt af van de gangbare verhalen over de apocalyps.