Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Good Omen's is the ingenious retelling of the apocalypse. The brilliance grows form the collaboration between aspired novel writers Pratchett's and Gaiman. The fear of the arrival of the prophesised Antichrist Adam has forced second-rate angel Aziraphale and second-rate demon Crowley to work together in order to save humanity. The hilarious plot entwines the characters in a network of advanced and detailed comprehension. The manner that Pratchett and Gaiman evolve the individual characters into people that you can relate with is brilliance, and not only makes for hilarious reading but a more exciting and enjoyable occasion. Turning, holy, mythical ...  Read the complete review

Yes, I know the title's a terrible pun. Don't let that reflect badly on the subject of the review. I love this book. I haven't read anything else by Neil Gaiman (though I have friends trying to correct that) so I can't compare it to his other works, but I can say that this is as humorous as most of the work Terry Pratchett is most famous for: The Discworld. ~~~ The Setting ~~~ This book is set in our world, but not quite as we know it. Demons and angels influence the lives of the humans, manipulating the world towards the great conclusion: the final battle between heaven and hell. There are scenes all over the world, but most of the action ...  Read the complete review

Terry Pratchett And Neil Gaiman Good Omens Well I was thinking of writing another music review but couldnt think of any albums to write about so instead we are going to lean over and pick up a nicely sized novel by a certain Mr T. Pratchett and his friend Mr N. Gaiman, entitled Good Omens, which was realeased upon the world in the grand year of 1990. Terry Pratchett started writing a fair few years ago, back in the 60’s whilst still in school, over the years his talents increased and he found himself working for various newspapers etc. He then went on to write a series of fairly successful books, which you may have heard about, the ...  Read the complete review

Many will be familiar with Pratchett for his Discworld series. This book, first published in 1990, is a collaboration with comic-writer Neil Gaiman, but very in keeping with Pratchett’s work. In my opinion, it’s certainly up with the best of the Discworld novels, and it’s also free from the need to know recurring characters and what happened before, being a standalone book. The humour, however, is typical Pratchett, and those who don’t appreciate it probably won’t like this book either. According to the authors’ biographies, the book was written in the four or five hours a day when they are both actually awake simultaneously but, if ...  Read the complete review

In England the Antichrist is about to be born. Unfortunately, thanks to a couple of bumbling Satanic Midwives, the Antichrist has a new name. "Adam" knows nothing of the evil thing he is to become. As Heaven and Hell prepare for Armageddon, their two demonic and angelic representatives on Earth decide they are quite keen on the world as it is. Of course, they are in favour of Armageddon, “in general terms” but then where would they have lunch? “Good Omens” is a hilarious dark fantasy created by the collaboration of two literary giants in the form of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Pratchett is best known for his Discworld stories, fantasy parodies ...  Read the complete review