by Neil Gaiman (Author), Terry Pratchett (Author)
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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 01 May 1990
ISBN 10: 057504800X
ISBN 13: 9780575048003
Book Overview: A laugh-out-loud, screamingly funny apocalyptic novel that will change the way you look at the end of the world, by two of Britain's most popular novelists. A brand new, modern look for the classic end -of-the-world novel Contains new material: an afterword in which Terry & Neil talk about how they came to write GOOD OMENS, and working together Terry Gilliam has film rights and is alledgedly about to start work on the Hollywood movie version Terry Pratchett is one of the world's most successful novelsist, selling millions of copies of his books in dozens of countries Neil Gaiman came to fame with his Sandman series of graphic novels and hit the New York Times bestsellers list last year with ANANSI BOYS