Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 0552137030 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0552137030 Global Overview for this book
3 journalers for this copy...
This is a brilliant book! This is a 2nd copy purchased specifically for bookcrossing, I have another in my permament collection.
From Amazon.com:
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 humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup 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...
From Amazon.com:
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 humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup 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...
Journal Entry 2 by leeny37 at Post office: Mailed to another bookcrosser in Laverton, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (5/30/2007 UTC) at Post office: Mailed to another bookcrosser in Laverton, Western Australia Australia
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Mailing this out to Shelly-Sparkles as a RABCK, enjoy! :)
Mailing this out to Shelly-Sparkles as a RABCK, enjoy! :)
Excellent smithers. . .I am so looking forward to reading this book again...thank you for post this to me from Victoria....
I hadn't read any Terry since my 20's so well over 10 years ago!
I loved going back into Terry Land and loved this book.
Thanks Shelly for sharing.
CAUGHT IN POSTED TO ME FROM TOWNSVILLE ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
I loved going back into Terry Land and loved this book.
Thanks Shelly for sharing.
CAUGHT IN POSTED TO ME FROM TOWNSVILLE ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
After Nerys read this it was my turn.
Yes I enjoyed this book although it is not on of my all time favourites.
I think Michelle and Nerys are the real Terry fans.
CAUGHT IN MELBOURNE GIVEN TO ME TO READ BY MY GF AUSTRALIA
Yes I enjoyed this book although it is not on of my all time favourites.
I think Michelle and Nerys are the real Terry fans.
CAUGHT IN MELBOURNE GIVEN TO ME TO READ BY MY GF AUSTRALIA
