![]() ![]() ![]() Good Omens starts (after a prologue) off by explaining that science is wrong-“ whole business with the fossilized dinosaur skeletons was a joke that the paleontologists haven’t seen yet” (4)-and that the world is going to end soon. Cassette tapes left in the car for over a fortnight turn into The Best of Queen, the narrator’s kind footnotes to explain things are quite funny (including my favorite joke when I was a wee lass), and house plants can be maintained by pure intimidation. This isn’t a comedy where jokes pop up only in dialogue the entire universe is funny without making things comically trivial. If you like the nonchalant wackiness of Terry Prachett’s Discworld series, you’ll enjoy the humor here. All in all, Earth might have a shot-if only they could find the Antichrist… But humanity isn’t totally helpless here armed with The Nice & Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the only accurate book of prophecy in the world, Anathema Device is trying to piece together the end of the world as foretold by her ancestor and the unassuming Newton Pulsifer joins the Witchfinder Army on a lark. However, Crowley and Aziraphale aren’t going to let Earth go down without a fight and decide to do what they can to postpone the Apocalypse. ![]() Just when Heaven and Hell’s representatives on Earth-Crowley and Aziraphale-have decided that they quite like the place, Crowley is handed the Antichrist and told to close up shop. Good Omens is, simply, a buddy comedy about Armageddon. Casting around for something for Reading by Ear, I saw the audiobook for Good Omens at my library and knew it was time to revisit this old favorite. Good Omens, on the other hand, has become one of my favorite books, lovingly read, reread, and purchased for friends’ birthdays. My mother required me to read Silas Marner before I could read the much-anticipated novel accordingly, I remember nothing about Silas Marner to this day. It was a favorite book of Sandra Fuhr, a web comic artist whom I still follow. Good Omens is one of the first adult novels I bought for myself as a wee lass that I discovered through a recommendation of sorts. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
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