Good Omens - The Nice and Accurate Pophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

»Es war keine dunkle und stürmische Nacht. Eigentlich sollte es eine dunkle und stürmische Nacht sein, aber auf das Wetter ist eben kein Verlaß.« Die Geburt des Antichristen steht unter keinem guten Stern. Eigentlich soll der junge Warlock von den finsteren Engeln Erziraphael und Crowley zum gefürchteten Höllenfürst erzogen werden. Doch statt für die Apokalypse interessiert sich der Junge viel mehr für Baseball, seine Briefmarkensammlung und Kaugummi mit Bananengeschmack. Es stellt sich heraus, daß das Kind im Krankenhaus vertauscht wurde. Nun gilt es, den wahren Antichristen aufzuspüren. Zudem begreifen Erziraphael und Crowley, daß die Erde eigentlich doch gar keine so üble Gegend im Universum ist. Doch der Termin für den Weltuntergang rückt unaufhaltsam näher

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The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, now an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.

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"Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It's a wow. It would make one hell of a movie. Or a heavenly one. Take your pick."-Washington Post


According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.

So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fuss y angel and a fast-living demon-both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle-are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .

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"The Apocalypse has never been funnier." - Clive Barker

"Hilariously naughty." - Kirkus Reviews

"Wacky and irreverent." - Booklist

"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Fiendishly funny." - New Orleans Times-Picayune

"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time." - Rave Reviews

"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A." - Rocky Mountain News

"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon." - Palm Beach Post

"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs." - San Diego Union-Tribune

"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time." - Detroit Free Press

"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud." - San Diego Union-Tri bune

"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." - New York Times

"An utter delight-fresh, exciting, uproariously funny." - Poul Anderson

"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!" - Orlando Sentinel

"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: - New York Review of Science Fiction

"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld." - James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

"One Hell of a funny book." - Gene Wolfe

"Hilarious!" - Locus

"Huge fun." - Sunday Express (London)

"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended." - Library Journal

"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated." - Washington Post