Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Review
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The apocalyptic found its way into Christianity early, which makes sense considering the persecutions of early Christians, and foremost among the texts of Christian apocalyptic thinking is the book of Revelations. But it's also true that this book has long been something of an embarrassment for a lot of Christians, since it portrays God and Christ in most unfavorable terms, as bringers of war and death for really no reason, a sharp departure from the loving God of the gospels that makes Christianity appealing.
So it makes sense that the story found in Revelations would be parodied, since parody is often the best way to make sense of the senseless. Niel Gaiman and Terry Pratchett have done just that in Good Omens, which takes the not at all unreasonable position that something as complex as the apocalypse foretold in the book of Revelations is likely to get all mucked up by simple human mistakes. To this Gaiman and Pratchett have added the reasonable argument that those who are supposed to make the apocalypse happen might just, for good reason, question the point of the whole thing.
The result is a delightful read, and unlike the pretentious and predictable Left Behind novels, we really don't know how the end times are going to turn out in Good Omens. We do know, early on, that it's going to be both funny and thoughtful, and from any parody, that's about the best you can ask for.
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- ISBN13: 9780060853976
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Overview
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
Put New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett together . . . and all Hell breaks loose.
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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...
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