Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The plot of the book concerns a young boy called Adam who just so happens to be the Antichrist, an unconventional angel, an even more unconventional demon and a small group of "ordinary" people who are trying to thwart The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in their attempts to fulfill their destiny by bringing about Armageddon!
It sounds pretty serious stuff, but don't be put off - "Good Omens" will have you laughing out loud!
The content of this page is copyright of CDT (author) February 2012. Please DO NOT copy or reproduce elsewhere either in print or online. "That's not Beelzebub!" he shouted, above the noise of the wind.
That's Him. His Father!...
This isn't Armageddon - this is personal..."
Plot Summary & Review Of Good Omens
Plot Summary & Review Of "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Good Omens is a humorous parody of the classic 1976 horror film "The Omen".
The plot centres around the Son Of Satan (The Antichrist) who should have been raised by an American diplomat prior to his bringing about The End Of The World in due course. However, due to a mix-up at the maternity hospital, the baby Antichrist is swapped with the wrong baby and instead, is brought up by a rather old-fashioned English couple for the first twelve years of his life.
As the appointed time of Armageddon draws near, the forces of good and evil are a little confused when they realise that the boy they thought was the Antichrist in fact isn't and they have to track down the real one before he realises the full extent of his powers and Does Things His Own Way...
A somewhat unconventional Demon called Crowley, joins forces with an equally unconventional Angel called Aziraphale to find the real Antichrist (who's called Adam Young and lives in a sleepy little English village). They are joined in the search by The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse (aided and abetted by a gang of Hell's Angels), the Witchfinder Army (all two of them) and the last descendent of the greatest prophetess that ever lived, a 17th century woman who was burnt at the stake as a witch and whose prophesies (collected in a book entitled "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch"), are so specifically pin-point accurate that no-one has ever understood them...until they start coming true in a rather worrying fashion...
Good Omens is full of colourful, larger than life characters and a plot that moves at a gallop. The story is as entertaining as you would expect, given the track record of it's two authors. If you fancy a giggle and an intelligent read combined, check out Good Omens!
Good Omens is available to order online from the Amazon bookstore.
Good Omens:
The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens:
The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens Main Characters
List of characters from Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Good Omens. The Nice and Accurate Propecies of Agnes Nutter (Hardcover edition) shown right available from Amazon.com* Adam Young - the Son of Satan, The Antichrist. 12 year old boy who lives in the quiet, rural village of Lower Tadfield in England. Adam is a bit of a junior philosopher and the leader of a gang called the "Them".
* Crowley - a demon, formerly known as Crawly aka the Serpent of Garden of Eden fame. Crowley has been on Earth for an awfully long time and really rather likes it here...especially the cars.
* Aziraphale - an angel, whose also been stationed on Earth for millennia and is fond of the place. Runs an antique bookshop in London.
* Anathema Device - witch and last descendant of Agnes Nutter (17th century witch and prophetess). Owns the last surviving copy of the infamous book written by her ancestor "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" and is the first to realise that suddenly, it's all starting to make sense.
* Shadwell - senior officer in the Witchfinder Army. Scruffy little man who lives in a bedsit and survives on tins of condensed milk. Devoted to his witchfinding duties.
* Newton Pulsifer - the rest of the Witchfinder Army. The last surviving descendent of the man who burned Agnes Nutter. Young man destined for a mundane life full of missed opportunities until fate takes a hand in his destiny.
* Madame Tracey - makes her living telling fortunes and entertaining "gentlemen callers". Lives in the same house as Shadwell and is rather fond of him, although he regards her as an immoral "Jezebel".
* Dog - Hell Hound sent to guard the young Antichrist. Upon arrival on Earth takes on the physical form his Infernal Master wishes and is more than a little surprised to be transformed from a red-eyed, slavering beast from the Pit, into a small scruffy mongrel. Nevertheless, Dog is devoted to his Master and strives always to do His bidding.
*Pepper, Wensleydale and Brian - members of Adam's gang the "Them". Loyal and in their own way, wise beyond their years.
* Mr Adams - Adam's surrogate father. Cardigan wearing, pipe smoking model of conformity and sheer ordinariness. Finds Adam a bit of a puzzle, all in all.
* The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse - Death, War, Famine and Pollution (Pestilence retired when antibiotics were discovered). Always there influencing humanity, waiting patiently for Armageddon when they will be at the forefront of the End Of The World. They constantly reinvent themselves as they adapt to the changing ways of humanity. As evidence of this, they now use motorbikes rather than horses. War is an arms dealer and a bit of a babe to boot, Famine owns a multinational diet food business, Pollution is behind every oil slick, radiation leak and piece of litter dropped and Death is just...Death...
"Any prowling maniac would have had more than his work cut out if he had accosted Anathema Device. She was a witch, after all. And precisely because she was a witch, and therefore sensible, she put little faith in protective amulets and spells; she saved it all for a foot-long bread knife which she kept in her belt...
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Good Omens Links
- The Good Omens Lexicon
- The Good Omens Lexicon: everything and anything about the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
- Temptation - A Shrine To Anthony J. Crowley
- A shrine to the character Crowley from the novel Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Contains the usual information and (over)analysis as well as fun fangirlish stuff such as fanart, fanfics, adoptable sprites, and more.
- The Annotated Pratchett File - Good Omens
- Terry Pratchett's work is full of references, parodies and in-jokes. Hundreds of such references have been collected in the Annotated Pratchett File (APF). This page is part of the on-line version of the APF and contains all the annotations for the book "Good Omens".
- Good Omens Reviews
- Multiple reviews of Good Omens from goodreads
"There was a tearing sound. Death's robe split and his wings unfolded. Angel's wings. But not of feathers. They were wings of night, wings that were shapes cut through the matter of creation into the darkness underneath, in which a few distant lights glimmered, lights that may have been stars or may have been something entirely else..."
Neil Gaiman On Good Omens
Neil Gaiman co-author of Good Omens talks about the book
Neil Gaiman Talks About Good Omens
Neil Gaiman answers questions
Big Ted: "You're Hell's Angels?
What chapter are you from, then?"
Death: "REVELATIONS...CHAPTER SIX"
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cdevries
Aug 9, 2011 @ 10:33 am | delete
- I really love Good Omens. I'd already been reading Terry Pratchett, but this was the book the led me to Neil Gaiman - now I'm a fan of both.
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AddaptAbilities
Apr 25, 2011 @ 6:33 pm | delete
- Good Omens is one of my favorite books :)
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SudokuNut
Dec 15, 2010 @ 11:29 pm | delete
- I devour everything these two authors put on paper and this one was no exception. It's a fantastic read and I'd love to see them get together again in the future.
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My_t_mouse76
Jan 15, 2010 @ 8:35 am | delete
- A comedy of errors, very Monty Python-ish, which is probably why I loved it so much. especially loved the nonsensical annotations on every page. Kept my giggling while the world was ending. LOL
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Flynn_the_Cat
Nov 24, 2009 @ 4:48 am | delete
- Hi, just letting you know that I included this on my Pratchett page! http://www.squidoo.com/pratchett
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so upset!
Jul 14, 2009 @ 9:43 pm | delete
- I had gotten the sample for Good Omens for my Kindle at Amazon, went to buy the full version and it's no longer available!! Beyond upsetting because I was really enjoying the sample!
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Margo_Arrowsmith
Nov 29, 2008 @ 1:03 pm | delete
- well this looks like a fun book, I have never read it, but it goes on my list 5* lens, too
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