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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch
Author: Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
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 fa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780894808531
ISBN-10: 0894808532
Publication Date: 9/1990
Pages: 354
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 24 ratings
Publisher: Workman Pub Co
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 3
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surrealthemuse avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 13
I can not express how much I love this book or what effect it has had on my life. I found it in a neighbors trash as a teenager and it was my first exposure to both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Searching for other works by Gaiman got me interested in Graphic Novels after picking up his Sandman series at the Library. Later I also sought other books by Pratchett and discovered the Discworld series, books that I now count as my all time favorites. I highly recommend this book, I now own several copies, and the original is in tatters because I have passed it around to so many friends.
Enjoy!
reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 335 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This is the first time I have read a book by either author and I'll definitely be reading more of both. Very few books have made me laugh out loud and this was one of them. The style and tone reminded me a little of Douglas Adams.
bran-flakes14 avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 72 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
"Good Omens" is a funny and irreverent book by renowned storytellers Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Combing the best of dry British humor with increasingly hilarious scenes, the story concerns an angel and a demon as they search for the anti-Christ in order to begin the final Armageddon. The characters in this novel are wittily written and engaging, and the plot itself is original and creative. I'd imagine this would make a splendid, entertaining movie! Lunacy and hilarity rule the day in this apocalyptic chuckler, and no person or group is safe under Pratchett and Gaiman's fanatical gazes! A worthwhile read.
GeniusJen avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 5322 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Reviewed by Carrie Spellman for TeensReadToo.com

I love this book! The first time I came across it, it was hidden in a corner in a bookstore. It cried out to me. I had to take it home. I laughed so hard that I cried, more than once. I loved it so much I gave it away. Which is an extraordinarily difficult thing for me to do. But it wanted to be shared, and I can't deny a book its destiny. My brain, however, is not so capable of release. I had to buy it again. And read it over and over and over. Until I gave it to my boyfriend, before we were dating. And still, I read it at his house. When he forgot and gave it back to me, I cruelly didn't correct him. (It came back to me! It must be fate!) Now, there's a new edition out, with comments by the authors. I have to go get it.

I'm obsessed. It's unhealthy. I know. Come join me. It's the best apocalypse you'll ever survive.

Crowley and Aziraphale have been locked in the battle between good and evil since, well, at least the beginning of time. In fact, it's been so long that it's become more of a debate then a battle. Actually more of a conversation. Aziraphale is an angel, and part-time rare bookseller. It's a front; he really collects the books for himself. Crowley is sort of a fallen angel; well, as the book says "an angel who did not so much fall as saunter vaguely downward". So he's a demon, ish. Mostly he's an instigator. These two have been enemies for so long that they've become pretty good friends.

But that's all going to end. Everything is going to end. Next Saturday. That's when the apocalypse has been scheduled for. The final battle between good and evil. What's an angel, or demon, to do when it comes time to end the world, but they really don't want to?

The apocalypse is aided and thwarted, alternately, by angels, demons, and an assortment of other ridiculous, hilarious, pitiful characters. Newton Pulsifer, Witchfinder, armed with a stickpin. Anathema Device, Witch and owner of the only accurate book of prophecy to ever be written, until she lost it. Agnes Nutter, author of said book, semi-illiterate, or maybe just a really bad speller, and dead. The Chattering Order of St. Beryl, satanic nuns who really just like to wear black. Dog, who was, or is, or should have been a hellhound. Adam, the anti-christ, depending on how the day goes. There's a lot more, but I don't want to ruin the fun. Let's just say that good, evil, and prophecy are all ideas that leave a lot of room for interpretation. And I'll never leave music in my car for too long again.
meganrose avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
The Satanist nuns misplaced the Antichrist a dozen years before the Apocalypse was set to start. The boy they've been preening to fight for Satan turns out to be a normal boy, while the true Antichrist has been brought up by an average couple in England. Hilarity ensues. Pratchett and Gaiman are two of the best writers out there, and combining their talents makes this one of the best books I've ever read. Constant out-loud laughter.
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reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 32 more book reviews
Aptly likened to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in all the blurbs on the cover, Good Omens is one big heh and hee! from cover to cover.
reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 47 more book reviews
Hilarious book, full of laugh-out-loud absurdities such as Sister Mary Loquacious of the Chattering Order and a Monty Python-esque Spanish Inquisition.
nyteacher avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 152 more book reviews
Very funny look at the apocalypse. The end is drawing near, but it's not turning out as planned. The Antichrist is temporarily misplaced and an angel and demon are working together. But, of course Agnes Nutter could've told you this would happen four hundred years ago.
This book is so full of wit and sacrilege that you just know that Gaiman and Pratchett had fun writing it.
kitchenvampire avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 70 more book reviews
Funny. Written like a very long Monty Python sketch.
reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 4 more book reviews
Irreverent and funny. If you are a Neil Gaiman fan you will love this book. I had never read Terry Pratchett before but I intend to start.
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A clever and entertaining read.
confuzzledbooks avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 486 more book reviews
I read this book months ago and I cant not remember much about it except the end. Which I do not want to spoil. There were funny things about about the book like, when the Antichrist wishes for his hell-hound and it turns out to be a small and tiny dog because that is what he wishes for.

What is left that I remember is not that great, which could be because of the subject matter. I dont usually read Apocalyptic stuff even if it is tongue in cheek but read this on recommendation of my husband. I just did not find this one remember-able. I find similar problems with American Gods as well but enjoyed some of Pratchetts work alone.

I think if you like British humor and Monty Python you might grasp the humor better then I did.
reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 7 more book reviews
A good but not great book that was mildly amusing, but not hilariously funny. To get the most out of the book, you really have to read it closely with lots of attention to the details. The humor is usually subtle and occasionally obscure. The book felt more like a Terry Pratchett novel than one by Neil Gaiman, not that it matters, just that it was interesting to analyze because so few books are written in teams.
Handlebars avatar reviewed Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on + 153 more book reviews
"According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter--the world's only totally reliable guide to the future--the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner."

Terry Pratchett is an awesome author, and so apparently is Neil Gaiman. This collaboration was worthy of its several awards!

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