Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets Monty Python in a very amusing version of the biblical apocalypse. Will probably only appeal to those who enjoy this type of humor. On those grounds, your mileage may very. Two thumbs up from me!

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I love this book. Absolutely hysterical. I've read it no less than 5 times and it's fantastic every time. I've also owned 3 different copies of it because they wind up being stolen from me, everyone I know that has read it has loved it. I definitely reccomend it.

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Who would have thought that the coming of Armageddon would be hilariously funny? Nobody but Pratchett and Gaiman---and they make the readers crack up laughing too!
We hear the world will end on a Saturday . . . next Saturday.
But Sister Mary Loquacious of the Chattering Order has misplaced the Antichrist. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (in Hell's Angels leathers) ride motorcycles. And the representatives of Heaven and Hell have decided that they actually LIKE the human race . . . so do we absolutely HAVE to hold Armageddon now?

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If this book isn't on your wish list... well that probably means you've already read it. But still, this is the greatest pre post apocalypse story ever. A true must read.

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The end of the world will be happening next week, by the way. It takes a band of children (and a dog) plus "agents" from Heaven and Hell to make it all better. Hilarious!

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Off-the-wall comedy about an Armageddon that doesn't quite come off as planned.

Pratchett's footprints are all over this one, with its drive-by puns and throwaway commentary on cultural icons from Elvis sightings to Star Wars fandom, propelling Gaiman's story seed of the Antichrist switched at birth with the wrong Human baby.

The book loses points for a conclusion that drags on interminably -- I mean, once Armageddon has been canceled, where does one go?

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A solidly funny read about the apocalypse. The British dry wit, which made the first hundred pages so amusing, however, became a bit tedious and the story slowed in the middle. I pushed through and was rewarded with a thoughtful ending. All in all, it was worth the read.

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This is a fun book for light reading, although the story is a bit predictable. Gaiman and Pratchett interact well and their revision of standard mythology is entertaining.

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A somewhat amusing read, and an interesting angle. I found it a bit hard to folow at times because the plot kind of jumps around. It's an end of the world story like you've never heard.

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Hilarious tale of the Apocalypse.

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hysterical- I've re-read this book several times and laughed every time

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This book was fantastic. Equally morbid and comedic. Azazel and Crowley make a dastardly pair and the Anti-Christ has the cutest hell-hound ever! a must for fans of either author.

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"Heaven to read, and you'll laugh like hell" Time Out

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A very interesting book. I definitely detected the writing style solely as Pratchetts though, and wonder where Gaimans influence came in. Perhaps in the design of some of the main characters I suppose I can see a little of Gaimans style there.

The ending left me wanting for a sequel. I wonder if there will be one.

WARNING SPOILER ALERT (highlight text to view):
After all, Adam (the Antichrist) did divert Armageddon, but at the end, you find the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley talking about a bigger effable Plan, and then the Further Nife and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter: Concerning the Worlde that Is To Com shows up on Anathemas doorstep, so youre left wondering what the future holds for these guys, especially since Agnes Nutter found it interesting enough to write about again.

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I originally purchased this book because 1) I had started reading everything Neil Gaiman and 2) it was $9.95 through the book club. I wasn't entirely sure what the plot was, and once I received it and read the jacket I wasn't entirely sure I wanted to read it. Once I started it I knew immediately I was going to love it. This is a very funny, entertaining and so-real-it-could-be-true story about human nature and the end of the world as we know it.

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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 Saturday!

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