Good omens

by Neil Gaiman

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Canonical Title

Good Omens

Original publication date

1990

Important places

Lower Tadfield, England, UK

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Awards and honors

World Fantasy Award Nominee (Novel, 1991)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 68)

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation (2007, No 04)

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First words

It was a nice day.
All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn’t been invented yet. But clouds massing east of Eden suggested that the first thunderstorm was on its way, and it was going to be a big one.

Last words

Imagine a figure,half angel, half devil, all human . . .
Slouching hopefully towards Tadfield. . . .
. . .forever.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060853980, Mass Market Paperback)

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 fussy 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 . . .

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:04:21 -0400)

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