Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award
winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels,
short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the
recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo,
Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted
many of his works to television series, including Good Omens
(co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill
Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the
Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit:
https: //www.neilgaiman.com/
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) was the acclaimed creator of the
globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than
fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred
million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for
stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes,
including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen
Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he
always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was
to avoid writing any.
"The Apocalypse has never been funnier." -- Clive Barker"Hilariously naughty." -- Kirkus Reviews"Wacky and irreverent." -- Booklist"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Fiendishly funny." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time." -- Rave Reviews"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A." -- Rocky Mountain News"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon." -- Palm Beach Post"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs." -- San Diego Union-Tribune"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time." -- Detroit Free Press"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud." -- San Diego Union-Tribune"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." -- New York Times"An utter delight--fresh, exciting, uproariously funny." -- Poul Anderson"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!" -- Orlando Sentinel"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: -- New York Review of Science Fiction"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld." -- James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter"One Hell of a funny book." -- Gene Wolfe"Hilarious!" -- Locus"Huge fun." -- Sunday Express (London)"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended." -- Library Journal"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated." -- Washington Post
YA-- The end of the world is nigh! At least according to the prophecies of Agnes Nutter, a witch whose predictions are usually accurate but seldom heeded. Eleven years before the deadly Last Saturday Night, the ancient rivals of good and evil personified by the angelic Aziraphale (otherwise living as a London book dealer) and the demonic devil and former serpent Crowley clash in substituting the Antichrist during the birth of a baby. But the babies are switched as an unexpected third child enters the picture. The confusion picks up pace as witch hunters Sgt. Shadwell and Newton Pulsifer pursue modern Nutter follower Anathema Device. Along the way, countless puns, humorous footnotes, and satirical illusions enliven the story. A book that's sure to appeal to devoted fans of Douglas Adams.-- Diana C. Hirsch, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, MD
When a scatterbrained Satanist nun goofs up a baby-switching scheme and delivers the infant Antichrist to the wrong couple, it's just the beginning of the comic errors in the divine plan for Armageddon which this fast-paced novel by two British writers zanily details. Aziraphale, an angel who doubles as a rare-book dealer, and Crowley, a demon friend who's assigned to the same territory, like life on Earth too much to allow the long-planned war between Heaven and Hell to happen. They set out to find the Antichrist and avert Armageddon, on the way encountering the last living descendant of Agnes Nutter, Anathema, who's been deciphering accurate prophecies of the world's doom but is unaware she's living in the same town as the Antichrist, now a thoroughly human and normal 11-year-old named Adam. As the appointed day and hour approach, Aziraphale and Crowley blunder through seas of fire and rains of fish, and come across a misguided witch hunter, a middle-aged fortune teller and the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse. It's up to Adam in the neatly tied end, as his humanity prevails over the Divine Plan and earthly bungling. Some humor is strictly British, but most will appeal even to Americans ``and other aliens.'' Literary Guild alternate. (Sept.)
"The Apocalypse has never been funnier." -- Clive Barker"Hilariously naughty." -- Kirkus Reviews"Wacky and irreverent." -- Booklist"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Fiendishly funny." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time." -- Rave Reviews"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A." -- Rocky Mountain News"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon." -- Palm Beach Post"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs." -- San Diego Union-Tribune"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time." -- Detroit Free Press"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud." -- San Diego Union-Tribune"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." -- New York Times"An utter delight--fresh, exciting, uproariously funny." -- Poul Anderson"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!" -- Orlando Sentinel"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: -- New York Review of Science Fiction"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld." -- James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter"One Hell of a funny book." -- Gene Wolfe"Hilarious!" -- Locus"Huge fun." -- Sunday Express (London)"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended." -- Library Journal"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated." -- Washington Post
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