The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book - by Neil Gaiman (Paperback)

Number of Pages: 512
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Age Range: Adult
Book theme: Humorous
Author: Neil Gaiman
Language: English

About the Book

From two delightful imaginations comes a comic masterpiece in which the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, the hound of the devil chases sticks, and the end of the world is subject to Murphys Law.

Book Synopsis

Neil Gaiman's complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett.

First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman and Pratchett fans alike. Collected here are Neil Gaiman's original scripts for the Good Omens television series, offering readers deeper insight into Gaiman's brilliant new adaptation of a masterwork.

A tale of good and evil and the end of the world, Good Omens stars Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale; David Tennant as the demon Crowley; and Jon Hamm as the archangel Gabriel, as well as Anna Maxwell Martin, Josie Lawrence, Adria Arjona, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson, and Nick Offerman.

From the Back Cover

Neil Gaiman's complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett

First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman and Pratchett fans alike. Collected here are Neil Gaiman's original scripts for the Good Omens television series, offering readers deeper insight into Gaiman's brilliant new adaptation of a masterwork.

A tale of good and evil and the end of the world, Good Omens stars Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale, David Tennant as the demon Crowley, and Jon Hamm as the archangel Gabriel, as well as Anna Maxwell Martin, Josie Lawrence, Adria Arjona, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson, and Nick Offerman.

Review Quotes

"Hilariously naughty."--Kirkus Reviews

"Wacky and irreverent."--Booklist

"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."--New York Times

"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld."--James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

"An utter delight--fresh, exciting, uproariously funny."--Poul Anderson

"Fiendishly funny."--New Orleans Times-Picayune

"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time."--Rave Reviews

"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"Hilarious!"--Locus

"Huge fun."--Sunday Express (London)

"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: --New York Review of Science Fiction

"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A."--Rocky Mountain News

"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended."--Library Journal

"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon."--Palm Beach Post

"One Hell of a funny book."--Gene Wolfe

"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!"--Orlando Sentinel

"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated."--Washington Post

"The Apocalypse has never been funnier."--Clive Barker

"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time."--Detroit Free Press