The Nice & Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Brainstorming)/ Spanish Edition
Paperback, 318 pages
Spanish language
Published April 25, 2005 by Public Square Books.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch is a 1990 novel written as a collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.The book is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan and the coming of the End Times. There are attempts by the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley to sabotage the coming of the end times, having grown accustomed to their comfortable surroundings in England. One subplot features a mixup at the small country hospital on the day of birth and the growth of the Antichrist, Adam, who grows up with the wrong family, in the wrong country village. Another subplot concerns the summoning of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, each a big personality in their own right. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 68 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
2023-08-04, reread, because what else could I read immediately after [b:The House in the Cerulean Sea|45047384|The House in the Cerulean Sea|T.J. Klune|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569514209l/45047384.SY75.jpg|62945242]?
Why hadn't I read this before? What took me so long?
Though it was an enjoyable book and very amusing at times. I’ve come to expect more from my books.
Is it funny? Yes. Is it entirely deserving of the hype and praise? Eh...
It took me quite a long time to finish this as other books kept interrupting it. It felt like Douglas Adams without a grounding story. I enjoyed the humor, but there wasn't anything keeping me tied to the book and the final run to the climax takes WAY too long (to the point of "I've read this before... get on with it!").
Worth your read? Yeah, especially if you're fans of Pratchett and/or Gaiman. However if you didn't like Hitchhikers, this will feel even more like a slog.
G&P are at their best when they're not spinning the too-frequent one-line dialog. Those bits would have been better rendered as if a screenplay:returnreturn CROWLEY: ...return A. YOUNG: ...returnreturn They were much better at scene-setting, even the improbable. I suspect a re-read would pay fruit. It's a good thing they take time to set the concept -- what's it like to approach Armageddon -- or I might not have figured it out until the 4 horsemen show up at the airbase. returnreturn There are clever premises all along the way. But, in my edition, with an afterward: Gaimann on Pratchett (and verse vice-a) some of the rationale appears: they did this to make each other laugh. Good job, boys. returnreturn In my most cynical moments, this genre is 'too Inside, too cultish". while i like to belong as much as the next guy, there are some clubs whose initiation fees …
G&P are at their best when they're not spinning the too-frequent one-line dialog. Those bits would have been better rendered as if a screenplay:returnreturn CROWLEY: ...return A. YOUNG: ...returnreturn They were much better at scene-setting, even the improbable. I suspect a re-read would pay fruit. It's a good thing they take time to set the concept -- what's it like to approach Armageddon -- or I might not have figured it out until the 4 horsemen show up at the airbase. returnreturn There are clever premises all along the way. But, in my edition, with an afterward: Gaimann on Pratchett (and verse vice-a) some of the rationale appears: they did this to make each other laugh. Good job, boys. returnreturn In my most cynical moments, this genre is 'too Inside, too cultish". while i like to belong as much as the next guy, there are some clubs whose initiation fees are just too high. returnreturn after a "Diskworld" last year, it'll be some time before Pratchett pulls ahead of Sinclair Lewis on my "most read" author's list.
Just re-read this book again. It's one that I like to come back to every once in a while. The characterization is excellent. It is a book for humor, and [author:Terry Pratchett] and [author:Neil Gaiman] are both witty, sophisticated, knowledgeable men; most of the humor in this book requires wit, sophistication, and knowledge to fully appreciate.
For all that, this is a quick, entertaining read. This is one it's difficult to put down.
Douglas Adams meets Monty Python over a few pints and
with the help of Agnes Nutter (Witch), Crowley, and Azriel you have the book of Revelations rewritten. Jolly good fun I must say! Yet another recommendation from a good friend, maybe I should ask them for ideas more often.
