To Read - Day 13
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katikatUh, yes, I just remembered this meme... *coughcough*
Day 13: Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens"
I had to use the Czech cover because it's so funny, the little angel and devil hugging each other XP
Summary: Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time...
Why I want to read it: Duh. And I can't wait to read the Czech edition, first and foremost. Why? Because the translator added his own footnotes to the authors' and they make the book even funnier! Even the authors said so :P
Day 13: Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens"
I had to use the Czech cover because it's so funny, the little angel and devil hugging each other XP
Summary: Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time...
Why I want to read it: Duh. And I can't wait to read the Czech edition, first and foremost. Why? Because the translator added his own footnotes to the authors' and they make the book even funnier! Even the authors said so :P
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Date: 2010-11-07 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-09 09:59 pm (UTC)And Gaiman really doesn't get the slash for GO? Ha, the poor thing. And here I thought he had a great imagination... XP