He wrote the first five thousand words and sent it off to friends to get feedback. Then Gaiman had an idea for combining an English children’s books series with the plot of The Omen. Gaiman said, “We would have the kind of conversations where Terry would say, ‘I’m done with the Discworld, and now I’m gonna do this big science fiction series.’ I’d say, ‘That’s all very well, but I think you should do a book about death.’” Visit During the video, Gaiman explained the origins of his working with Pratchett on Good Omens. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, aged 66. In December 2007, Pratchett announced he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Pratchett received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010. His young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal, and Where’s My Cow? his Discworld book for “readers of all ages” was also a New York Times bestseller.
Visit Terry Pratchett is the internationally bestselling author of dozens of books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States. Neil Gaiman is the critically acclaimed and award-winning creator of the Sandman series of graphic novels, and author of the New York Times bestselling novels Anansi Boys, American Gods, and Coraline as well as the novels Neverwhere and Stardust, the short fiction collection Smoke and Mirrors, and the New York Times bestselling children’s books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and The Wolves in the Walls.
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.Īnd someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan.
So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s brilliantly dark, screamingly funny take on the last judgment of humankind…Īdapted into a TV show by Amazon Prime, Good Omens is a collaboration from popular authors Neil Gaiman (known for the blockbuster Sandman comic book series as well as novels like American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book) and Terry Pratchett (best remembered for his 41-novel Discworld series).Īccording 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.
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