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This article is from the Terry Pratchett Bibliography FAQ, by p.pinto ppint@lspace.org with numerous contributions by others.

5.1 Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) (Terry Pratchett Bibliography)

%A Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
%T Good Omens
%I Victor Gollancz (h/cvr) d-j art Chris Moore
%D 5/90, 3/95 (2nd impr.)
ISBN 0-575-04800-X
%I Workman (merkin h/cvr)
[text differs slightly: see the FAQ for details. other publishers' editions
follow this, with their own typoes, literals, etc, where re-set.]
%D 1990 [this edition now out of print]
ISBN 0-894-80853-2
%I Corgi (p/b) cover art Graham Ward
%D 5/91
ISBN 0-552-13703-0
%I Berkeley (tp/b)
%D 3/92
ISBN 0-425-13215-3
%I Ace (mmp/b)
%D 5/96
ISBN 0-441-00325-7

h/cvr blurb:

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter -
the world's only _totally reliable_ guide to the future - the
world will end on a Saturday.
Next Saturday, in fact.
Just after tea.
Which means that Armageddon will happen on a Saturday night.
There will be seas of fire, rains of fish, the moon turning to
blood and the massed armies of Heaven and Hell will sort it out
once and for all.
Which is a major problem for Crowley, Hell's most approachable
demon and former serpent, and his opposite number and old friend
Aziraphale, genuine angel and Soho bookshop owner. They _like_ it
down here (or, in Crowley's case, _up_ here).
So they've got no alternative but to stop the Four Motorcyclists
of the Apocalypse, defeat the marching ranks of the Witchfinder's
army* and - somehow - stop it all happening.
Above all (or, in Aziraphale's case, _below_ all) they need to
find and kill the Antichrist, currently the most powerful creature
on Earth.
This is a shame.
Because he's eleven years old, loves his dog even though it's real-
ly a Satanic hellhound under all that hair, really cares about the
environment and is the sort of boy anyone would be proud to have as
a son. He's also totally invulnerable, and a nice kid.
And if that isn't enough, they've still got Sunday to deal with. . .

* All two of them.

p/b blurb:

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter -
the world's only _totally reliable_ guide to the future - the
world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after
tea...

 

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