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Good Omens

Good Omens

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: So funny I forgot to breathe.
Review: I loved it so much, I have to buy another copy because I've re-read it and loaned it to so many people, my copy's worn out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best thing for monday evenings.
Review: A friend insisted in sending it to me by snail-mail (from UK). Then he kept asking me when it will arrive. Then it finally arrived.

I started reading it on a monday evening. And couldn't sleep until I'd finished reading it.

If you know (and like) Douglas Adams and his Hitchiker's Guide, you'll like Pratchett's flair for british humour (or was it sarcasm?) :-)

P.S.: thank goodness that italian postal system didn't know how good were Pratchett's books, otherwise it might've misplaced them. ;-> P.P.S.: I'm reading "The Colour of Magic". I'll let you know...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best of them all!!!!!!
Review: This is the best of all of terry pratchett's books and if you get the chance to buy it, it will not be a waste of your money.....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: CROWLEY RULES!! :)
Review: Y' know, it's about time a Brit wrote about this book... Everyone I know who has read this book loves it. I love it! Crowley is the coolest demon ever to walk this earth, and wears a snazzy pair of shades, too :)

EXCITING THINGS IN THIS BOOK:The anti-Christ, Americans, Tibetians, and the M25 (not very exciting when you're on it, but good to read about others suffering on it, heh heh:). Only thing that could have made it better was Gaiman's Death and Pratchett's Rincewind making an appearance :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Warning: Do not read while recovering from a cold!
Review: Do *not* read this book if you're recovering from a cold and can't laugh without coughing -- you'll hurt yourself...bad. I only rated it a "10" because Amazon's rating scale doesn't have a "15" on it. Terry Pratchett's sense of humor is at its insanely logical best, and Neil Gaiman's warped outlook on the world adds a delightfully twisted, make that actually bent, flavor. READ THIS BOOK! You'll never look at your neighbor with the lush green houseplants quite the same way again.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Why isn't this a film.
Review: Being a fan of the discworld (own all the books) and having borrowed all of my mates sandman collection repeatedly (til he told me not to), I was destined to love this book. Bringing the wit of Pratchetts discworld with the dark dry humour of Gaiman togehter in one epic masterpiece, I have only one comment to make - write another one lads (even the 'about the author' bits were amusing).

How anyone could come up with the concept of misplacing the antichrist - so that he in turn grows up to be a mature version of a beano character is in itself pure genius.

The usual deities cropped up (what would you expect from these two particular authors), but the fact they collect an extra four would-be horsemen of the apocalypse is unusual to say the least.

The main characters however Crowley and Az (I always call him that cos I can't pronounce his name), work well together even though they are on the Opposite Sides. The fact that after several millenia they are bored of both their work, whine about their relevant bosses and generally prefer each others company than that of the judgemental scum they are meant to relate to, makes them just sooo human.

The end is kind of wacky, and possiblity of a sequel is hanging there. Remember Angels, Devils and various other gods don't die they simply go away for a while. There is no way I wouldn't want revenge if my son acted against my wishes (maybe I would or wouldn't - don't know yet as I have no offspring), yes basically only a sequel and a film version of this would quench my thirst for more.

And then only for a while.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If only life had footnotes this funny
Review: I ran across this book by accident and I did not read it when I first got it. BIG MISTAKE!!! It is the funniest book that I have ever read and re-read and read again. The key to this book is the footnotes which add more comedy to an already hysterical book. I have borrowed out copies , bought copies for friends and own more than one myself (because I read the first to pieces) if you love books that poke fun at religion and human nature READ THIS BOOK!!!! It is worth every penny and I can only hope that the two authors get together to write another.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Armegeddon as it should really happen
Review: This book does for the book of Revelations what McCrumb's "Bimbos" does for skiffy-cons. Yeah, it's armegeddon, but modelled after the modern world, and driven by the sensibilities and actions of a child, seeing the whole idea through the eyes of someone young, with a life ahead of them. For comedy, this gets an 11. If you're devout, you'll hate this book. This has the same sort of almost loving atmosphere that Brust's "Brokedown Palace" carries off, and the positively best characterization of the M25 ring road that ever was!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't read this book, you will lose control of your bladder!
Review: This is the funniest book that I have ever read!! It is well written and deserves more praise than I can express!! BUY THIS BOOK!!!! You'll thank me later!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The world is ending saturday!
Review: What can I say? I've gotten in so much trouble at school for reading this book (I snorted a pencil up my nose unintentionally when I read the part about the Burning of Agnes Nutter and tried not to laugh during my 2-hour Math Final). Get off of your computer! Go out into the world, and BUY THIS BOOK! I promise you, you wont regret it (unless you're really a supernaturual being, in which case you already know about all this stuff).


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