Good Omens

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a fantasy novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman . Due to the different status of the authors in America and Britain, American editions credit Gaiman before Pratchett, while British editions credit Pratchett before Gaiman (but in reality it is Terry Pratchet who did most of the work).

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1990 - Fantasy - Novel - Terry Pratchett - Neil Gaiman - America - Britain

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The book is a comedy, concerning the birth of the son of Satan, the coming of the End Times and the attempts of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley to avert them, having become accustomed to their comfortable postings in the human world. A subplot features the gathering of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse — War, Famine, Pollution (Pestilence having retired upon the invention of penicillin), and Death — the last of whom is characterised in a manner reminiscent of the personification of Death in Pratchett's Discworld novels and calls himself Azrael before his final exit.

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Comedy - Satan - End Times - Angel - Aziraphale - Demon - Crowley - Four horsemen of the Apocalypse - Personification of Death - Discworld - Azrael

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As Pratchett and Gaiman were living in different countries at the time, and as the writing of the book predated widespread use of the Internet, the collaboration took place largely over the telephone, with Pratchett (the more experienced novelist) doing the majority of the actual writing.

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