Good Omens

Time for something funny. Laugh out loud hilarious, in this case. Lately I've been dipping into Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens. By 'dipping into', I don't mean I'm not reading it cover to cover, because how could you possibly only pick out some bits? There are books I'll pick up and just read out 'the good bits', but Good Omens is ALL good bits! It's just I'm reading other stuff at the same time, but every now and then, at least once a day, I pick up Good Omens and amuse myself a little more.

Of course, I can only do this in such a restrained manner because I've read it several times before.

Anyway, Good Omens is the tale of how the apocalypse happened, or didn't. It's the tale of how living on Earth for 6000 years can corrupt an archangel (in the nicest possible way), of how environment is everything when raising the Antichrist, of ... Well, here's an apt quote from a reviewer: "It reads like the Book of Revelation as penned by Monty Python's Flying Circus." It's seriously funny. It's achieved the label "cult classic". If you're offended by people making light of New Age or fundamentalist Christian beliefs, don't read it. Otherwise, go for it!

Did I mention that I love this book?