Just like the terry pratchett and neil gaiman novel it is based on, amazon and the bbcs good omens which follows an angel and a demon as they try to avert armageddon on earth tells a. Good omens by neil gaiman, terry pratchett waterstones. As indicated by the nice and accurate prophecies of agnes nutter, witch the worlds just exact book of predictions, written in 1655, preceding she detonated, the world will end on a saturday. This is absolutely one of my favourite stories ever. To ask other readers questions about good omens, please sign up. Good omens stars an ensemble cast led by david tennant. Neil gaiman and terry pratchetts sprawling, 400page fantasy novel was notorious within the film and tv industries. Buy good omens by gaiman, neil, pratchett, terry isbn.
Terry pratchett was an english author who is best known for his discworld comic fantasy series. Here neil gaiman tells the story of how it came to be written. The nice and accurate prophecies of agnes nutter, witch is a fantasy novel written in collaboration between terry pratchett and neil gaiman the book is a comedy and a quasiparody of the 1976 film the omen as well as other books and films of the genre, concerning the birth of the son of satan, the coming of the end times and the attempts of the angel aziraphale and the demon. A coproduction between amazon studios and bbc studios, the sixepisode series was created and written by gaiman, who also served as showrunner. Before pratchetts death, director dirk maggs at gaimans instigation adapted good omens for bbc radio 4, which broadcast in 2014 and included cameos from pratchett and gaiman. Sep 11, 2018 good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchett. Terry pratchett sadly passed away on march 12th, 2015. Apr 14, 2016 before pratchetts death, director dirk maggs at gaimans instigation adapted good omens for bbc radio 4, which broadcast in 2014 and included cameos from pratchett and gaiman. Buy good omens by neil gaiman, terry pratchett from waterstones today.
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