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{{GO}} is a 1990 standalone fantasy novel co-written by [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]] - it was Gaiman’s first novel. The initial idea of “what if the Anti-Christ grew up to be a nice boy?” was Gaiman’s; he told it to Pratchett, who wanted to know what happened next and offered to buy the idea from Gaiman. Instead they ended up writing it together. It was not an immediate success but has become a cult favourite, especially after it was adapted into a television series starring [[David Tennant]] and [[Michael Sheen]]. The third and final season of the series will be based on the original idea Pratchett and Gaiman cooked up for a sequel they never wrote.


== Blurb ==
== Blurb ==
=== First edition ===
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 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 all 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 book shop 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 Witch-finder army<ref>All two of them.</ref> 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 really 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...
=== Collector’s Library edition ===
''It wasn’t a dark and stormy night. It should have been, but that’s the weather for you.''<br/>
There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (as recorded in 1655), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing, the four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world’s last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling. Tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan.
All that’s required now is the Anti-Christ. There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him.


== Podcast episodes ==
== Podcast episodes ==
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! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
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| 2019-01-08 || {{PC}} || "[[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And We Feel Nice and Accurate)]]" || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/01/08/episode-15-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-we-feel-nice-and-accurate/ pratchatpodcast.com]
| 2016-01-11 || ''[https://headgum.com/overdue/ Overdue]''<ref>Also did episodes about {{COM}} and {{G!G!}}.</ref> || “Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett” || [https://headgum.com/overdue/ep-155-good-omens-by-neil-gaiman-and-terry-pratchett headgum.com]
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| 2019-04-21 || {{WTTET}} || "[[Welcome to the End Times (WTTET)|Welcome to the End Times]]" (1/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/1--Welcome-to-the-End-Times-ev9fk8 anchor.fm]
| 2019-01-08 || {{PC}} || “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And We Feel Nice and Accurate)” || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/01/08/episode-15-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-we-feel-nice-and-accurate/ pratchatpodcast.com]
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| 2019-04-28 || {{WTTET}} || "[[Tiny Bibliophilic Bells]]" (2/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/2--Tiny-Bibliophilic-Bells-ev9fjc anchor.fm]
| 2019-03-20 || ''[http://www.buchpodcast.de/ Kapitel Eins]'' || “Episode 16: Ein gutes Omen”<ref>In German, about the German translation.</ref> || [https://buchpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-16-ein-gutes-omen libsyn.com]
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| 2019-05-05 || {{WTTET}} || "[[Witches Just Wanna Have Fun]]" (3/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/3--Witches-Just-Wanna-Have-Fun-ev9fj9 anchor.fm]
| 2019-04-21 || {{WTTET}} || “Welcome to the End Times” (1/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/1--Welcome-to-the-End-Times-ev9fk8 anchor.fm]
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| 2019-05-12 || {{WTTET}} || "[[Metatron and Mad Prophetesses]]" (4/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/4--Metatron-and-Mad-Prophetesses-ev9fkg anchor.fm]
| 2019-04-28 || {{WTTET}} || “Tiny Bibliophilic Bells” (2/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/2--Tiny-Bibliophilic-Bells-ev9fjc anchor.fm]
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| 2019-05-19 || {{WTTET}} || "[[Heathen Passion and Occult Wiles]]" (5/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/5--Heathen-Passion-and-Occult-Wiles-ev9fkd anchor.fm]
| 2019-05-05 || {{WTTET}} || “Witches Just Wanna Have Fun” (3/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/3--Witches-Just-Wanna-Have-Fun-ev9fj9 anchor.fm]
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| 2019-05-26 || {{WTTET}} || "[[INEFFABLE]]" (6/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/6--INEFFABLE-ev9fjl anchor.fm]
| 2019-05-12 || {{WTTET}} || “Metatron and Mad Prophetesses” (4/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/4--Metatron-and-Mad-Prophetesses-ev9fkg anchor.fm]
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| 2019-05-28 || {{WSP}} || {{GO|wsp}} || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wyrd-sisters-good-omens/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
| 2019-05-19 || {{WTTET}} || “Heathen Passion and Occult Wiles” (5/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/5--Heathen-Passion-and-Occult-Wiles-ev9fkd anchor.fm]
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| 2020-02-03 || {{MYF}} || "[[Castles and Snacks]]" (1/2) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/02/03/e10-castles-and-snacks-2/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2019-05-26 || {{WTTET}} || “INEFFABLE” (6/6) || [https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times/episodes/6--INEFFABLE-ev9fjl anchor.fm]
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| 2020-02-10 || {{MYF}} || "[[The Flaming Sword Of It All]]" (2/2) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/02/10/e11-the-flaming-sword-of-it-all-2/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2019-05-23 || ''[https://www.inktofilm.com/podcast/ Ink to Film]'' || “Ep-90 Good Omens (1990 novel) part one” (1/2) || [https://inktofilm.libsyn.com/ep-90-good-omens-1990-novel-part-one libsyn.com]
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| 2021-11-28 || {{DID}} || [[Louie Stowell and Good Omens]] || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/6-6-louie-stowell-and-good-omens/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
| 2019-05-30 || ''[https://www.inktofilm.com/podcast/ Ink to Film]’’<ref>Ink to Film followed this with two episodes about [[Good Omens (TV series)|the television series]], and later covered the second season as well.</ref> || “Ep-91 Good Omens (1990 novel) part two” (2/2) || [https://inktofilm.libsyn.com/ep-91-good-omens-1990-novel-part-two libsyn.com]
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| 2021-11-28 || ''[[Teaching My Cat to Read]]'' || "Good Omens: What’s this? It’s Humanity With A Steel Chair!" || [https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/podcast-episodes/ teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com]<ref>This episode does not have a dedicated page on the show's site, so this link is to the episode list page.</ref>
| 2019-05-28 || {{WSP}} || {{GO|ep}} || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wyrd-sisters-good-omens/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
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| 2022-01-10 || {{SOA}} || "Stuck on a Side Quest: Good Omens" || [https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/209222/9860796-stuck-on-a-side-quest-good-omens-with-our-favorite-anna buzzsprout.com]
| 2019-06-03 || {{DB}} || “Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman” || [https://www.dragonbabiespodcast.com/blog/episode-48-good-omens-by-terry-pratchett-and-neil-gaiman dragonbabiespodcast.com]
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| 2019-07-11 || ''[http://www.tipsynerdsbookclub.com/ Tipsy Nerds Book Club]'' || “Thunderbolts and Lightning: Good Omens” || [https://www.buzzsprout.com/251761/1393777-thunderbolts-and-lightning-good-omens.mp3 buzzsprout.com] (mp3)
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| 2020-02-03 || {{MYF}} || “Castles and Snacks” (1/2) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/02/03/e10-castles-and-snacks-2/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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| 2020-02-10 || {{MYF}} || “The Flaming Sword Of It All” (2/2) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/02/10/e11-the-flaming-sword-of-it-all-2/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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| 2021-11-28 || {{DID}} || “Louie Stowell and Good Omens” || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/6-6-louie-stowell-and-good-omens/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
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| 2021-11-28 || {{TMC}} || "Good Omens: What’s this? It’s Humanity With A Steel Chair!" || [https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/podcast-episodes/ teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com]<ref>This episode does not have a dedicated page on the show's site, so this link is to the episode list page.</ref>
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| 2022-01-10 || {{SOA}} || “Stuck on a Side Quest: Good Omens” || [https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/209222/9860796-stuck-on-a-side-quest-good-omens-with-our-favorite-anna buzzsprout.com]
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| 2022-08-18 || {{BWB}} || “Good Omens THE Beginning to Thursday” (1/4) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookswbitches/episodes/Good-Omens-THE-Beginning-to-Thursday-e1ml4gd spotify.com]
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| 2022-08-25 || {{BWB}} || “Good Omens Thursday to Mid Saturday” (2/4) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookswbitches/episodes/Good-Omens-Thursday-to-Mid-Saturday-e1mucqg spotify.com]
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| 2022-09-01 || {{BWB}} || “Good Omens Mid Saturday- THE END” (3/4) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookswbitches/episodes/Good-Omens-Mid-Saturday--THE-END-e1n7mr6 spotify.com]
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| 2022-09-08 || {{BWB}} || “Good Omens Buzzed Review” (4/4) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookswbitches/episodes/Good-Omens-Buzzed-Review-e1nhhnv spotify.com]
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| 2023-01-18 || {{BAM}} || “Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett” || [https://booksaremagical.buzzsprout.com/1847134/12057491-good-omens-by-neil-gaiman-and-terry-pratchett buzzsprout.com]
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| 2023-04-25 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htskot Coffee and Books]'' || “Good omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htskot/episodes/Good-omens-by-Terry-Pratchett-and-Neil-Gaiman-e2305uu spotify.com]
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| 2023-04-25 || ''[https://gastonspeaks.podbean.com/ Gaston Speaks]'' || “We’re Booked Up - Good Omens” || [https://gastonspeaks.podbean.com/e/we-re-booked-up-good-omens/ podbean.com]
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| 2023-07-12 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/se-leen-relatos se leen relatos]'' || “Todo Sobre Good Omens y mas”<ref>In Spanish (we think; please correct us!).</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/se-leen-relatos/episodes/Todo-Sobre-Good-Omens-y-mas-e26qqir spotify.com]
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| 2023-08-30 || ''[https://alaaventura.libsyn.com/ A la aventura - Libros y lectura]''<ref>In Spanish.</ref> || “Buenos presagios” || [https://alaaventura.libsyn.com/246-buenos-presagios libsyn.com]
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| 2023-09-17 || {{UAP}} || “Good Omens, Part 1: Antichrist Phenomenon” (1/3) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unseenacademicals/episodes/13A--Good-Omens--Part-1-Antichrist-Phenomenon-e29dudm spotify.com]
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| 2023-12-13 || {{UAP}} || “Good Omens, Part 2: Apocalyptic Revelations” (2/3) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unseenacademicals/episodes/13B--Good-Omens--Part-2-Apocalyptic-Revelations-e2d6kcj spotify.com]
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| 2024-01-02 || {{UAP}} || “Good Omens, Part 3: Faithful Adaptations” (3/3)<ref>Also discusses [[Good Omens (radio series)|the radio series]] and [[Good Omens (TV series)|the TV show]].</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unseenacademicals/episodes/13C--Good-Omens--Part-3-Faithful-Adaptations-e2dtg4j spotify.com]
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| 2023-10-28 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strayreads Stray Reads]'' || “Good Omens” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strayreads/episodes/Good-Omens-e2b658a spotify.com]
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| 2023-12-26 || ''[https://greeksandgeekspodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Greeks and Geeks]'' || “Is Good Omens Cozy?”<ref>Also discusses [[Good Omens (TV series)|the television adaptation]].</ref> || [https://greeksandgeekspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2290281/14197462-is-good-omens-cozy buzzsprout.com]
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| 2024-05-24 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lorpodcast Left On Read]'' || “Good Omens (Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett)” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lorpodcast/episodes/3-Good-Omens-Neil-Gaiman--Terry-Pratchett-e2ieagv spotify.com]
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| 2024-08-01 || ''[https://shows.acast.com/the-audiobook-club The Audiobook Club]'' || “Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman” || [https://shows.acast.com/the-audiobook-club/episodes/66a75188157f67049c83f351 spotify.com]
|}
|}


=== Other appearances ===
=== Other appearances ===
''To be added.''
These episodes include significant discussion of the book, but it’s not the main focus.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| 2021-07-26 || ''[https://www.youdontknowlitpodcast.com/ You Don't Know Lit]'' || “Sir Terry Pratchett”<ref>This podcast's format involves a “fight” between two books, in this case {{COM}} and ''Good Omens''.</ref> || [https://youdontknowlit.podbean.com/e/60-sir-terry-pratchett/ podbean.com]
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| 2023-03-29 || ''[https://heinousinvestigations.castos.com Heinous Investigations]'' || “Hyperfixation Presentations: Good Omens”<ref>Mostly about the television series</ref> || [https://heinousinvestigations.castos.com/episodes/hyperfixation-presentations-good-omens castos.com]
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| 2023-05-19 || ''[https://the-book-review.simplecast.com/ The Book Review]''<ref>This is the official book podcast of The New York Times.</ref> || “Essential Neil Gaiman and A.I. Book Freakout” || [https://the-book-review.simplecast.com/episodes/essential-neil-gaiman-and-ai-novels-QuyCi7XX simplecast.com]
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| 2023-08-01 || ''[https://atgoatpod.podbean.com/ All the Good Ones are Taken]'' || “Minisode 1” || [https://atgoatpod.podbean.com/e/minisode1/ podbean.com]
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| 2023-08-22 || ''[https://geekswithoutgod.com Geeks Without God]'' || “Good Omens”<ref>Also discusses both seasons of [[Good Omens (TV series)|the TV show]].</ref> || [https://geekswithoutgod.com/2023/08/22/episode-579-good-omens/ geekswithoutgod.com]
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| 2023-11-08 || {{TTR}} || “Good Omens Guardian Angels and Clay’s New Nickname” || [https://player.captivate.fm/episode/99c1a6ca-06f1-483a-a09c-e03c4c539f37 captivate.fm]
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| 2024-02-23 || ''[https://www.rhodyradio.org/ Rhody Radio: RI Library Radio Online]'' || “Rhody Recommends: Book to Screen” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rhodyradio/episodes/Rhody-Recommends-Book-to-Screen-e2g3k1g spotify.com]
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| 2024-06-16 || ''[https://b3.captivate.fm/ Books, Ballads and B-Roll]'' || “Witches, Worship, and Woe” || [https://hvspn.com/b38 hvspn.com]
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| 2024-07-23 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookchatlive Book Chat Live]'' || “BCL S9 E4: Kris Faatz”<ref>Guest author Kris Faatz discusses many of his favourite books, including {{NW}} and ''Good Omens''.</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookchatlive/episodes/BCL-S9-E4-Kris-Faatz-e2mcard spotify.com]
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| 2024-08-05 || ''[https://offscript253.wixsite.com/offscript Off Script]'' || “Good Omens”<ref>Season 1 of [[Good Omens (TV series)|the TV show]] as an adaptation of the book</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/off-script4/episodes/Good-Omens-e2l4r1n spotify.com]
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| 2024-08-07 || ''[https://www.buzzsprout.com/2252554 The Speculative Collective]''<ref>A general discussion of humorous speculative fiction, including the work of Piers Anthony, [[Douglas Adams]] and [[Jasper Fforde]].</ref> || “The Humour” || [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2252554/15545333-episode-109-the-humour buzzsprout.com]
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| 2024-08-26 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jim2790 Algorithme Humain]'' <ref>In French; appears to be a show which gives human recommendations for other creative works, based on something you’ve liked, including in this episode ''Good Omens''.</ref> || “Good Omens/ Don't Hug Me I'm Scared” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jim2790/episodes/EP06---Good-Omens-Dont-Hug-Me-Im-Scared-e2nkri4 spotify.com]
|}


== Adaptations ==
== Adaptations ==
* {{GOR}} - radio play adapted by Dirk Maggs for the BBC in December 2014, starring Mark Heap as Aziraphale and Peter Serafinowicz as Crowley, and featuring Pratchett and Gaiman in a dual cameo.
* {{GOR}} - radio play adapted by Dirk Maggs for the BBC in December 2014, starring Mark Heap as Aziraphale and Peter Serafinowicz as Crowley, and featuring Pratchett and Gaiman in a dual cameo as police officers, recorded in a car parked at Pratchett’s house.
* {{GOTV}} - adapted for television by Neil Gaiman for Amazon Prime Video in 2020, starring Michael Sheen as Aziraphale and David Tennant as Crowley. A second season, based on an idea Gaiman and Pratchett had for a sequel, will be released in 2022 or 2023.
* {{GOTV}} - adapted for television by Neil Gaiman for Amazon Prime Video and the BBC in 2019, starring [[Michael Sheen]] as Aziraphale and [[David Tennant]] as Crowley. A second season was released in 2023, featuring a new story by Neil Gaiman and John Finnemore, plus flashback “minisodes” (incorporated into the episodes) by other writers. Elements from the plot Gaiman and Pratchett had for a sequel were seeded in the first season, and will form the basis of the third season, to be released in 2025.
* As well as an unabridged traditional audiobook narrated by Martin Jarvis, a new full-cast version was released November 2021 on Audible. It's narrated by Rebecca Front, and features Sheen and Tennant reprising their television roles alongside a new cast for the other characters.
* As well as an unabridged traditional [[audiobook]] narrated by Martin Jarvis, a new full-cast version was produced by Harper Audio and released in November 2021 on Audible. It's narrated by Rebecca Front, and features Sheen and Tennant reprising their television roles alongside an ensemble cast playing the other characters.
* ''Good Omens: the Official (and Ineffable) Graphic Novel'', an adaptation by frequent Neil Gaiman collaborator Colleen Doran, was announced in 2023. It will be published by Dunmanifestin in 2024, funded by a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.
* A stage musical has been in development in Australia since 2013 by Vicki Larnach, Jim Hare and later Jay James-Moody. It has not yet been completed, in part because the international rights are complicated and an Australia-only production would not be financially feasible. Workshop versions (with full cast but minimal sets) were staged several times between 2017 and 2019, and there are still hopes it will see the light of day as a full production. The official website [https://www.goodomensthemusical.com goodomensthemusical.com] includes clips of workshop performances and an interview with the creative team.


== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 18 November 2024

Good Omens
Good Omens cover
First edition cover, illustration by Chris Moore
AuthorsTerry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Audio read byMartin Jarvis (unabridged)
Rebecca Front (full-cast)
Cover artistChris Moore (first edition)
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherOrion Books
Publication date
1990-05-10

Good Omens is a 1990 standalone fantasy novel co-written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - it was Gaiman’s first novel. The initial idea of “what if the Anti-Christ grew up to be a nice boy?” was Gaiman’s; he told it to Pratchett, who wanted to know what happened next and offered to buy the idea from Gaiman. Instead they ended up writing it together. It was not an immediate success but has become a cult favourite, especially after it was adapted into a television series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen. The third and final season of the series will be based on the original idea Pratchett and Gaiman cooked up for a sequel they never wrote.

Blurb

First edition

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 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 all 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 book shop 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 Witch-finder army[1] 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 really 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...

Collector’s Library edition

It wasn’t a dark and stormy night. It should have been, but that’s the weather for you.
There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (as recorded in 1655), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing, the four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world’s last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling. Tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan.

All that’s required now is the Anti-Christ. There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date Show Episode External link
2016-01-11 Overdue[2] “Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett” headgum.com
2019-01-08 Pratchat “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And We Feel Nice and Accurate)” pratchatpodcast.com
2019-03-20 Kapitel Eins “Episode 16: Ein gutes Omen”[3] libsyn.com
2019-04-21 Welcome to the End Times “Welcome to the End Times” (1/6) anchor.fm
2019-04-28 Welcome to the End Times “Tiny Bibliophilic Bells” (2/6) anchor.fm
2019-05-05 Welcome to the End Times “Witches Just Wanna Have Fun” (3/6) anchor.fm
2019-05-12 Welcome to the End Times “Metatron and Mad Prophetesses” (4/6) anchor.fm
2019-05-19 Welcome to the End Times “Heathen Passion and Occult Wiles” (5/6) anchor.fm
2019-05-26 Welcome to the End Times “INEFFABLE” (6/6) anchor.fm
2019-05-23 Ink to Film “Ep-90 Good Omens (1990 novel) part one” (1/2) libsyn.com
2019-05-30 Ink to Film’’[4] “Ep-91 Good Omens (1990 novel) part two” (2/2) libsyn.com
2019-05-28 Wyrd Sisters “Good Omens” wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2019-06-03 Dragon Babies “Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman” dragonbabiespodcast.com
2019-07-11 Tipsy Nerds Book Club “Thunderbolts and Lightning: Good Omens” buzzsprout.com (mp3)
2020-02-03 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Castles and Snacks” (1/2) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-02-10 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “The Flaming Sword Of It All” (2/2) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2021-11-28 Desert Island Discworld “Louie Stowell and Good Omens” desertislanddiscworld.com
2021-11-28 Teaching My Cat to Read "Good Omens: What’s this? It’s Humanity With A Steel Chair!" teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com[5]
2022-01-10 Stuck on Arrakis “Stuck on a Side Quest: Good Omens” buzzsprout.com
2022-08-18 Books w/ Bitches “Good Omens THE Beginning to Thursday” (1/4) spotify.com
2022-08-25 Books w/ Bitches “Good Omens Thursday to Mid Saturday” (2/4) spotify.com
2022-09-01 Books w/ Bitches “Good Omens Mid Saturday- THE END” (3/4) spotify.com
2022-09-08 Books w/ Bitches “Good Omens Buzzed Review” (4/4) spotify.com
2023-01-18 Books Are Magical “Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett” buzzsprout.com
2023-04-25 Coffee and Books “Good omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.” spotify.com
2023-04-25 Gaston Speaks “We’re Booked Up - Good Omens” podbean.com
2023-07-12 se leen relatos “Todo Sobre Good Omens y mas”[6] spotify.com
2023-08-30 A la aventura - Libros y lectura[7] “Buenos presagios” libsyn.com
2023-09-17 Unseen Academicals “Good Omens, Part 1: Antichrist Phenomenon” (1/3) spotify.com
2023-12-13 Unseen Academicals “Good Omens, Part 2: Apocalyptic Revelations” (2/3) spotify.com
2024-01-02 Unseen Academicals “Good Omens, Part 3: Faithful Adaptations” (3/3)[8] spotify.com
2023-10-28 Stray Reads “Good Omens” spotify.com
2023-12-26 Greeks and Geeks “Is Good Omens Cozy?”[9] buzzsprout.com
2024-05-24 Left On Read “Good Omens (Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett)” spotify.com
2024-08-01 The Audiobook Club “Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman” spotify.com

Other appearances

These episodes include significant discussion of the book, but it’s not the main focus.

Date Show Episode External link
2021-07-26 You Don't Know Lit “Sir Terry Pratchett”[10] podbean.com
2023-03-29 Heinous Investigations “Hyperfixation Presentations: Good Omens”[11] castos.com
2023-05-19 The Book Review[12] “Essential Neil Gaiman and A.I. Book Freakout” simplecast.com
2023-08-01 All the Good Ones are Taken “Minisode 1” podbean.com
2023-08-22 Geeks Without God “Good Omens”[13] geekswithoutgod.com
2023-11-08 The Turtle Reads “Good Omens Guardian Angels and Clay’s New Nickname” captivate.fm
2024-02-23 Rhody Radio: RI Library Radio Online “Rhody Recommends: Book to Screen” spotify.com
2024-06-16 Books, Ballads and B-Roll “Witches, Worship, and Woe” hvspn.com
2024-07-23 Book Chat Live “BCL S9 E4: Kris Faatz”[14] spotify.com
2024-08-05 Off Script “Good Omens”[15] spotify.com
2024-08-07 The Speculative Collective[16] “The Humour” buzzsprout.com
2024-08-26 Algorithme Humain [17] “Good Omens/ Don't Hug Me I'm Scared” spotify.com

Adaptations

  • Good Omens - radio play adapted by Dirk Maggs for the BBC in December 2014, starring Mark Heap as Aziraphale and Peter Serafinowicz as Crowley, and featuring Pratchett and Gaiman in a dual cameo as police officers, recorded in a car parked at Pratchett’s house.
  • Good Omens - adapted for television by Neil Gaiman for Amazon Prime Video and the BBC in 2019, starring Michael Sheen as Aziraphale and David Tennant as Crowley. A second season was released in 2023, featuring a new story by Neil Gaiman and John Finnemore, plus flashback “minisodes” (incorporated into the episodes) by other writers. Elements from the plot Gaiman and Pratchett had for a sequel were seeded in the first season, and will form the basis of the third season, to be released in 2025.
  • As well as an unabridged traditional audiobook narrated by Martin Jarvis, a new full-cast version was produced by Harper Audio and released in November 2021 on Audible. It's narrated by Rebecca Front, and features Sheen and Tennant reprising their television roles alongside an ensemble cast playing the other characters.
  • Good Omens: the Official (and Ineffable) Graphic Novel, an adaptation by frequent Neil Gaiman collaborator Colleen Doran, was announced in 2023. It will be published by Dunmanifestin in 2024, funded by a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.
  • A stage musical has been in development in Australia since 2013 by Vicki Larnach, Jim Hare and later Jay James-Moody. It has not yet been completed, in part because the international rights are complicated and an Australia-only production would not be financially feasible. Workshop versions (with full cast but minimal sets) were staged several times between 2017 and 2019, and there are still hopes it will see the light of day as a full production. The official website goodomensthemusical.com includes clips of workshop performances and an interview with the creative team.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ All two of them.
  2. ↑ Also did episodes about The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards!.
  3. ↑ In German, about the German translation.
  4. ↑ Ink to Film followed this with two episodes about the television series, and later covered the second season as well.
  5. ↑ This episode does not have a dedicated page on the show's site, so this link is to the episode list page.
  6. ↑ In Spanish (we think; please correct us!).
  7. ↑ In Spanish.
  8. ↑ Also discusses the radio series and the TV show.
  9. ↑ Also discusses the television adaptation.
  10. ↑ This podcast's format involves a “fight” between two books, in this case The Colour of Magic and Good Omens.
  11. ↑ Mostly about the television series
  12. ↑ This is the official book podcast of The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Also discusses both seasons of the TV show.
  14. ↑ Guest author Kris Faatz discusses many of his favourite books, including Night Watch and Good Omens.
  15. ↑ Season 1 of the TV show as an adaptation of the book
  16. ↑ A general discussion of humorous speculative fiction, including the work of Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams and Jasper Fforde.
  17. ↑ In French; appears to be a show which gives human recommendations for other creative works, based on something you’ve liked, including in this episode Good Omens.
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