The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book

by Neil Gaiman

Overview

Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett.

First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman and Pratchett fans alike. Collected here are Neil Gaiman’s original scripts for the Good Omens television series, offering readers deeper insight into Gaiman’s brilliant new adaptation of a masterwork.

A tale of good and evil and the end of the world, Good Omens stars Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale; David Tennant as the demon Crowley; and Jon Hamm as the archangel Gabriel, as well as Anna Maxwell Martin, Josie Lawrence, Adria Arjona, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson, and Nick Offerman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062896902
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/11/2019
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	20,112
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/

Hometown:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date of Birth:

November 10, 1960

Place of Birth:

Portchester, England

Education:

Attended Ardingly College Junior School, 1970-74, and Whitgift School, 1974-77

Website:

http://www.neilgaiman.com

Editorial Reviews

"Hilariously naughty."—Kirkus Reviews

"Wacky and irreverent."—Booklist

"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs."—San Diego Union-Tribune

"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."—New York Times

"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld."—James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

"An utter delight—fresh, exciting, uproariously funny."—Poul Anderson

"Fiendishly funny."—New Orleans Times-Picayune

"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time."—Rave Reviews

"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud."—San Diego Union-Tribune

"Hilarious!"—Locus

"Huge fun."—Sunday Express (London)

"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: —New York Review of Science Fiction

"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A."—Rocky Mountain News

"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended."—Library Journal

"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon."—Palm Beach Post

"One Hell of a funny book."—Gene Wolfe

"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!"—Orlando Sentinel

"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated."—Washington Post

"The Apocalypse has never been funnier."—Clive Barker

"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time."—Detroit Free Press

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