I Shouldn’t Look So Forward To Armageddon
I mean it. I shouldn’t. But hey, if it all ends the way it’s described in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s (I know, you’re surprised that I’m writing about him.) Good Omens: the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, it’s going to be a Hell of a time! Literally. This is one of the two tied-for-favorite-Gaiman books of mine that I mentioned in passing ages ago.
And now I’m going to move on to the pictures (yes, there are two different covers) and the description on the back of the paperback.
“According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world’s only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon–both of whom have lived amongst Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle–are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist…”
Never have I read a book with so much Christianity and humor woven into it side by side like this. I mean, come on. Every cassette tape left in Crowley’s car for more than a fortnight becomes a Best Of Queen tape. By the way, Crowley is the demon and the book was written in 1990, hence the cassette tape.
So far, every person I have handed my copy off to has absolutely adored it, and many of them ended up buying their own copies as well, which is fine with me as mine is starting to fall apart. Okay, so it started to fall apart a couple of years ago. I expect that if I keep reading it over and over, it’s just a couple more years until I have to keep it held together with a rubber band!
As stated, this is one of my absolute favorite books ever written. I recommend it to anyone that has a sense of humor. And no, just so you know, you absolutely do not have to be a Christian to love it. Just like you don’t have to be an Odinist to read American Gods and you don’t have to worship the old African gods for Anansi Boys. Both of which will probably have reviews on here eventually anyway.
