Good Omens

Neil Gaiman · Terry Pratchett

Nov 2009 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Martin Jarvis

About this audiobook

Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon!

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

The classic novel of angels, demons, and Armageddon from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, now a Prime original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.

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 . . .

Ratings and reviews

LOVE the concept and characters and often found myself laughing out loud. I'd say it was British satire at its best, but the numerous racial, ranging to racist, lines in the novel and affected Asian accents on Jarvis's part made a couple of exchanges frankly embarrassing to listen to. The lack of a significant pause in speaking btwn POV changes can make following frequent switches difficult as well. The message about climate change is a welcome one, however, and I'll be buying a copy secondhand.

The book was quite good but the reader's character voices were so sharp and annoying for most of the characters that I dreaded when they'd show up and it ruined parts of the book for me. His normal voice was ok and I wish he'd have just read it straight out. I haven't read the book before but I think I'd have enjoyed it much more reading than listening to this guy, which is what I'll probably do since the story was really good despite his horrible reading of it.

I have been a fan of Gaiman's work for a little while. with finally wanting to go by audio book, the sample is just amazing. I am very much tempted to buy the book!

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/

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

Martin Jarvis' career ranges from award-winning London theatre productions of Ayckbourn, Pinter and Wilde to Murder, She Wrote and James Cameron's Titanic in the U.S. He has twice received the British Talkies Award.