Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
From two delightful imaginations comes a comic masterpiece in which the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, the hound of the devil chases sticks, and the end of the world is subject to Murphy's Law. "The Apocalypse has never been funnier."--Clive Barker.
Brief description:
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/
Review Quotes:
"The Apocalypse has never been funnier." - Clive Barker
"Hilariously naughty." - Kirkus Reviews
"Wacky and irreverent." - Booklist
"Fiendishly funny." - New Orleans Times-Picayune
"From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time." - Rave Reviews
"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . fuses fantasy and comedy into an untrammeled romp through the latter days. Highly recommended." - Library Journal
"Huge fun." - Sunday Express (London)
"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended." - Library Journal
"Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated." - Washington Post
"If you've never read [GOOD OMENS], don't miss it now. Grade: A." - Rocky Mountain News
"[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs." - San Diego Union-Tribune
"An utter delight--fresh, exciting, uproariously funny." - Poul Anderson
"Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!" - Orlando Sentinel
"I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.: - New York Review of Science Fiction
"A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker's guide to the netherworld." - James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter
"One Hell of a funny book." - Gene Wolfe
"Hilarious!" - Locus
"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon." - Palm Beach Post
"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python." - San Francisco Chronicle
"What's so funny about Armageddon? More than you'd think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time." - Detroit Free Press
"Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud." - San Diego Union-Tribune
"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." - New York Times
