Good Omens

基本信息

By (author)  Neil Gaiman , By (author)  Terry Pratchett

Format:Paperback / softback 416 pages

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Imprint:Corgi Books

ISBN:9780552176453

Published: 2 May 2019

Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction, Fantasy

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:282g

Dimensions:128 x 196 x 27 (mm)

Pub. Country:United Kingdom

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

空气中有一种世界末日的明显迹象。根据女巫艾格尼丝·纳特(Agnes Nutter)美好而准确的预言(值得感谢的是，记录于1655年，在她炸毁整个村庄和所有聚集在那里观看她燃烧的居民之前)，世界将在一个周六结束。事实上，就是下星期六。因此，善与恶的军队正在集结，世界末日的四个骑自行车的人正加速他们强大的猪上路，而世界上仅存的两个女巫发现者正准备好为正义而战，他们装备着笨拙过时的指示和针脚。反对派在崛起，青蛙在坠落，情绪在燃烧……正确的。一切似乎都在按照神的计划进行。

一个有点挑剔的天使和一个活得很快的恶魔——他们中的每一个都与地球上的人类生活了数千年，并且变得相当喜欢这种生活方式——并不是特别期待即将到来的狂喜。如果克劳利和亚茨拉菲尔想要阻止这一切发生，他们必须找到并杀死这个反基督者(这很可惜，因为他是一个非常好的孩子)。只有一个小问题:有人好像把他放错地方了. . . .

尼尔·盖曼(Neil Gaiman)和特里·普莱切特(Terry Pratchett)在1990年首次出版了这部充满智慧的黑暗而又极其有趣的作品，它对人类最终的判断做出了诠释。这本书回来得正是时候。新出版的精装本(包括两位作者的介绍、彼此对对方的评论，以及对他们广受欢迎的合作成果中一些仍然紧迫的问题的回答)肯定会让虔诚的人和受诅咒的人都珍视，直到万物终结。

There is a distinct hint of Armageddon in the air. According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witch-finders are getting ready to fight the good fight, armed with awkwardly antiquated instructions and stick pins. Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. . . . Right. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan.

Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon -- each of whom has lived among Earth's mortals for many millennia and has grown rather fond of the lifestyle -- are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the Antichrist (which is a shame, as he's a really nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. . . .

First published in 1990, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's brilliantly dark and screamingly funny take on humankind's final judgment is back -- and just in time -- in a new hardcover edition (which includes an introduction by the authors, comments by each about the other, and answers to some still-burning questions about their wildly popular collaborative effort) that the devout and the damned alike will surely cherish until the end of all things.

作者简介

Terry Pratchett是全球最畅销的《碟形世界》系列的创作者，1983年出版了第一本《魔法的颜色》。他总共是五十本畅销书的作者。他的小说被广泛改编成舞台剧和电影，他是多个奖项的得主，包括卡内基奖章(Carnegie Medal)，以及因对文学的贡献而被授予爵士头衔。他的书目前在全球的销量达到7000万册，并被翻译成37种语言。

尼尔·盖曼是许多极富想象力的漫画小说和成人小说的作者。《鬼妈妈》是他的首本儿童读物。十多年前，他开始为考洛琳工作，在这个过程中他休息了很多次。尼尔，英国作家，现居美国明尼阿波利斯市。在写书的同时，尼尔也在写剧本，并正在筹备考洛琳的电影版。

Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.

Neil Gaiman is the author of many highly imaginative graphic novels and works of fiction for adults. CORALINE is his first book for children. He began working on CORALINE over ten years ago and he took many breaks during the process. Neil is a British author living and working in Minneapolis, USA. As well as writing books Neil writes screenplays and is working on a film version of CORALINE.