A Novel Idea Bookclub Discussion — Good Omens by Gaiman & Pratchett

On the 3rd Friday of every month we discuss a Fantasy, Science Fiction or Horror book. We’re a pretty laid-back group so you don’t need to have read the book to join us and engage in the conversation, but if you haven’t you can’t complain about spoilers.

This month we are reading:

Good Omens – Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a king with two sons…

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….