As books go this is about as good as it gets. Written by two titans in the world of literature now, it was when it was originally released written by two fairly unknown authors. I have already previously stated my love of anything written by Gaiman, so allow me to expound upon the virtues of Terry Pratchett. Terry Pratchett’s main series of books called the Diskworld novels center around a flat disk world that rests on the backs of four elephants that ride through space on a giant turtle cause frankly what else would it do. They are hilarious, they are well written, and whats more they have developed into cutting edge satire.

Good Omens itself focuses on the story of well the end of the world. There is a complete list of characters spanning from nuns to Tibetans to aliens. Its a story about the Antichrist named Adam, an angel, a witch, and a demon who did not so much fall from heaven as saunter vaguely downward. Heck you even get 8 horsemen of the apocalypse. War, famine, death , and pollution (plague kinda got down when penicillin was invented) are all there, but so are Grievous Bodily Harm, Answering Machine, Cruelty to Animals, and Things That Don’t Work Quite Right Even After You’ve Given Them A Good Thumping (but secretly No Alcohol Lager). Its a fun novel basically unmatched when it comes to just random funny absolutely hilarious writing. It has become a cult classic and for good reason.

The bottom line if you like to laugh pick this book up.