![]() The book is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan and the coming of the End Times. ![]() But on re-reading the book ahead of the release of the series, I realised that it doesn’t hold up quite as well as I thought. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch is a 1990 novel written as a collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a World Fantasy Award nominated novel written in collaboration between Terry. Discworld ‘I guess you could say that the history of the Discworld is my own history as a writer. ![]() I didn’t read Good Omens as often, but like any true cult-classic fan, I held on to my much borrowed, much battered copy across two masters degrees, three jobs and three states. Sir Terry Pratchett OBE was a prodigous writer, and the author of over fifty bestselling books. There were other funny books, yes, but I already knew and loved Pratchett’s storytelling and the arc of his ethical universe-and that familiar mix of humour and earnestness was especially comforting at a time when my personal sense of right and wrong seemed at odds with the world around me. Humour was my only coping mechanism through depression, and reading Discworld made me laugh when little else did. ![]() When I went through a particularly bleak personal phase a couple of years later, rereading Discworld obsessively (especially the Witches and Vimes books) helped me feel like I hadn’t entirely lost the parts of myself that made me who I was-my nerdiness, my love for trivia and books, and my propensity for terrible puns and wordplay. ![]()
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