Good Omens：The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

作者: Terry （特里·普拉切特）著 , Neil Gaiman （尼尔·盖曼）著

出版社: HarperCollins US

出版时间: 2006-02

ISBN: 9780060853969

定价: 250.80

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 400页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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. NeilGaimanisanEnglishauthorofshortfiction,novels,comicbooks,graphicnovels,audiotheatreandfilms.HisnotableworksincludethecomicbookseriesTheSandmanandnovelsStardust,AmericanGods,Coraline,andTheGraveyardBook.Hehaswonnumerousawards,includingHugo,Nebula,BramStoker,NewberyMedal,andCarnegieMedal.HeisthefirstauthortowinboththeNewberyandtheCarnegiemedalsforthesamework,TheGraveyardBook(2008).

SirTerryPratchett'smanyhonorsincludetheLosAngelesTimesBookPrize,aPrintzHonor,theBostonGlobe-HornBookAward,Britain'sCarnegieMedal,theAmericanLibraryAssociation'sMargaretA.EdwardsAwardforlastingcontributiontoyoungadultliterature,andtheWorldFantasyLifetimeAchievementAward.Hisbookshavesoldmorethan75millioncopiesworldwide.Knightedforhis"servicestoliterature,"SirTerrylivesinEnglandwithhiswifeandmanycats.
　　尼尔·盖曼（NeilGaiman）是一名移居美国的著名英国作家，一度被誉为是罗琳之后最成功的作家。相貌英俊的他也以称得上是一位当代奇才，其创作的领域横跨了幻想小说、科幻小说、恐怖小说、儿童小说、漫画以及歌词。他的作品不但部部畅销，更是获奖无数。恐怖小说大师作家斯蒂芬·金称赞他是一个“装满了故事的宝库”。
内容简介:
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:
NeilGaimanisanEnglishauthorofshortfiction,novels,comicbooks,graphicnovels,audiotheatreandfilms.HisnotableworksincludethecomicbookseriesTheSandmanandnovelsStardust,AmericanGods,Coraline,andTheGraveyardBook.Hehaswonnumerousawards,includingHugo,Nebula,BramStoker,NewberyMedal,andCarnegieMedal.HeisthefirstauthortowinboththeNewberyandtheCarnegiemedalsforthesamework,TheGraveyardBook(2008).

SirTerryPratchett'smanyhonorsincludetheLosAngelesTimesBookPrize,aPrintzHonor,theBostonGlobe-HornBookAward,Britain'sCarnegieMedal,theAmericanLibraryAssociation'sMargaretA.EdwardsAwardforlastingcontributiontoyoungadultliterature,andtheWorldFantasyLifetimeAchievementAward.Hisbookshavesoldmorethan75millioncopiesworldwide.Knightedforhis"servicestoliterature,"SirTerrylivesinEnglandwithhiswifeandmanycats.
　　尼尔·盖曼（NeilGaiman）是一名移居美国的著名英国作家，一度被誉为是罗琳之后最成功的作家。相貌英俊的他也以称得上是一位当代奇才，其创作的领域横跨了幻想小说、科幻小说、恐怖小说、儿童小说、漫画以及歌词。他的作品不但部部畅销，更是获奖无数。恐怖小说大师作家斯蒂芬·金称赞他是一个“装满了故事的宝库”。