Daily Archives: January 12, 2010

Good Omens

Book number three of the year is a collaboration between Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett first published in 1990. The plot is, broadly, a parody of the Omen series of apocalyptic movies blended with a light-hearted mockery of of New-Age spiritualism and end-times prophecies in general. The story centers on the life of one Adam Young, a perfectly ordinary boy from Tadford who just happens to be the spawn of Satan.
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