Good Omens

A good omen. The friendly and accurate prophecies of Agnes Witch Moth ( Original title:. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch ) is a 1990 published novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Translation: Andreas Brandhorst ). He describes in a humorous way the battle between good and evil, between God and the devil, represented by an angel and a demon on earth.

Content

The story takes place at the end of the 20th century, and the apocalypse is imminent. The angel and the demon Crowley Erziraphael therefore get some work to do. Share How many agents these two longtime opponents more in common than the pages for which they stand. Your hunting revolves around the Antichrist, which was reversed as a result of some stupid accidents at birth, but is absolutely necessary for the final battle.

Very clearly the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described which, as provided in the Bible, one will appear on the plan after another. Only death is preserved as Reaper of the Middle Ages. War may pose as a red-haired vamp, and hungry at the time of power- dieting an easy game. Only plague was superfluous to the invention of penicillin and is represented by " pollution " worthy.

Pratchett and Gaiman intertwine in their satire the biblical prophecies with those of Nostradamus. His role is taken over by the witch Agnes Spinner, who have their offspring, similar to today's Nostradamus - believers their hands full, which disordered and cryptic predictions to decrypt their family planning and world politics concerning.

Planned adaptation

For several years, there is a script version of the novel, which should be implemented by Terry Gilliam. According to Gilliam Johnny Depp and Robin Williams have pledged their participation, the necessary additional U.S. $ 15 million still could not be distended, what of the press, the disastrous results of the latest collaboration between Gilliam and Depp, who to this day unfinished Don Quixote adaptation, is blamed (see Lost in La Mancha ).