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Book Review of Good Omens

Good Omens
Good Omens
Author: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Off-the-wall comedy about an Armageddon that doesn't quite come off as planned.

Pratchett's footprints are all over this one, with its drive-by puns and throwaway commentary on cultural icons from Elvis sightings to Star Wars fandom, propelling Gaiman's story seed of the Antichrist switched at birth with the wrong Human baby.

The book loses points for a conclusion that drags on interminably -- I mean, once Armageddon has been canceled, where does one go?