Good Omens

Good Omens is Audible.co.uk’s Audiobook Download Of The Year

26 March 2009 (21:51) 1 Comment

Nearly twenty years after it was first published, which book is still a phenomenon? Good Omens, of course. The Neil Gaiman-Terry Pratchett collaboration, narrated by Stephen Briggs, was voted the 2008 winner of the annual Audible.co.uk Audiobook Download Of The Year awards. Sir Terry received his award at a The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London at a luncheon just after being formally knighted by Her Majesty.

This news is a bit late, but I thought it was still newsworthy all the same.

Thanks to Colin Smythe for the information.

Neil Gaiman biography features foreword by Terry Pratchett

26 December 2008 (13:59) Comment!

A biography about Neil Gaiman, who co-wrote Good Omens with Terry Pratchett, features a foreword by Terry Pratchett. Titled A Slightly Worn But Still Quite Lovely Foreword, the foreword states of Neil Gaiman, “You’re in the hands of a master conjurer. Or, quite possibly, a wizard.”

The biography, Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman, was released October 28, 2008.

Good Omens a good re-read

26 December 2007 (14:04) Comment!

A study by Costa for the 2007 Costa Book Awards on the re-reading habits of UK readers has come up with a list of the most re-read books. Fantasy and science fiction have a good showing in the list, which includes the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series, as well as The Hobbit, 1984, the Hitchchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Good Omens (by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) in fifteenth place, beating out the Bible, at sixteenth.

Good Omens scents now available

6 July 2007 (15:33) Comment!

The people at Black Phoenix Alchemical Laboratory (“purveyors of fine esoteric goods perfumes and potions”) have released a Good Omens collection of perfumes, “based on the characters, locations, and concepts squished within the pages of Good Omens, an apocalyptic comedy by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.” Such perfumes as “Agnes Nutter” (with gunpowder, charred wood, smoke, and rusty nails) and “Crowley” (musk, patchouli, lilac cologne, lemon rind, and so on) are included in the line.