12-29-2008, 06:49 PM | #1 |
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchet/Neil Gaiman
I just recently finished this book (I got it for Christmas) and I think it's hilarious.
Has anyone else read it? The book really prompted me to think. The whole thing is a gigantic satire of our ideas of heaven/hell, and I find it rather hilarious how everything which is represented is just one logical step from how a lot of people seem to actually view angels/demons/etc. I particularly found the part about the satanists amusing... how most of them aren't that evil during the weekdays, it's just every Sunday for an hour or two they plot out some demonic ideas which don't really go through most of the time once they have to put them into action. It's not that I find the idea of satanists amusing... I just think it's funny because it describes so many Christians to a "T", which of course was the point of the parody. |
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