BOOKS : Good Omens

This is a book that Pratchet and some other guy wrote back in the v. early 90's. I have just finished it, even though I started it back in August.
I think if I'd read it at the time of its printing that I would have enjoyed it more: this book contains many of the jokes, themes and concepts that Pratchet uses in many of his following books. In fact, reading this book is like a summary of a lot of his work over the last 10 years, condensed into the one book.
The story is about Armagedon, with the four horsemen, the beast, his dog, and all the angels and demons trying to swing the war one way or the other. And right in the middle are two characters, an angel and a demon, who don't want things to change particularly at all. They make the case for moral relativism and point out that humans do a much better job of evil and good than any angel or demon has (in any combination of the preceding attributes).
But reading it 10+ years on, having read all TP's books in the interim, and it all seems a little staid, old, been done before. Oh well. If you haven't read any TP I suggest you read this one so you can catch up, otherwise don't worry about it.