Terry Pratchett

[Sarah.]

Give me some encouragement. Please.

I gave up on good omens.

I'm reading the Warded man, by someone's recommendation. And it's clunky but addictive.

I want to finish good omens. It was just getting good but getting a bit much too.

End of the world is just happening.

Stick with it Dime. Good Omens is an all time favorite of mine. I'm on my second paperback because the first fell apart.

[stip]

I read the warded man, Dime. It's not bad.

Have you ever read The Lies of Locke Lamora. It's like a fantasy Oceans 11. It's great

[dimejinky99]

I'm working through a huge chunk of books. I will get to this.

[Sarah.]

New book tomorrow

[stip]

I haven't ordered it yet. March in the states. So tell me how if is!

[bada]

This seems like someone I should be into. Where do I start? Don't give me 5 choices just one. Choose wisely.

[stip]

Small Gods

[stip]

it is arguably his best, and also takes place about 100 years or more before the other books in the series, so it is just an easier choice

[bune]

Anyone watching Good Omens? We started it and ten minutes in my wife said, "I have no idea what's going on." and I told her "it doesn't matter, so far it's pretty much exactly like the book so you haven't missed anything."

I also told her that there are going to be a lot of people upset at Adam & Eve and sure enough the next day I saw a ton of crap from people about it.

We're two episodes in and so far I haven't seen anything that I would change. Maybe up the pacing a bit but even that's just a minor quibble.

[oasisfan35]

Anyone watching Good Omens? We started it and ten minutes in my wife said, "I have no idea what's going on." and I told her "it doesn't matter, so far it's pretty much exactly like the book so you haven't missed anything."

I also told her that there are going to be a lot of people upset at Adam & Eve and sure enough the next day I saw a ton of crap from people about it.

We're two episodes in and so far I haven't seen anything that I would change. Maybe up the pacing a bit but even that's just a minor quibble.

Sure is one hell of an ad campaign from Amazon, I have really only heard positives thus far. I follow both Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer on twitter so I've seen a bunch of the press from other points, definitely on my watch list but glad it is on Amazon as I have no idea when I'll get to it.

[doone]

I binged it. I can cancel Prime now.

[bune]

I wish I were a better writer so that I could say how much the last episode of Good Omens affected me. So much about what it was saying and not saying struck chords with me and how I view religion. Sure God has a plan but no one knows it, not even the angels, so why do so many people keep talking about it like they do? That was such a great scene, the way it played out. It's almost an affirming POV for me, which is weird to write and seems paradoxical on the surface.

I especially like the bit at the end where they talk about how the real Armageddon isn't going to be between heaven and hell but instead them vs. the humans. The idea that angels watched Satan fall and don't end up thinking "you know, he didn't have terrible ideas" after a millennia or two seems way more true than blind adoration for that same amount of time. And even if that were true, blind adoration has it's own downsides and may as well be the other side of the same coin. We are the betterment of the two factions, and they are both jealous of us.

I really need to get back into writing more so I can do this better. I have a lot of ideas but not a great way to put them into order. I'll just leave it as the show was the best kind of adaptation: one that loves the source material so much that it elevates it.

Also I see a lot of articles talking about where S2 could go. Why would you do that? A) why would you make a 2nd season? It's fine where it ended so let it end. B) I know why, it's for clicks. Ugh.

Finally, there was only one thing that bothered me about the show: War. It wasn't until today that I found out why the actress bothered me and it's because she was the lead in The Killing and I didn't like her there at all. Here she just seemed too American and just felt like she stood out in the crowd.

[doone]

Are they seriously going to do a season 2? There's no reason to, they did justice to the book. It was an excellent mini-series, they should leave it there.