There is a distinct hint of Armageddon in the air. According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witch-finders are getting ready to fight the good fight, armed with awkwardly antiquated instructions and stick pins. Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. . . . Right. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. </p>
Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon -- each of whom has lived among Earth's mortals for many millennia and has grown rather fond of the lifestyle -- are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the Antichrist (which is a shame, as he's a really nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. . . . </p>
First published in 1990, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's brilliantly dark and screamingly funny take on humankind's final judgment is back -- and just in time -- in a new hardcover edition (which includes an introduction by the authors, comments by each about the other, and answers to some still-burning questions about their wildly popular collaborative effort) that the devout and the damned alike will surely cherish until the end of all things. </p>

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.</p>
In The Light Fantastic, only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world.</p>

There was an eighth son of an eighth son.  He was, quite naturally, a wizard.  And there it should have ended.  However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons.  And then he had an eighth son...a wizard squared...a source of magic...a Sourcerer.
SOURCERY SEES THE RETURN OF RINCEWIND AND THE LUGGAGE AS THE DISCWORLD FACES ITS GREATEST-AND FUNNIEST-CHALLENGE YET.

Here there be dragons...and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of "draco nobilis" ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a "noble" dragon, after all...).

Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind's Luggage (the world's most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain. Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld's most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more - this time, quite fervently, that he'd never been born .

'Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.'
For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer at loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution. The people have found their voice at last, the flags and barricades are rising...And the question for a policeman, an officer of the law, a defender of the peace, is:
Are you with them, or are you against them?

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.</P>
In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world...</P>

There was an eighth son of an eighth son.He was, quite naturally, a wizard.And there it should have ended.However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons.And then he had an eighth son...a wizard squared...a source of magic...a Sourcerer.
SOURCERY SEES THE RETURN OF RINCEWIND AND THE LUGGAGE AS THE DISCWORLD FACES ITS GREATEST-AND FUNNIEST-CHALLENGE YET.

◎本書榮獲
1991年軌跡獎最佳奇幻小說第二名
1991年世界奇幻獎入圍
Amazon.com讀者書評4.5顆星
天國近了！但是──連天使也不想回天堂？
末日降臨！但是──惡魔卻不想讓世界毀滅？
當《美國眾神》暢銷作家與英國超級幽默天王聯手惡搞，世界末日也成了最優雅的瘋狂喜劇！
當惡魔與天使在人間待了數千年之久，會變成什麼樣子？
這一切的一切，都要從創世之初的那顆蘋果談起，它搭起了惡魔克羅里與大天使阿茲拉斐爾友誼的橋梁。
總之，數千年前呢，天使惡魔本一家，不僅從伊甸園時代就常並肩談心，奉雙方頭頭之命降到人間執行任務之後，一邊明爭暗鬥爭奪末世魔王，一邊還定期喝茶聊天交換心得（同時暗中使盡渾身解數勾引對方倒戈）！甚至因為在人間過得太久，反而比人還有人性！惡魔使用20世紀種種高科技產品簡直如魚得水，美酒、美食與音樂如數家珍；天使當起舊書店老闆，假公濟私獨家收藏各式瑕疵版聖經，還想盡辦法阻止客人買走他的藏書！
你以為聖經啟示錄所預言的末日審判，是種種令人恐懼的大災難？其實不是，它是精密到容易出包的連環計畫！惡魔好不容易及時趕到醫院，將撒旦之子和剛出生的嬰兒掉包成功，並且開始實施長期監控感化計畫，沒想到──掉包計畫竟然失手！世界末日已進入倒數階段，帶來四大災難的天啟四騎士已經出動──但真正的魔王之子在哪裡？
尼爾．蓋曼的《美國眾神》邀來世界各地諸神明站台，原來從《好預兆》中便可見端倪！除了「天使x魔鬼酷帥二人組」領銜演出之外，還有因應時代變遷成了飆車族的天啟四騎士、惡魔好幫手喋喋修女會、好孩子模範的真假撒旦之子、無人知曉的真正預言家女巫阿格妮思及其家族後代、堅守崗位的獵巫中隊；友情客串的地獄公爵、「是真的」靈媒、使命必達的快遞員、撒旦、神……甚至請到皇后合唱團配樂，來自西藏、美國、亞特蘭提斯、外星的頂尖歌舞團演出，陣容堅若磐石，華麗度破表！
但是，你以為本書只是純粹搞笑無厘頭嗎？末日審判是怎麼回事？到底是誰想毀滅世界？種種巧合與意外，背後有什麼陰謀？天使與惡魔可以跨越種族藩籬互相了解嗎（誤）？藏在惡搞笑點底下不著痕跡探討人性的善與惡，本書堪稱「寓教於樂」的最佳範本（大誤）。
從書名可以看出，這部小說是在諧擬1976年的恐怖電影《天魔》（The Omen，2006年重拍），及該類型的電影與小說。關於改編電影：（這不是重要事件，只是八卦一則……）關於改編電影：據說泰瑞吉蘭（Terry Gilliam，《巴西》、《奇幻城市》、《未來總動員》、《神鬼剋星》、《奇幻世界》導演，公認才華洋溢，擅拍瘋狂諷刺喜劇片）正在籌畫，但進展緩慢。一項未經證實的傳言說強尼戴普和羅賓威廉斯將擔綱演出克羅里與阿茲拉斐爾，這兩位優異的演員都曾與泰瑞吉蘭合作過。
儘管本片訊息已經從IMDB上移除，導演仍於2006年表示希望能拍成此片。（但根據導演拍片習性與之前狀況，書迷與影迷還是不要過度期待比較好……）泰瑞普萊契對好萊塢的看法與吉蘭憤世嫉俗的觀點不謀而合，在本書後記中提及：「尼爾喜歡抱著希望，心想或許哪天能成真，不過泰瑞確定不可能。反正得等到他們真的在首映場上啃爆米花，不然兩人都不會相信。即使真有那天，他們八成還是無法置信。」
本書乃無厘頭惡搞聖經啟示錄與世界末日審判之最正確示範！（但是兩位大叔有練過，小孩子在家不要學喔！）
此書還能帶你上天下地，深刻體會上帝「不可言說」的旨意。
如果你抱著看災難冒險動作片的心態，想看肌肉英雄拯救世界，那很抱歉，你可以按esc鍵退出了。
書中碎碎念程度直逼喋喋修女會，非常適宜作為睡前讀物──但若你的天線在那一瞬間接上作者的電波，那麼你可能整晚都躲在棉被裡吃吃地笑到天亮還無法放下本書，顏面神經勞動過度嚴重受損不說，還會被父母或室友以為你因為甄試／學測／指考／魔獸帳號被盜／報告／被當／論文／面試／寫試讀書評／被發好人卡而精神崩潰了。（注）
注：編輯因已受《好預兆》電波同化，上文恐怕已有99.9%為外星文，看得懂的就請自求多福。
《好預兆》趣味無用小知識獨家提供
一、莫非定律之克羅里增修條文：當你想來個貍貓換太子，不管怎麼精密計畫，到手的一定還是貍貓！
二、天使暨舊書店老闆獨家提供稀有版聖經藏書密技：買不到就偷，偷不到就──自己做一本！
三、下列哪位音樂家上了天堂？A巴哈；B海頓；C貝多芬；D莫札特。（答案：以上皆非！）
「文學界的搖滾巨星……尼爾．蓋曼能在最該死的地方發現魔法。」
──邁阿密新時報（Miami New Times）
「不虔誠的搞笑，出乎意料的睿智……強烈推薦。」
──圖書館期刊
「從沒看過這麼有趣的啟示錄！」
──美國著名恐怖小說家／克里夫．巴克 （Clive Barker，）
「好笑得一塌糊塗！」
──美國科幻小說大師／金．沃夫（Gene Wolfe）
「妙不可言！」
──軌跡雜誌
「我呼天喊地……我大笑不止……我快歇斯底里了！」
──New York Reviews of Science Fiction
「頑皮透頂，妙趣橫生！」
──科克斯書評
「從頭到尾都令人捧腹大笑……予人絕佳的閱讀時光」
──Rave Reviews
「尼爾．蓋曼是故事的寶窟，我們真幸運能擁有他……他生產力之豐沃與作品整體的水準之高，既神奇又嚇人。」
──史蒂芬．金
「看完《好預兆》之後我的腦細胞立刻死一半，對這兩位作家kuso神祇的功力自嘆弗如。」
──部落客／IMPUZZLE
「天使的設定實在是太KUSO太有趣了！書商先生（臥底身分）好可愛──附身腹語術大好！你把所有天使內心的OS都講出來了！」
──部落客／夏夏
「這是我見過諷刺人性、諷刺人類社會荒謬行為、諷刺團體迷思，再正經不過的一本小說了。作者冷靜而微妙的英式笑點充斥，將人們種種不合理、邏輯打結的行為巧妙包裝、轉換，以詼諧、冷鋒的口吻訴說成荒謬無稽，卻寓意深遠的笑話。」
──部落客／menasi
「《好預兆》從一個陳舊老套的世界末日發想，提供另一種夠Kuso、夠機車、夠胡扯的方式提醒你，或許，只要一個念頭的轉變，就算是世界末日，也能變得好玩起來！」
──部落客／心戒
「當故事寶窟遇見幽默大師，當然就會產生幽默的故事，不管題材是如何聳動震撼人心，它還是一個幽默的故事。世界末日的題材向來都場面浩大且賺人熱淚，不過尼爾．蓋曼跟泰瑞．普萊契才不吃這一套，新作《好預兆》就是個這麼新穎有趣的組合！」
──部落客／林瀟灑

Something is coming after Tiffany ... Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six-inch-high Wee Free Men can protect her. In the end, it will take all of Tiffany's inner strength to save herself ... if it can be done at all. A Story of Discworld

A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head . . . It’s not easy being a witch, and it’s certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching – teen witch – is doing her best.Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea.Worse still, this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He’s hunting for Tiffany. Andhe’s found her . . . A fabulous Discworld title filled with witches and magic and told in the inimitable Terry Pratchett style, I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth Discworld title to feature Tiffany and her tiny, fightin’, boozin’ pictsie friends, the Nac Mac Feegle ( aka The Wee Free Men).

It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- just a few square miles of silt and some old ruins. Unfortunately, the historically disputed lump of land called Leshp is once again floating directly between Ankh-Morpork and the city of Al-Khali on the coast of Klatch -- which is spark enough to ignite that glorious international pastime called "war." Pressed into patriotic service, Commander Sam Vimes thinks he should be leading his loyal watchmen, female watchdwarf, and lady werewolf into battle against local malefactors rather than against uncomfortably well-armed strangers in the Klatchian desert. But war is, after all, simply the greatest of all crimes -- and it's Sir Samuel's sworn duty to seek out criminal masterminds wherever they may be hiding ... and lock them away before they can do any real damage. Even the ones on his own side.

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Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch - now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance - the crossover from summer to winter - she does what none has ever done before and leaps into the dance, into the oldest story there ever is, and draws the attention of the wintersmith himself...As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle - the fightin', thievin' pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their 'big wee hag' ...

Although they may feature witches and wizards, vampires and dwarves, along with the occasional odd human, Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld novels are grounded firmly in the modern world. Taking humorous aim at all our foibles, each novel reveals our true character and nature. It's a dreamy midsummer's night in the Kingdom of Lancre. But music and romance aren't the only things filling the air. Magic and mischief are afoot, threatening to spoil the royal wedding of King Verence and his favorite witch, Magrat Garlick. Invaded by some Fairie Trash, soon it won't be only champagne that's flowing through the streets ...

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, where they have catapulted him into the highest echelons of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.In this Discworld installment, Death comes to Mort with an offer he can't refuse -- especially since being, well, "dead" isn't compulsory.As Death's apprentice, he'll have free board and lodging, use of the company horse, and he won't need time off for family funerals. The position is everything Mort thought he'd ever wanted, until he discovers that this perfect job can be a killer on his love life.

"Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So where is it?..."When duty calls. Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers. Even when he doesn't want to. He's been "invited" to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. The one role he relishes; the other requires, well, ruby tights. Of course where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. It's up to the dauntless Vimes -- bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants (you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires and such) -- to solve the puzzle of the missing pachyderm. Which of course he does. After all, solving mysteries "is" his job.

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A Discworld novel fully illustrated in lavish colour throughout its 160 pages, this is an essential part of any Discworld collection. It stars the legendary Cohen. He's been a legend in his own lifetime. He can remember when a hero didn't have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation, and when people didn't tell you off for killing dragons. But he can't always remember, these days, where he put his teeth . . . So now, with his ancient sword and his new walking stick and his old friends -- and they're very old friends -- Cohen the Barbarian is going on one final quest. He's going to climb the highest mountain in the Discworld and meet his gods. The last hero in the world is going to return what the first hero stole. With a vengeance. That'll mean the end of the world, if no one stops him in time.

The eighth Discworld novel — After this, dragons will never be the same again!
This is where the dragons went. They lie . . . not dead, not asleep, but . . . dormant. And although the space they occupy isn’t like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there’s a key . . .

It's murder in Discworld -- which ordinarily is no big deal. But what bothers Watch Commander Sir Sam Vimes is that the unusual deaths of three elderly Ankh-Morporkians do not bear the clean, efficient marks of the Assassins' Guild. An apparent lack of any motive is also quite troubling. All Vimes has are some tracks of white clay and more of those bothersome "clue" things that only serve to muck up an investigation. The anger of a fearful populace is already being dangerously channeled toward the city's small community of golems -- the mindless, absurdly industrious creatures of baked clay who can occasionally be found toiling in the city's factories. And certain highly placed personages are using the unrest as an excuse to resurrect a monarchy -- which would be bad enough even if the "king" they were grooming wasn't as empty-headed as your typical animated pottery.