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“o utrageous. . . . Good Omens shouldn’t be pegged into a category. it should just be enjoyed. . . . r ead it for a riotous good laugh.” —Orlando Sentinel
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TERRY PRATCHETT www.neilgaiman.com (1948-2015) er mest kjent for for the internationally bestselling author ofhans more T E RRY P RA TC HE TT isSkiveverden. fantasyserien Verkene than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful d ischar blitthadaptert til filmer, tegnerserier, world series. is young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educatedog Rodents, won thePratchett c arnegie Medal,er andutnevnt Where’s rollespill TV-serier. My Cow?, his d iscworld book for “readers of all ages,” was a New til flerehaveuniversiteter, Yorkæresdoktor Times bestseller. ved h is novels sold more than forty og mil ilion (give million) worldwide. o 2009 bleor take hana fewslått tilcopies ridder av Named den anbritiske cer of the British e mpire “for services to literature,” Pratchett lives dronningen. Bøkene har solgt over in e ngland. ( h e has drunk enough hans banana daiquiris, thank you. it’s & Ts from now on.) 70G millioner eksemplarer verden over, og er oversatt til 37 språk. www.terrypratchettbooks.com
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N E IL G AIM A N is the critically acclaimed and award-winning cre ator of the Sandman series of graphic novels, and author of the novels Anansi Boys, American Gods, Neverwhere, Stardust, Smoke and Mirrors, and Coraline, and the New York Times bestselling children’s books The Day and The Wolves in the Walls. o riginally from e ngland, Gaiman now lives in the u nited States. ( h e is still 5'11" tall and continues to be partial to black T-shirts.)
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