Books! The best weapons in the world!

Squeeing about Aragorn, Sherlock, Dr. Who, James Bond, Mal Reynolds, Richard Castle, Crowley, and others.

[mochacoffee]

A.Z. Fell & Co. Catalogue

A comprehensive list of all Aziraphale's known books

So after I made the 3D model and floor plan of Aziraphale’s bookshop, I found myself wanting to take on another project. I guess I just really enjoy researching and compiling Good Omens minutiae. Anyway, here it is!

This is a spreadsheet that lists all of Aziraphale’s known books. They’re broken up into categories and sorted alphabetically by author last name. It includes each book’s title, author, publisher, year published, a brief description of the book (most of them straight from Wikipedia or Google Books), and an explanation for how we know Aziraphale has it. There’s also a column for links where applicable.

To view the full text in a cell, just click on it. Its contents will appear at the top of the spreadsheet, and you can click and drag the bottom of that box to make it bigger and easier to read. The sheet is also searchable like any webpage (Command+f for Mac and Ctrl+f for PC).

I’ve been as exhaustive as possible compiling this, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect! If you notice and error or find something new that should be included, please leave it in a comment on the sheet or message me here directly so I can update it. (Make sure include where you got the information as well!)

[mochacoffee]

INTERESTING DISCOVERY!

Aziraphale has one really weird, really out-of-place book in his collection: The Home Planet by Kevin Kelley.

It was published in 1988, which makes it much more modern than the others in his collection. The vast majority of his books were published before 1930 (key exceptions being his Terry Pratchett books, the Just William series Adam added, and his questionably existent Jeffrey Archer books).

It’s also a book of Earth and space photography. Aziraphale has several books of illustrations, but I’ve found zero others that contain photographs, so that doesn’t seem to be an area of interest for him. And it’s sitting next to the sofa among a bunch of encyclopedias. It’s distinctly not an encyclopedia.

So what is up with this book? And why is it there specifically? (Because it’s not a random mistake, this show is too good for that.)

Here’s my theory:

I don’t think it’s a coincidence AT all that this book is so similar to Crowley’s The Extremely Big Book of Astronomy. I also don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s right next to the sofa Crowley sits on every time he’s there.

Either he got this book for Aziraphale because he knows Aziraphale loves books, or Aziraphale got it for him because he knows Crowley loves space. I’m leaning toward the first one, considering Crowley actively denies that he “does books” and I doubt Aziraphale even knows that he has any. If that’s the case, maybe Crowley was over one day and he just kinda… slipped it onto the shelf. Casually. No big deal. Just to say I’m here and I’m part of this too, and I thought this belonged in your collection. Or if it did go the other way, maybe Aziraphale thought Crowley doesn’t like reading so maybe he’ll enjoy a book that’s photographs. What would he like photos of? Maybe Earth. He loves Earth. And maybe space. He helped build that.

Either way it’s absolutely precious.

(Shout out to @fuckyeahgoodomens​ for being incredibly helpful and resourceful as always, bringing a BTS photo to my attention which was high enough quality that this book could be identified)

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Ooh! 👀 Wahoo! Awesome job! :) ❤

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

… what if…

…what if they just do that… slip things to each other’s places…

Like… 

it’s Aziraphale who leaves the eagle from the church in Crowley’s hallway, as a subtle way of saying thank you

it’s Crowley who leaves multiple angel wings mugs in Aziraphale’s bookshop because he found them cute and couldn’t bring himself to just gift them to the angel

[eowynsdeerstalker]

Omg! I must find this book! This is sooooo perfect!

I lean towards Aziraphale buying it with Crowley in mind, but I really must find it and read it!

[eowynsdeerstalker]

Sooo. @mochacoffee I bought this book. Open the package... Husband says: “we have that!” Um... I swear I looked!! I looked in Earth section of bookshelves but not in Space Photography section. Silly me.

So now I have a second copy. I feel like I should mail the one I got to another fan who would like it. Message me if you’d like it! (Edit: book has been claimed!)

[jeremybrettholmes]

One of the finest and most beloved Watsons ever to grace the screen has passed away. David Burke was 91 years old, just shy of his 92nd birthday, and he is survived by his wife Anna Calder-Marshall and his son Tom Burke.

By all accounts, he was a gentleman and a wonderful human being. He could have stayed on to play Watson much longer, which would have made many of us very happy, but he chose to leave the show to be nearer to his family, especially since Tom was very young at the time.

His was not the first intelligent and competent Watson, but this version marked a turning point in mainstream depictions, from comedic sidekick to a hero in his own right.

RIP, dear sir. You will be missed. Thank you for everything.

~*~

To read a longer and moving tribute, please check out the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere website: https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2026/05/david-burke-first-watson-of-granada-era.html. The tribute includes a link to the interview that the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast conducted with David and his wife a few years ago.

[macmanx]

A NASA spacecraft discovers a formation on Mars resembling a bear

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped the uncanny photo in December. Eyes are formed by craters. A hill with a "V-shaped collapse struc

Come on [tumblr] where’s my Mars Bear fanart?

[sirartwork]

[raina-at]

Johnlock Fic Club

We're continuing our journey into different profession AUs, with the wonderful Mise en Place by @azriona. We're starting this Sunday, May 24, at 6:30 pm with chapters 1-5.

@azriona we would be honoured if you were to join us. We're very nice, I promise!

DM me for the link to the Discord.

Tagging a few regulars under the cut

@calaisreno @discordantwords @lisbeth-kk @meetinginsamarra @totallysilvergirl @frodosweetstuff @blogstandbygo @thetimemoves @inevitably-johnlocked @whatnext2020 @onesmallfamily

[hawt-me33]

Coming into a fandom late

[baxterdamus-deactivated20130513]

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

[valorious]

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

[leatherpatches-deactivated20150]

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war. 

[fauxmoux]

Accuracy at its best

[street-of-mercy]

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

[my-reylo]

all of this shit…lol

[nerdsagainstfandomracism]

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

[not-so-secret-nerd]

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

[jupiter235]

This gets better every time I see it. 

[sageblackrose95]

@fuboos-mess

[inverted-mind-inc-sideblog-deac]

Being in a dead fandom…

[illogicalarchive]

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

[erilias]

The accuracy hurts.

[fanfic-yes-please]

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

[it-is-bugs]

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

[sweetferalbaby]

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

[teaganvamp]

This just gets better..

[hamboj2]

@mi-kleos

[thatcrazysonicchick]

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

[knightofbloodcancer]

Fandom hell in general

[morathavictoria]

Yes.

[marvelanimelover]

This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.

[stop-talking-babe-deactivated20]

Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on

[raise-cain-archived]

THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!

[crochanblackbeak]

Trying to recruit people to your fandom

[kateriverameliawolfe]

Annnnnnndddd it’s back

[ishipwhatiship247]

Being in a fandom which has so many antis

[ravenhilarious]

I’ve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.

[swanqueen-author]

Being in a fandom that actually works together

[commanderunhingedmongoose]

Why is this so true? All of it.

[pillowprincesslexa]

being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs

[hangingfire]

I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.

[priory-of-stars]

Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions

[marianagmt]

When you are in a fandom and don’t care for others people opinion…..even if they are right…(believe me, I have met several of those)

[batbyte-alghul]

Being in a fandom you never meant to join

[tirnel-sutcliff-spears]

I love this. and it’s gotten better

[cartoonjessie]

After abandoning a fandom you’re still a little bit emotionally invested in….

[brit-is-bookish]

All of these are me. Lol

[thehikingastronomer]

Being in a fandom on Tumblr

[julietsemophase]

And it reached its epic conclusion

[isa-ghost]

I CHOKED ON FUNDIP

[van-arts]

HISTORY HAS BEEN ENGRAVED INTO THIS POST

[luminousslime]

MERCY

[nemfrog]

"Direct opthalmoscopy." Modern ophthalmology. 1908.

Internet Archive

[redscharlach]

Heated Optometry was a groundbreaking show, and the decision to cancel it was extremely shortsighted.

[nuthin-gold-can-stay]

whats funny to me is that all the sherlock adaptations show sherlock as a creepy braggy intelligent cryptid watched by his exasperated friend watson while the truth in acd canon is. sherlock is a whimsical braggy intelligent cryptid watched by his enthralled and deeply proud friend watson. theres a difference there and it includes the world whimsical because goddamn fuck canon sherlock is WHIMSICAL

[almostunadulteratedmiracle]

Guess who stared at the burning pages of the Book of Life until stuff became readable around the fire and Crowley's hand? This idiot :D

And here's what it says on the page for the rubber duck (and all the other pages I've managed to glare at long enough, save for Uriel's, who gets her own text)... The layout is a bit strange and there are helpful repetitions of the phrases, so this how I think it's supposed to go:

"Through the loving command of God in Her infinite wisdom and delight in creation, Alpha Centauri, one of the most magnificent constellations in the heavens was brought into being. She entrusted its formation to one of Her most beloved angels, a servant of radiant skill and devotion. The angel was charged with weaving light and harmony into a masterpiece that would forever testify to the majesty of the divine."

I was not prepared to feel many of the feelings of the finale, but I was also most certainly not prepared to read praises of Crowley like this when I just wanted to peek at how you define a rubber duck 😭

[youryurigoddess]

Oh, Joy Unbounded

It’s not only the start of Aziraphale’s quote on his page shared earlier today by Good Omens Prime, but also the title of the final piece from the operetta “Trial by Jury” by Gilbert and Sullivan. One that ends with the Judge resolving the entire case by offering to marry the Plaintiff.

Of course, we already had a good inkling that some type of a courtroom drama might make an appearance in the Good Omens Finale due to the general influence of the classic Powell and Pressburger film, A Matter of Life and Death (1946), over the entire adaptation, from literal production posters to character design (Not-Crowley’s curls before the beginning, you will always be famous), to literal sets like the Good Omens Heaven. It also happens to be a favourite of a certain Michael Sheen:

“My favourite film of all time is A Matter of Life and Death, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring David Niven. In the U.S. it was called Stairway to Heaven.”

“For me, it is beautifully shot. It is fantastically acted. It has a quality of strangeness that I always love in the best works of art. It is about two forms of reality, the real world that David Niven inhabits and this fantastical world of Heaven with angels and all that stuff. And you never get asked to choose which one is the real one or not.”

The Heavenly trial happens inside a nebula, with a counsel consisting of souls of those who had died in the British wars across centuries and a RAF pilot as the defendant who had accidentally cheated Death in order to stay longer on Earth and fall in love with the person he met over the radio during his fall from the sky. Just for context.

At the same time, the mention of the Second Coming invites another trial to the discourse, that is the Last Judgment — during which Jesus is supposed to use the Book of Life to separate the righteous from the wicked. If you haven’t yet, you should catch up with the speculation on Aziraphale’s roots and possible role in the upcoming Last Judgment in this meta on angelic names.

“We’ve come to a decision” indeed…

[youryurigoddess]

It has come to my attention that most of the fandom is unaware of the religious etymology of the phrase “joy unbounded” and its prevalence in music history, so a quick disclaimer seems somewhat appropriate.

This is the Latin hymn Ubi Caritas (Where True Charity Is), predominantly known as an antiphone for the Catholic washing of feet ceremony (Mandatum or Maundy) during the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday). It’s also commonly performed during Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The origin of the Gregorian chant remains ambiguous due to its many versions, but is believed to fall somewhere between 300 and 1100 AD and often attributed to Saint Paulinus of Aquileia in 796 AD.

The name mandatum comes from the first word of the Latin Biblical quotation sung at the ceremony of the washing of the feet: “Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos”, from the text of John 13:34 in the Vulgate (“I give you a new commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you”). The rite itself seems relevant to Aziraphale’s new function and the type of leadership he might be enacting as the new Supreme Archangel of the Heavenly Host:

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. ( John 13:14–17, NKJV)

Another popular variant of the lyrics is “Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est” (Where charity and love are, God is there) — it’s both my personal preference and something very in line with the Good Omens theme and the A Matter of Life and Death (1946) powerful end message: “Nothing is stronger than the law in the universe, but on Earth, nothing is stronger than love”. The official English translation (Roman Missal, 3rd Edition) is unfortunately based on a slightly older version:

Ant. Where true charity is dwelling, God is present there.

By the love of Christ we have been brought together: let us find in him our gladness and our pleasure; may we love him and revere him, God the living, and in love respect each other with sincere hearts.

Ant. Where true charity is dwelling, God is present there.

So when we are gathered all together, let us strive to keep our minds free of division; may there be an end to malice, strife and quarrels, and let Christ our God be dwelling here among us.

Ant. Where true charity is dwelling, God is present there.

May your face thus be our vision, bright in glory, Christ our God, with all the blessed Saints in heaven: such delight is pure and faultless, joy unbounded, which endures through countless ages world without end. Amen.

This turn of phrase makes sometimes appearance in Bible translations as well, especially in Psalm 16:11: “You make me know the path of life; in your presence is unbounded joy, in your right hand eternal delight”.

Well, look at Aziraphale’s right hand here:

[ilove80z]

Hello! @abbybubbls and I are hosting a special Good Omens 3 DTIYS, inspired by the KitKat ad that sparked Sir Terry Pratchett’s creation of Aziraphale and Crowley! 🍫

Share your take and tag us with #DTIYSForTerry 🖤🤍✨

[clonerightsagenda]

When I was at the natural history museum, the fossil section had stickers on the glass to engage children - things like "Flap your arms like a pterodactyl" or "Measure your hand against the mosasaurus." However the first of these I encountered, which I found alarming and threatening without context, was a sticker reading "Struggle like you are stuck in a tar pit"

[clonerightsagenda]

I feel like more bright colors, an exclamation mark, or a more whimsical font choice would've also helped here to indicate that it is a Fun Activity For Children. Instead it felt like getting instructed in my inevitable fate by a road sign

[mayakern]

A little something for you… and a little something extra 🎨 Circle skirts are 30% off starting today, and we’ve also released stickers and art prints. It felt like a good day for both.

[makingqueerhistory]

Why We Need a Queer History of the Holocaust

For LGBTQ history month, HWO are very pleased to republish Anna Hájková's piece on the need for a queer history of the Holocaust.

Homophobia has had a far-reaching impact on historical memory. At a basic level, there are next to no queer Jews in Holocaust histories. If you find any, they are usually deviant figures. But more importantly, homophobic prejudice has come to shape all the oral history collections of Holocaust survivors around the world. The large USC Shoah Foundation has over 52,000 interviews with Jewish survivors; next to none of them speak about same-sex desire. This does not mean that none of them were queer – I know for a fact that some of them were. But they did not dare to bring it up in the interview given the heteronormative framing of the inquiry. With missing testimonies, it is as if these people never lived and haven’t left a trace, which for survivors of a genocide is a devastating fate. [...] Let me be honest, even in the context of Holocaust studies this is a hard research. Some people will tell you that queer history is irrelevant and should not be written about. They believe that homosexuality is dishonorable to the reputation of Holocaust victims. Sadly, these lines of enquiry have sometimes led to painful personal attacks on myself; I have had my professional path, research integrity, sexual orientation and family history attacked. But more often, I have been able to change people’s opinions and to show why should we strive for a less judgmental and more inclusive history.

[an-ruraiocht]

also i was trying to work out if my wet beast was a cormorant or a shag so i tried googling "shag uk" and. well. that didn't go well

so then i tried "shag birds uk"

this was not an improvement

[an-ruraiocht]

#this post is one hr old and has been on my dash #FIVE TIMES #from completely separate people #not mutuals reblogging each other #people I follow who all reblogged it from someone different#I’m fascinated

everyone wants to mock my suggestive birdwatching mishaps

[vaspider]

WELP.

GUESS WE DON'T NEED TO ASK HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THAT ANYMORE

"Imma change the lyrics and then look out at the audience to make sure they fucking caught it. Did you catch that? You all got the new lyrics? Cool."

[vaspider]

Old lyrics:

"But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?"

New lyrics:

"But will you find me at the battle of trees?"

Sorry, I could understand her and was so glad for her that I forgot to put an explanation.

Tori has been open about the fact that she was raped since the early 90s. People like Neil use people like Tori as cover, so that's gotta have really fucking hurt to realize.

[eowynsdeerstalker]

Thank you for sharing.

I really appreciated her talking about it in a Guardian interview in Dec 2024. And how there’s wolves in sheep’s clothing.

[dykeferatu]

pluto (the celestial body) told me that it’s actually kind of upsetting how much you guys insist on her being a planet. she says it feels like you don’t like her for who she is and you’d prefer an imagined version of her instead. what’s so terrible about being a dwarf planet, she asked me. does she have to be a “real” planet to be worthy of love?