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| Original Title: | Small Gods |
| ISBN: | 0552152978 (ISBN13: 9780552152976) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Discworld #13 |
| Characters: | The Librarian, Great God Om, Brutha, Exquisitor Vorbis, Didactylos, Simony, Urn |
| Setting: | Discworld Omnia Ephebe |
Terry Pratchett
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 4.3 | 96186 Users | 2681 Reviews
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Just because you can't explain it, doesn't mean it's a miracle.' Religion is a controversial business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods. Who come in all shapes and sizes. In such a competitive environment, there is a pressing need to make one's presence felt. And it's certainly not remotely helpful to be reduced to be appearing in the form of a tortoise, a manifestation far below god-like status in anyone's book. In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast. Preferably one who won't ask too many questions...
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| Title | : | Small Gods (Discworld #13) |
| Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2005 by Corgi (first published May 1992) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Fantasy. Comedy |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 96186 Users | 2681 ReviewsCommentary Out Of Books Small Gods (Discworld #13)
4.5'If a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right.' Small Gods is the darkest book in this series so far. It is also ridiculously witty and funny if that makes any sense. It should for Terry Pratchett's fans.He always pokes fun at one thing or another. I think by the end of the series there won't be anything left in this world to be laughed at. The main target ofSo this is book 13 in my continuing monthly saga of reading all the Discworld novels. And what a good entry in the saga this was.(As an aside i am a little behind in my reading timetable, as I was meant to finish this in January. My challenge shows me ahead, but that is only because I listened to a number of Agatha Christie dramatisations whilst my wife and I were decorating (painting) inside the house.)Anyway back to "Small Gods". This is in someway slightly different to most of the other
This was the first Pratchett book I read, and I'm glad of it. While it has the humor and satire that is inherent in all of the Discworld books, it also has something else - something to say. It was evident, even from the first time I read this book, that Pratchett had put some real heavy thinking into it.This book is, as the title suggests, about gods. Where do they come from? Where do they go? What keeps them moving? Ordinarily, gods don't like this sort of question. People who think are not
Reseña en español en mi blog: Click aquí.Mis otras reseñas de Mundodisco en este enlace.One of the most satiric Discworld novels. Pratchett makes fun of the most retrograde aspects of religion (because who believes that the world is round when it's clearly a disc o top of a giant turtle?) in an extremely clever way.I don't think it is the ideal book to start reading Terry Pratchett though. The first half of the book is amazing and incredibly funny, but the second one was a bit slow for me
I'm upping my ranking from a four to a five just because this tickled me much better the second time around. :)Re-read from about 15 years ago, and somehow more satisfying now than it was then. Why? Om... I don't know... :) Flying turtles kinda rock my world. This is a total Moses coming out of the desert kind of tale, only the GREAT GOD OM is a tiny turtle with only one believer and the kid is kinda hopeless, but a god's gotta do what a god's gotta do. Get Believers. On DISCWORLD.So yeah, it's
Bulgarian review below/Ревюто на български е по-долуYOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE, he said, THAT HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE?Yes. Yes, of course.Death nodded.IN TIME, he said, YOU WILL LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG.It makes you contemplate so many things. Beyond religion too. There were so many passages when I was musing Its like this thought has sprung out of my head but its written a hundred times better than I would have said it.The book is a splendid metaphor for religion. All gods are small until you
One of Pratchetts best Discworld novels.Pratchett delivers a brilliant parody of religion in this early (the 13th) standalone. In the land of Omnia, the great god Om is worshiped and all who dont are subject to the Quisition a satire of the political/theological Inquisition. His high priest Vorbis controls all with fear of holy retribution.But is it Om or his religion that controls?The great god Om has a problem. Historically taking the shape of animals like bulls or majestic predators, he
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