I struggled with this one. Much like Pyramids, this one is essentially religious satire. In addition, until the last 50 or so pages, it could have been set anywhere. There was one v. brief mention of the librarian from Unseen University rescuing scrolls from a fire, a couple of characters mentione...
Small Gods stands on its own in the Discworld universe, at least when it comes to the story and the characters. It does of course continue to build on the “in jokes” that have been accumulating from the very first Discworld book. There are some references that I think would sail harmlessly over th...
The divine order of Discworld is put under the microscope by Terry Pratchett in “Small Gods” as we follow focus of Omnian religion, the Great God Om, and his only believer, Brutha. Pratchett takes on not only organized religion, but also atheism, philosophy, and how militaries find a new technology...
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett is the story of a dimwitted novice priest of the god Om, named Brutha, with an eidetic memory who becomes a prophet rather against his will. Unfortunately when Brutha meets his god, Om happens to be trapped in the form of a tortoise and is almost powerless. It's up to B...
I can't believe that I am up to number 13 of the Discworld Books, but I guess that is not surprising since I am reading through them until I get to a point where I really don't want to read any more of them (since Pratchett still seems to be writing them for his die hard fans). I can't say that I am...
I had tried Pratchett more than once on friends' recommendations but just didn't click with him--never got far into one of his books. I decided to give this book a hundred pages to see if it hooked me. I'm glad I did. I think it does take time to warm to this loopy flat world held up by four elephan...
bookshelves: re-read, fraudio, adventure, fantasy, amusing, philosophy, winter20092010, play-dramatisation, satire, young-adult, published-1992 Read from January 22 to 28, 2010 Set in a complex state of beliefs, the great god Om appears before novice monk Brutha. With Anton Lesser.
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