Small Gods: A Novel of Discworld

by Terry Pratchett

Discworld is an extragavanza--among much else, it has billions of gods. "They swarm as thick as herring roe," writes Terry Pratchett in Small Gods, the 13th book in the series. Where there are gods galore, there are priests, high and low, and... there are novices. Brutha is a novice with little chance to become a priest--thinking does not come easily to him, although believing does. But it... (read more)

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Terry Pratchett is especially wonderful in this book which is sort of a parody on a prophet with some elements of OT (similar to Moses) and NT. "Many feel they are called to the priesthood, but what they really hear is an inner voice saying, 'It's indoor work with no heavy lifting, do you want to be a plow-man like your father?' (21) Neither man was in fact there. They were not talking to Vorbis. It was one of THOSE kinds of meeting. Lots of people didn't talk to Vorbis, and went out of...

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