Wednesday, October 12, 2005
book forty-eight
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
I love the Discworld books. They're funny and clever and easy as pie to read. Like candy for my brain, really.
"Small Gods" is about Brutha, a kid who is a novice at a monastery. He's not very bright and spends his free time working in the garden. Which is where he finds a turtle who speaks to him and turns out to be the Great God Om, who all the monks are supposedly worshipping. However, Om's lowly status as a turtle makes it painfully obvious that no one except maybe Brutha is actually worshipping Om at all. On Discworld, gods gain their power from the worship of humans... so when no one worships a god, it ceases to exist. This same concept was put to use in "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman - probably not a coincidence, since Gaiman and Pratchett have collaborated in the past.
Like the other Discworld books, this is a quick and entertaining read with just enough intellectualism and satire to keep your brain engaged. I'm sure I'll read all of them eventually.
by Terry Pratchett
I love the Discworld books. They're funny and clever and easy as pie to read. Like candy for my brain, really.
"Small Gods" is about Brutha, a kid who is a novice at a monastery. He's not very bright and spends his free time working in the garden. Which is where he finds a turtle who speaks to him and turns out to be the Great God Om, who all the monks are supposedly worshipping. However, Om's lowly status as a turtle makes it painfully obvious that no one except maybe Brutha is actually worshipping Om at all. On Discworld, gods gain their power from the worship of humans... so when no one worships a god, it ceases to exist. This same concept was put to use in "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman - probably not a coincidence, since Gaiman and Pratchett have collaborated in the past.
Like the other Discworld books, this is a quick and entertaining read with just enough intellectualism and satire to keep your brain engaged. I'm sure I'll read all of them eventually.
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