false 34484 25 The thirteenth Discworld novel — In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: “Hey, you!” For Brutha, the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him, now, please. 1636629 book 1992 Small Gods (Discworld, #13) total:6205|5:2460|4:2344|3:1187|2:186|1:28| 6205 25637 7667 259 5 7 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 06:47:06 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 05:19:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Aug 17 07:29:28 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 23 08:59:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Mar 19 08:42:17 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 17:19:22 -0700 2008
From the perfectly twisted and filigreed mind of Terry Pratchett we have a book that addresses why religion starts stupid and only gets dumber. And no religion is spared!

Brutha is a child-like novice in his religious order, and he will n...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 22:17:04 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 05:54:06 -0800 2008 An excerpt:

"It was the dreamtime. The unformed time.

The small gods chittered and whirred in the wilderness places, and the cold places, and the deep places. The swarmed in the darkness, without memory but driven by hope and lust for one thing, the one thing a god crave...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 14:22:27 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 10:54:46 -0700 2007 The Color of Magic and Small Gods so maybe I haven't given him proper review. The Color of Magic was painfully boring for me, and I finished ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 13 11:13:52 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 11:22:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 15 18:10:09 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:13:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:46:39 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:16:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 01:32:08 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 01:33:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:39:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:41:29 -0700 2009
I don't always enjoy the more stand-alone of the Discworld books, especially some of those that fall a little earlier in the chronology, but I liked this one quite a bit. The idea of a god sort of forced to see the world from a more human perspective, and the changes tha...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 10 07:34:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 07:43:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 09 11:56:10 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:56:35 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 07:29:10 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 24 03:39:39 -0800 2009 Humorous, easy reading, with deep thoughts here and there.
Got an "edge" with humanism, philosophy, and religion, especially religion.

Here're some excerpts:
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Humans! They lived in a world continued to be green and the sun rose...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 06:48:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 15:38:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 10:04:10 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:24:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:31:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:31:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:03:19 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:10:22 -0700 2009 The Color of Magic. I was a little disappointed. It was funny, but not the best thing I'd ever read. It had some of the same elements as Douglas Adams, but the results were not quite as good.

Anyway, I'm...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:44:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:45:12 -0700 2009 This is an extremely funny read bringing in, amongst others, philosophers who argue against religion and sol...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:09:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:25:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 12:32:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 12:46:33 -0800 2009 more...]]>