Tim's review of Small Gods: A Discworld Novel
Small Gods: A Discworld Novel (Book 13) (Paperback) by Terry Pratchett
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 craves -- belief.
Then there was a day. In a sense, it was the first day.
Om had been aware of the shepherd for some ti--for a while. The flock had been wandering closer and closer. The rains had been sparse. Forage was scarce. Hungry mouths propelled hungry legs further into the rocks, searching out the hitherto scorned clumps of sun-seared grass.
They were sheep, possibly the most stupid animal in the universe with the possible exception of the duck. But even their uncomplicated minds couldn't hear the voice, because sheep don't listen.
There was a lamb though. It had strayed a little way. Om saw to it that it strayed a little further. Around a rock. Down a slope. Into a cr...more
"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 craves -- belief.
Then there was a day. In a sense, it was the first day.
Om had been aware of the shepherd for some ti--for a while. The flock had been wandering closer and closer. The rains had been sparse. Forage was scarce. Hungry mouths propelled hungry legs further into the rocks, searching out the hitherto scorned clumps of sun-seared grass.
They were sheep, possibly the most stupid animal in the universe with the possible exception of the duck. But even their uncomplicated minds couldn't hear the voice, because sheep don't listen.
There was a lamb though. It had strayed a little way. Om saw to it that it strayed a little further. Around a rock. Down a slope. Into a cr...more
comments
No comments have been added yet.
