Small Gods

by Terry Pratchett
Small Gods (Discworld #13) - Terry Pratchett 8.10   162

Brutha is the Chosen One.

His god has spoken to him, admittedly while currently in the shape of a tortoise.

Brutha is a simple lad. He can't read. He can't write. He's pretty good at growing melons. And his wants are few.

He wants to overthrow a huge and corrupt church.

He wants to prevent a horrible holy war.

He wants to stop the persecution of a philosopher who has dared to suggest that, contrary to the Church's dogma, the Discworld really does go through space on the back of an enormous turtle(*).

He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please.

But most of all, what he really wants, more than anything else, is for his god to Choose Someone Else...

(* which is true, but when has that ever mattered?)


Category: Fantasy Humor

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Release date 1992
Details updated August 20, 2022

Discworld :: Series

Series contains 34 primary works and has 35 total works.

The Discworld series is a continuous history of a world not totally unlike our own, except that it is a flat disc carried on the backs of four elephants astride a giant turtle floating through space, and that it is peopled by, among others, wizards, dwarves, soldiers, thieves, beggars, vampires and witches. Within the history of Discworld, there are many individual stories which can be enjoyed in any order. But reading them in the sequence in which they were written can increase your enjoyment through the accumulation of all the fine detail that contributes to the teeming imaginative complexity of this brilliantly conceived world.

Related series Discworld Mapps
Related series The Science of Discworld
Related series Discworld (for young readers)
Related series Discworld Reference
Related series Discworld (picture books)

The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1) 7.46   263
The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2) 7.82   199
Equal Rites (Discworld #3) 7.76   200
Mort (Discworld #4) 8.14   236
Sourcery (Discworld #5) 7.54   178
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6) 7.84   207
Pyramids (Discworld #7) 7.78   157
Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8) 8.08   178
Eric (Discworld #9) 7.00   172
Moving Pictures (Discworld #10) 7.50   170
Reaper Man (Discworld #11) 8.58   230
Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) 8.14   187
Small Gods (Discworld #13) 8.10   162
Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14) 8.16   149
Men at Arms (Discworld #15) 8.50   149
Soul Music (Discworld #16) 8.08   161
Interesting Times (Discworld #17) 7.84   138
Maskerade (Discworld #18) 8.36   138
Feet of Clay (Discworld #19) 8.60   130
Hogfather (Discworld #20) 8.54   182
Jingo (Discworld #21) 8.30   113
The Last Continent (Discworld #22) 7.64   96
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23) 8.22   108
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld #24) 8.40   96
The Truth (Discworld #25) 8.12   85
Thief of Time (Discworld #26) 8.38   87
Night Watch (Discworld #27) 8.72   99
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld #28) 8.34   73
Going Postal (Discworld #29) 8.74   86
Thud! (Discworld #30) 8.14   64
Making Money (Discworld #31) 8.28   60
Unseen Academicals (Discworld #32) 8.02   70
Snuff (Discworld #33) 8.08   40
Raising Steam (Discworld #34) 7.62   29
The Last Hero 8.44   16

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