I'm surprise no ones mentioned this book, it's one of Pratchetts best - it's so satirical and serious at the same time, the characters are great and who can resist a tortoise as a god

Hi Anubis, we only recently moved here and a lot of the book forums are still a little empty. They shall fill as time goes by!
I remember a lot of board members mentioning Small Gods as one of their favourites, so you're not alone with your opinion.
Although I have an uncurable weakness for the Watch Series as a whole, Small Gods is definitely one of the best stand-alones! Its definitely on my re-read-list.

We had a "Best Discworld Novel" deathmatch on the old boards, and [i:401e5ed501]Small Gods[/i:401e5ed501] triumphed as the community's overall favourite book. It is bloody good.

A travesty of a result!

Hogfather clearly rules all.

Small Gods is awsome. The character development of brutha is one of the best of the series. We've never seen a character grow so much in a novel. It's so effortless too. I think that is what makes the book brillant.

Small Gods ranks up there, together with Pyramids.
I think what attracted me to it is the philosophical part of it and the way you can discuss it. A Great read.

I found it really hard to get into though. It took me three run-ups, trying to read that book. The beginning is [i:4ebd4b7249]very[/i:4ebd4b7249] slow. But it's all worth it in the end.

[i:45791a0ae0]Small Gods[/i:45791a0ae0] is right up there with [i:45791a0ae0]Jingo[/i:45791a0ae0] and [i:45791a0ae0]Interesting Times[/i:45791a0ae0] in the list of books I believe should be taught in every school. Too many a time has the flock been more afraid of the institution of a religion rather than God/dess him/herself.

Oh, and I love the way Ephebeans were portrayed. Practically everything in there has its foundations on ancient Greeks and the modern ones are not really that far off.

I liked the Tyrant, I also likd the 'fish have no word for water' line. I loved that this book can convay such big ideas in such a simple way.

I am currently reading ERIC and Small gods is the next one on my list to read, so after all of these promising coments I am very much looking forward to reading it!

Small Gods is one of the first DW books I read and I have to admit I don't remember an awful lot about it. But listening to everyones view points i'll deffo have to put it top of my 'next to read' list.

Have you only read it the once?

[quote:ca8d835716="Rincewind"]Have you only read it the once?[/quote:ca8d835716]

Yep. It was one of the first I read, probably about 8 years ago now and for some reason i've never wanted to read it since. I'm definatly going to read it next, after Jingo maybe.

I was also thinking I should re-read it, after seeing all these enthusiastic comments. Only read it once, a few years back, and it really didn't speak to me, but maybe it was just the mood I was in. It hasn't made it into my collection yet because I tend to buy the books with my favorite characters (and the newer ones), but based on the opinions above, I may be missing something great. Or at least something better than most of my current reading material.

Yes, I need to re-read it again, but my annual Hogfather re-reading is coming up soon.