Small Gods

a novel of Discworld

Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Langue : English

Publié 30 octobre 1994 par HarperTorch.

ISBN :
978-0-06-109217-6
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Numéro OCLC :
31387442

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A fantasy tale follows the experiences of Discworld, a flat, circular planet that travels through deep space on the backs of four giant turtles and gives way to many strange adventures. By the author of Witches Abroad.

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Small Gods: A masterful comic satire on Religious Institutions and Fundamentalism

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Small Gods: A masterful comic satire on Religious Institutions and Fundamentalism Small Gods is a fantasy comic satire on religious institutions, religious fundamentalism, philosophy, and the weaponisation of religious fanaticism for political power set in the Discworld. It explores how religious beliefs and faith shift and change over time, from being centred on the deity to being centred on the religious institution itself. Rereading this was an absolute joy!

This is the story of how Brutha becomes the eighth prophet of the god Om. Omnia is a monotheistic theocracy based on the Seven Books of the Prophets of Om, or the Septateuch. Omnia was a place where: "No matter what your skills, there was a place for you in the Citadel. And if your skill lay in asking the wrong kinds of questions or losing the righteous kind of wars, the place might just be the furnaces of purity, or …

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Sujets

  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy - Series
  • Fiction / General
  • DiscWorld
  • Science Fiction - General