Rebellion brews in ultra-religious Omnia, and diverse characters join forces to defeat the tyrant Vorbis. The god Om fumes at having his own words quoted back at him thousands of years after he uttered them. He can recite any passage from the holy books at will. At first he seems clumsy, but it turns out he has an extraordinary memory and knows the scriptures off by heart. But Brutha is the heart and soul of the book. The most striking character is Om, in whom we see the desperation and hubris of a god locked in the body of a feeble tortoise. So Andy Serkis gets help from Bill Nighy, whose unmistakable voice reads the footnotes with a weary air, and from Peter Serafinowicz ( Shaun of the Dead, Black Books) who does the deep and implacable voice of Death. This is a whole area of his talent that I hadn’t even known about.Īnyone familiar with Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels will know there are funny little footnotes and that Death is a recurring character, his dialogue all in capital letters. Here Serkis gets to show off his great comedic range, from the various voices and accents of the characters to Pratchett’s witty narration. The audiobook is narrated by Andy Serkis, of The Lord of the Ringsand more recently Andor. This is the set-up for a fun and thought-provoking adventure. The god has been reduced to this pathetic state for unknown reasons, and only Brutha can hear his angry little voice. One day while working in the fields Brutha is harassed and threatened by a tiny tortoise who claims to be the all-powerful god Om.
Meanwhile on the humbler end of Omnia’s social order we meet a deeply religious youth named Brutha.
In this novel (which, like most of the series, can be read as a standalone) Pratchett imagines a fanatical religious society called Omnia, which worships ‘the great god Om,’ in whose name the cruel inquisitor Vorbis roots out heretics and traitors. Small Gods is one of the high points in the long span of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. There are many treasures to be found on the Borrowbox app, and Small Gods is one of them.
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