Small Gods

Discworld, Book 13

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz

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The audiobook of Small Gods is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor and director Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings; Planet of the Apes). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'You should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.'

Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods, of every shape and size - all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top.

So when the great god Om accidentally manifests himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it's clear he's become less important than he realised.

In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast. Enter Brutha, the Chosen One - or at least the only One available. He wants peace, justice and love - but that's hard to achieve in a world where religion means power, and corruption reigns supreme...

'An intriguing satire on institutionalized religion corrupted by power . . .' Independent

'Deftly weaves themes of forgiveness, belief and spiritual regeneration' The Times

You can listen to the Discworld novels in any order, but Small Gods is a standalone.

The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©1992 Terry and Lyn Pratchet (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

'Deftly weaves themes of forgiveness, belief and spiritual regeneration....While other writers gnaw at violence, sexuality and rootless despair'

'An intriguing satire on institutionalized religion corrupted by power, crackling with one-liners while obliquely suggesting that maybe gods are only as powerful as the beliefs of their followers'

'Spectacular inventiveness make the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'

Pratchett is a master storyteller!

Love this author! He has a unique and fun way to unfurl a tale. The voice acting was superb as well!

Almost perfect

I did find the pause and music at the start and end of the footnotes distracting and it honestly got pretty annoying. Other than that bit of nitpicking, I did love this version. Small Gods is my favorite book, not just my favorite Discworld book, and I must've listened to the former version 15 times. I like Om's voice so much better here. Death sounds fantastic. I highly record this version!

Satire of Biblical proportions

A bit of a slow start, but once it gets going about an hour or so in and it picks up and doesn’t stop and will have you enthralled till the end.

Great but not quite perfect

Overall enjoyable, but some of the voicing choices are strange. Vorbis and the philosophers sound odd, like the narrator was running out of unique voices and dipped into cartoonish stuff. Urn, for instance, sounded like a surfer dude. Still a fun listen :)

great fun

Terry Pratchett has done it again with another fantastic book, had a wonderful commentary on the state of world religion. highly recommended for every lover of the discworld series.