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Old 12-05-2009   #11
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I have been trying to get into the Isaac Asimov "Foundation" series again, but it seems much less interesting attempting to plod through the first book.
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Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. I always liked the concept: gods' power is fueled by belief, and the world is swarming with powerless gods that no one believes in. Small coincidences that people attribute to miracles provide initial belief/power, and that power is used to perform actual miracles to gain more followers. Eventually when a god becomes sufficiently powerful, its followers typically form an organized religion and create a shell of rules and rituals and such around the god, which become the focus of belief instead of the god itself. The end result is a large group of people following--but not truly believing in--a powerless god.
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I've read the Song of Fire and Ice series numerous times. They've become my standby reading when I have nothing else on the horizon.
It is the best fantasy I have ever read.
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