Review: Funny and Snide humor
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2011
This was somewhere between a short story and a novella - longer than the standard short story, but not a novella.  I found it to be quite well-written and displaying a decided knack on the author's part for parody and snide or snarky humor.  This is one of those books where you really shouldn't be drinking anything while you read for fear of causing damage to your Kindle!The gods come together to create a universe, filled with creatures of their making.  The only problem is that all the gods are incredibly shallow and self-centered, and their creations are made in their images.  The Dark God seems to have his head screwed on better than the rest, and tries to pursuade them of the foolishness of their endeavor (and fails, of course).  So he sets out to prove his point through his creation, the goblins.  Then the newly-created universe is turned loose to grow and develop.  When some of the creatures reach out to their gods directly, which the gods consider to be an 'assault upon heaven', the Dark God is chosen to destroy all creation - and he refuses.  What ensues is supposed to be a 'learning situation' for creation - but do they learn, or are the creatures too made too much in the likeness of their creators?Highly recommended if you like this type of humor.Note on Kindle formatting:  Very good.  I only noticed one or two minor formatting errors, none of which impacted reading.