If you ever want a sort of interesting series for gods, you might try looking up the Taltos series by Steven Brust. The origins of the gods one Draegara, and how they interact with the Draegarans and the humans there is pretty interestingly different, up to and including using humans to fight each other, to fight their enemies, and further their varied agendas; having demi-god children; very much not being omnipotent, and not filling cliche roles (the main character's patron is Verra the Demon-Goddess, who is called that because IIRC, she is both a demon, and a goddess).
They aren't the bestest best books ever, but the main character is very snarky and fun, and if the world is sometimes very "this would be cool!" it's still not normally painfully cliche.
It generally makes me happy after reading some snuggly feel good neo-Wiccan story that seems to forget that Nature (capitalized for deification) has no reason to be any more all-forgiving and merciful than nature.
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Date: 16 Mar 2006 10:52 am (UTC)They aren't the bestest best books ever, but the main character is very snarky and fun, and if the world is sometimes very "this would be cool!" it's still not normally painfully cliche.
It generally makes me happy after reading some snuggly feel good neo-Wiccan story that seems to forget that Nature (capitalized for deification) has no reason to be any more all-forgiving and merciful than nature.