# What's the name of this book?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 6, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/273339 "2004-11-06T09:13:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/273339/1 "2004-11-06T09:13:52Z")

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I remember reading a funny book about a sheepish guy who runs over some animal, but the animal turns out to be a God of some sort who shapeshifted into the animal with the help of maybe a ring or a helmet? and he was going to die so he gave the ring and helmet to the guy who then used them for his benefit to become rich and what have you… anyone have ANY idea the name of the book?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/273339/2 "2004-11-06T11:10:14Z")

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Moved to Cafe Society in the hope that it be answered.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/273339/3 "2004-11-06T13:41:38Z")

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**Expecting Someone Taller** by \*\*_Tom Holt_ \*\*

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**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/273339/4 "2004-11-06T23:53:27Z")

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Thanks xash, didn’t think of putting it there. 🙂

and YES, MrDribble. THAT’S the name of the book. I thought I was going crazy and had imagined the book. 🙂

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/273339/5 "2004-11-07T09:38:23Z")

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> [@remisser](#):
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> and YES, MrDribble…

errm… that made me hose the screen!

Glad I could help. I quite like Tom Holt, even if he’s not quite in the Pratchett league, he’s reasonably witty and turns genre conventions on their head in a nice po-mo way. I especially like “Open Sesame”