Unseen Academicals (Discworld Novels)

Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages

English language

Published June 15, 2010 by Corgi.

ISBN:
978-0-552-15337-9
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OCLC Number:
520731928

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4 stars (94 reviews)

The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things_wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime_but athletics is most assuredly not on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive an erstwhile tradition and once again put forth a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. To begin with, they have to figure out just what it is that makes this sport_soccer with a bit of rugby thrown in_so popular with Ankh-Morporkians of all ages and social strata. Then they have to learn how to play it. Oh, and on top of that, they must win a football match without using magic. Meanwhile, Trev (a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker) falls hard for kitchen maid Juliet (beautiful, dim, and perhaps the greatest fashion …

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Review of 'Unseen academicals' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This 37th book in the Discworld series works well as a standalone novel. It’s an excellent spoof of academia and an anthropological look at British football fans (and pies, and slavery, and romance novels). Very funny and engaging, it provides useful back story for those who want to explore the other 39 Discworld adventures.

Review of 'Unseen Academicals' on Goodreads

3 stars

A good cast of new characters introduces football to the world of Discworld but unfortunately they are not as interesting of complicated as some of the other well known characters such as Sam Vimes or Granny Weatherwax. Nonetheless its still a good read and will having you laughing out loud more often than not. Of course as a football fan myself I loved the actual football in the book!

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Subjects

  • Literature & Fiction
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Authors, A-Z -- ( P ) -- Pratchett, Terry
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Fantasy -- Series -- Discworld

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