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Unseen Academicals
A Fantasy Novel by Terry Pratchett
Book 37 of the Discworld Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Comic Fantasy,
- Academia,
- Sports
This book is for you if you're into...
- Wizards hilariously out of their depth with sports
- Satirical takes on tradition colliding with city chaos
- Magic academies forced into absurd new challenges
Football (aka soccer) comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork, upending the wizards of Unseen University—and dividing Discworld—in this wonderfully funny novel in Sir Terry Pratchett’s internationally bestselling series.
The wizards at Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University are renowned for many things—wisdom, magic, teatime—but athletics, not so much. When Lord Vetinari, the city’s benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive its sports program and field a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff—or lose the funding that pays for their nine daily meals—the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary.
First, they have to understand what makes foot-the-ball so popular with Ankh-Morporkians. Then they have to learn how to play it—and win—without using magic.
Of course, the thing about football is that it is never just about football.
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