Unseen Academicals

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Stephen Briggs

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old-fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go glowing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else.

The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr. Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr. Nutt, not even Mr. Nutt, which worries him, too.)

As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about footballï¿¿ï¿¿ï¿¿the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

©2009 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football, its fans and the unifying power of sports." ( Publishers Weekly)
"In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett." ( Booklist)

Stephen Briggs

No idea why they are pushing Tony Robinsons and these new peoples narrative. Nigel Planner and Steve Briggs did a great job.

Always a joy

Terry Pratchett is always a good choice, and Stephen Briggs is great to listen to.

A strange, but good book

This book is well VERY different, but I still liked it. The wizard series is Ldiffrent.

Jolly good fun.

The late Sir Terry Pratchett was a remarkable comedic story writer. This book, written while Sir Terry was already suffering the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease, does not lack anything. His genius wit, his comedic timing and sardonic sense of humor all add to the brilliance as Stephen Briggs narrates and performs the audio novel, with flawless diction.

Wonderful

Redemption! Hilarious and thoughtful, kind and wise, this must surely be one of Sir Pratchett’s best….and there are pies too!

Unseen Academicals

Pratchett is always a great read, and even better on audio.

Amazing book

It's a credit to terry pratchett's magical discworld series. I would advise you to read it.

Gotta love Terry

What did you love best about Unseen Academicals: Discworld #32?

What's not to like

What was one of the most memorable moments of Unseen Academicals: Discworld #32?

Perhaps the "football" match. But as always - so many laughs.

What about Stephen Briggs’s performance did you like?

He really understands the spirit behind the discworld

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Not you're husbands ball game - better!

Diskworld "football"

Though I'm sure I missed some of the "football" jokes being an American who's not into soccer or rugby, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was fun, and, as an academic, I enjoyed the school humor quite a lot.

unseen academicals

typical pratchett, witty, inciteful, well worth the read