Unseen Academicals
core novel 2009 Discworld
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.02 (60,121 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 540 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385609340 |
Synopsis
The wizards of Unseen University discover that a clause in an old bequest requires them to field a football team or lose a huge share of their endowment, forcing Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully and Lord Vetinari to work together to turn Ankh-Morpork's chaotic, often fatal street football into a codified, survivable sport with proper rules. As the university scrambles to assemble a team, four young staff members from the university's kitchens and candle vats are drawn into the effort: Trevor Likely, son of a football legend but bound by a promise to his late mother never to play; Glenda Sugarbean, the sharp-tongued head of the night kitchen; Juliet Stollop, her strikingly beautiful but simple coworker; and the enigmatic candle-dribbler Mr Nutt, whose quiet brilliance hides an origin he does not fully understand himself.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Rincewind / Wizards core; position 8 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Notes
- From the series record (Rincewind / Wizards): Sub-series grouping per Wikipedia arc articles; schemes vary between sources.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Rincewind / Wizards: position 8 of 8: previous The Last Hero (2001)
Sources
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