Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals Reviews

“Ankh-Morpork's clever ruler Lord Ventinari informs...”

Written on: 02/10/2009 by Harriet Klausner (18660 reviews written)

Ankh-Morpork's clever ruler Lord Ventinari informs Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully he could lose a humongous grant if they fail to field a sports team playing football; some sort of hybrid of soccer and rugby. The wizard faculty and administration are in a frenzied state as none of the practitioners understand the rudiments of the game so they struggle to become adept rather quickly; depending ironically on the mundane support staff.

As they put together a... (read more)