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{{Book Data
{{Book Data
|title= Unseen Academicals
|title=Unseen Academicals
|cover=
|cover=[[File:UnseenAcademicals.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Paul Kidby]]
[[File:UnseenAcademicals.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Paul Kidby]]
|coauthors=
|coauthors=
|illustrator=
|illustrator=Paul Kidby
|date= 13 Oct 2009
|date=13 Oct 2009
|publisher= Doubleday
|publisher=Doubleday
|isbn=0385609345
|isbn=0385609345
|pages=320
|pages=320
|rrp=
|rrp=£18.99
|series=Ankh-Morpork Series
|series=Ankh-Morpork Series
|characters=[[Nutt|Mr. Nutt]], [[Trevor Likely]], [[Glenda Sugarbean]], [[Juliet Stollop]]
|characters=[[Nutt|Mr. Nutt]], [[Trevor Likely]], [[Glenda Sugarbean]], [[Juliet Stollop]]
|annotations=yes
|annotations=yes
|notes=  
|notes= The 37th Discworld novel
}}
}}
 
==Cover Blurb==
== Cover blurb==
"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 gloing 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.
"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 gloing 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.


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


== Characters ==
==Characters==
 
===Major Characters===
===Major Characters===
*[[Glenda Sugarbean]]
*[[Glenda Sugarbean]]
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**Professor of Illiberal Studies
**Professor of Illiberal Studies
**Professor Maidenhair
**Professor Maidenhair
*Wizards of [[Brazeneck College]]
*Wizards of [[Brazeneck College]]
**[[Dean|Archchancellor Henry]]
**[[Dean|Archchancellor Henry]]
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**[[H. Capstick]]
**[[H. Capstick]]
**[[Joseph Hoggett]], captain
**[[Joseph Hoggett]], captain
**[[J. W. Rickett]]
**[[Jimmy Wilkins]]
**[[Jimmy Wilkins]]
*[[Mrs. Atkinson]]
*[[Mrs. Atkinson]]
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*[[Ankh-Morpork Post Office|The Postmaster General]] ([[Moist von Lipwig]])
*[[Ankh-Morpork Post Office|The Postmaster General]] ([[Moist von Lipwig]])


== Locations ==
==Locations==
*[[Ankh-Morpork]]
*[[Ankh-Morpork]]
**[[Unseen University]]
**[[Unseen University]]
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**AKA The [[Evil Empire]] (mentioned)
**AKA The [[Evil Empire]] (mentioned)


== Things and Concepts ==
==Things and Concepts==
*Hunt the [[Megapode]]
*[[Bu-Bubble]]
*[[Bu-Bubble]]
*[[Cabinet of Curiosity]]
*[[Cabinet of Curiosity]]
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*First Prodostian War, lost by the Maranids
*First Prodostian War, lost by the Maranids
*[[Five Hours and Sixteen Minutes Among The Goblins of Far Uberwald]]
*[[Five Hours and Sixteen Minutes Among The Goblins of Far Uberwald]]
*[[Furies]]
*[[Goblins]]
*[[Goblins]]
*[[Grapeshot's Therapeutic Squeezer]]
*[[Grapeshot's Therapeutic Squeezer]]
*[[Hex]]
*[[Hex]]
*Hunt the [[Megapode]]
*[[Micromail]]
*[[Micromail]]
*[[Orcs]]
*[[Orcs]]
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*[[Ritual Aggression in Pubescent Rats]]
*[[Ritual Aggression in Pubescent Rats]]
*[[The Shove]]
*[[The Shove]]
*[[Slood]]
*[[The Speech of Trolls]] by Postalume
*[[The Speech of Trolls]] by Postalume
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
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*[[Crab Bucket]]
*[[Crab Bucket]]


== Foot-the-ball sides ==
==Foot-the-ball sides==
* The Angels
* The Angels
*[[Dimmers|Dimwell Old Pals]]
*[[Dimmers|Dimwell Old Pals]]
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*Lobbin Clout
*Lobbin Clout


== Gameday Iconograph==
==Gameday Iconograph==
[[Image:UnseenAcademicals10.jpg|right]]
[[Image:UnseenAcademicals10.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
'''Lineup'''
'''Lineup'''
*Front: [[Librarian]]
*Front: [[Librarian]]
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*Standing: [[Glenda Sugarbean]]-[[Senior Wrangler]]-[[Bengo Macarona]]-[[Mustrum Ridcully]]-[[Rincewind]]-[[Havelock Vetinari]]-[[Juliet Stollop]]  
*Standing: [[Glenda Sugarbean]]-[[Senior Wrangler]]-[[Bengo Macarona]]-[[Mustrum Ridcully]]-[[Rincewind]]-[[Havelock Vetinari]]-[[Juliet Stollop]]  


== Roundworld comparisons ==
==Roundworld comparisons==
That {{wp|Shakespeare|hack from Stratford-on Avon}} wrote a {{wp|Romeo and Juliet|play about horny teenagers in Verona}}, Italy. This Discworld story centers on horny teenagers (well, not Glenda) who are fans of different foot-the-ball sides, but then again it doesn't.
That {{wp|Shakespeare|hack from Stratford-on Avon}} wrote a {{wp|Romeo and Juliet|play about horny teenagers in Verona}}, Italy. This Discworld story centers on horny teenagers (well, not Glenda) who are fans of different foot-the-ball sides, but then again it doesn't.
The name Dimwell seems close to Millwall, area and football club in London noted for the belligerence of their supporters.
The name Dimwell seems close to Millwall, area and football club in London noted for the belligerence of their supporters.
Uberwald is a roundworld reference to Germany. The orcs are symbolic for modern Germans. All books that Nutt cites have German titles. Today, Germans have problems with their place in history, because of their role in the war, just like the orcs, even several generations afterwards. Uberwald actually translates as over the forest as does Transylvania. The books have German titles because Freud is the father of psychology.
Uberwald is a roundworld reference to Germany. The orcs are symbolic for modern Germans. All books that Nutt cites have German titles. Today, Germans have problems with their place in history, because of their role in the war, just like the orcs, even several generations afterwards. Uberwald actually translates as over the forest as does Transylvania. The books have German titles because Freud is the father of psychology.


== See also: ==
==Adaptations==
===[[Theatre Adaptations|Theatre]]===
Adapted by [[Stephen Briggs]] into a stage play in 2015.
 
===[[Radio Adaptations|Audio Drama]]===
Adapted into an audio drama for Amazon Audible by Richard Curtie and Bev Doyle, directed by Dirk Maggs, in partnership with [[Narrativia (production_company)|Narrativia]] in 2018.
 
==See also==
[[Book:Unseen Academicals/Annotations|Annotations for ''Unseen Academicals'']]
[[Book:Unseen Academicals/Annotations|Annotations for ''Unseen Academicals'']]


[[The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards]]
==Gallery==
{|
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| valign="top" | [[File:UnseenAcademicals.jpg|thumb|120px|First Edition Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Proof.jpg|thumb|160px|Book Proof]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Slip.jpg|thumb|110px|Collectors Slipcase Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Promo cards.jpg|thumb|110px|Promotional Football Cards]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Black.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA CD.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio CD]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA US.jpg|thumb|110px|US Cover]]
|}
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Zoom.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA CL.jpg|thumb|120px|Collectors Library Edition]]
|}


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[[Category:Discworld Series|Unseen Academicals]]
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[[Category:Ankh-Morpork Series|Unseen Academicals]]

Revision as of 16:37, 23 February 2021

Unseen Academicals
Cover art by Paul Kidby
Co-author(s)
Illustrator(s) Paul Kidby
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date 13 Oct 2009
ISBN 0385609345
Pages 320
RRP £18.99
Main characters Mr. Nutt, Trevor Likely, Glenda Sugarbean, Juliet Stollop
Series Ankh-Morpork Series
Annotations View
Notes The 37th Discworld novel
All data relates to the first UK edition.

Cover Blurb

"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 gloing 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 likely lad 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. (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 for ever. Because the thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.

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

Characters

Major Characters

Wizards

Minor Characters

Cameos and Mentions

Locations

Things and Concepts

Foot-the-ball sides

Gameday Iconograph

Lineup

Roundworld comparisons

That hack from Stratford-on Avon wrote a play about horny teenagers in Verona, Italy. This Discworld story centers on horny teenagers (well, not Glenda) who are fans of different foot-the-ball sides, but then again it doesn't. The name Dimwell seems close to Millwall, area and football club in London noted for the belligerence of their supporters. Uberwald is a roundworld reference to Germany. The orcs are symbolic for modern Germans. All books that Nutt cites have German titles. Today, Germans have problems with their place in history, because of their role in the war, just like the orcs, even several generations afterwards. Uberwald actually translates as over the forest as does Transylvania. The books have German titles because Freud is the father of psychology.

Adaptations

Theatre

Adapted by Stephen Briggs into a stage play in 2015.

Audio Drama

Adapted into an audio drama for Amazon Audible by Richard Curtie and Bev Doyle, directed by Dirk Maggs, in partnership with Narrativia in 2018.

See also

Annotations for Unseen Academicals

The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards

Gallery

First Edition Cover by Paul Kidby
Book Proof
Collectors Slipcase Edition
Promotional Football Cards
Paperback
Audio CD
US Cover
Paperback cover by Paul Kidby
Collectors Library Edition


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