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Soccer!
Or futbol, or football, or whatever.
Terry Pratchett has created a sports novel, or not, or whatever.
Yes, Lord Vetenari has agreed to allow a disorganized sport for ruffians and street thugs to have rules and even develop a league of sorts. Like crime, if there is going to be sports, it should at least be organized.
The 37th Discworld novel, first published in 2007 is about sports, but like all of Pratchett’s books, Sir Terry stuffs a Librarian (OOK!) sized amount of charisma, philosophy, a ...more
Or futbol, or football, or whatever.
Terry Pratchett has created a sports novel, or not, or whatever.
Yes, Lord Vetenari has agreed to allow a disorganized sport for ruffians and street thugs to have rules and even develop a league of sorts. Like crime, if there is going to be sports, it should at least be organized.
The 37th Discworld novel, first published in 2007 is about sports, but like all of Pratchett’s books, Sir Terry stuffs a Librarian (OOK!) sized amount of charisma, philosophy, a ...more
Re-read 6/20/20:
Still as good as usual. :) Still not a big sports fan but I can see the intellectual side of it. :)
Original Review:
I've never been a sports fan, unless I were actually doing the sport in question, but I found a discworld adaptation of a sport completely apropo and more than a little snide. Fortunately for those of us who don't care too much about sports in general, the reoccurring characters more than make up for the intrusion. I will always enjoy these series of books because th ...more
Still as good as usual. :) Still not a big sports fan but I can see the intellectual side of it. :)
Original Review:
I've never been a sports fan, unless I were actually doing the sport in question, but I found a discworld adaptation of a sport completely apropo and more than a little snide. Fortunately for those of us who don't care too much about sports in general, the reoccurring characters more than make up for the intrusion. I will always enjoy these series of books because th ...more
FOOTBALL’S COMING HOME, IT’S COMING HOME, IT’S COMING!
Yes, I’ve read this before, out of sequence, back in 2018 when I was watching the Soccer World Championship. The version back then was a full-cast Audible exclusive. This is the original novel by Sir Terry.
Over 80% of Unseen University’s food is paid for by the Weatherwax inheritance. Since having only three types of cheese to choose from would be torture, the wizards decide to abide by the rules stipulated in the will/inheritance and play a ...more
Yes, I’ve read this before, out of sequence, back in 2018 when I was watching the Soccer World Championship. The version back then was a full-cast Audible exclusive. This is the original novel by Sir Terry.
Over 80% of Unseen University’s food is paid for by the Weatherwax inheritance. Since having only three types of cheese to choose from would be torture, the wizards decide to abide by the rules stipulated in the will/inheritance and play a ...more
Jul 16, 2018
Bradley
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While this story was never exactly anywhere close to one of my favorites in the Discworld books, I'd be remiss in saying it isn't excellent.
I mean, it has everything. Star-crossed romance between orc and kitchen maid, underdog sports story, and a heartwarming tale of raising Ankh-Morpork out of the mud and into civilized behavior once and for all.
A game of Foot the Ball can make all of that happen.
Brilliant? Perhaps! It has all the elements that people love and this particular Audible productio ...more
I mean, it has everything. Star-crossed romance between orc and kitchen maid, underdog sports story, and a heartwarming tale of raising Ankh-Morpork out of the mud and into civilized behavior once and for all.
A game of Foot the Ball can make all of that happen.
Brilliant? Perhaps! It has all the elements that people love and this particular Audible productio ...more
The 37th in my re-read of the entire Discworld series. Not amongst my favorite volumes, as much as that is splitting hairs with Pratchett, but reading this now, during the Women's European Soccer Championship, while absolutely coincidental, turned out to be highly meta. *lol*
One reason why I decided to re-read the series is that I can never just indulge in one of the volumes. The other is that the audiobooks were newly produced and the casts looked amazing.
Reading this 37th book (in chronologica ...more
One reason why I decided to re-read the series is that I can never just indulge in one of the volumes. The other is that the audiobooks were newly produced and the casts looked amazing.
Reading this 37th book (in chronologica ...more
Last year, I finally started reading the Discworld novels. Thus, I've read this out of order since it's actually #37. However, there having been the World Cup, this was too good an opportunity to miss.
For years, Ankh-Morpork had a game called Mudball. Originally called Foot-the-Ball and being more about technique, it has descended into a violent jumble thanks to the city's Hooligans. As fate (or Lord Vetinari) would have it, the son of a legendary Foot-the-Ball player has been incarcerated and t ...more
For years, Ankh-Morpork had a game called Mudball. Originally called Foot-the-Ball and being more about technique, it has descended into a violent jumble thanks to the city's Hooligans. As fate (or Lord Vetinari) would have it, the son of a legendary Foot-the-Ball player has been incarcerated and t ...more
Part of the Pratchett reread with the SpecFic Buddy Reads group in 2020.
At Unseen University Ponder Stibbons has made the unfortunate discovery that a key endowment that helps finance the University requires them to field a football team. Meanwhile Lord Vetinari wants to reform the city's game by moving it towards something that has rules instead of a general bloodthirsty melee. The son of one of the greatest Ankh-Morpork football players happens to work at the university and has a brand new wor ...more
At Unseen University Ponder Stibbons has made the unfortunate discovery that a key endowment that helps finance the University requires them to field a football team. Meanwhile Lord Vetinari wants to reform the city's game by moving it towards something that has rules instead of a general bloodthirsty melee. The son of one of the greatest Ankh-Morpork football players happens to work at the university and has a brand new wor ...more
I'm not sure exactly why I haven't been enjoying the last few Pratchett books that I've read. Several theories present themselves; I don't like the subject matter (entirely possible here, I don't have a keen interest in football), I am tired of the genre and style (it's happened before) or this just isn't as funny as it could be.
Somehow this book in attempting to lambast such a subject just managed to make the the sport, fans and players seem pathetic and not laughably so (personal opinion poss ...more
Somehow this book in attempting to lambast such a subject just managed to make the the sport, fans and players seem pathetic and not laughably so (personal opinion poss ...more
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