{"id":4989,"date":"2019-07-01T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2019-06-30T05:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T12:22:29","slug":"mark-reads-unseen-academicals-part-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2019\/07\/mark-reads-unseen-academicals-part-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;Unseen Academicals&#8217;: Part 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the tenth part of <i>Unseen Academicals<\/i>, Glenda and Juliet attend a fashion show; the wizards play football. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <i>Discworld<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>THIS BOOK CONTINUES TO BE TOO MUCH.<\/p>\n<p><b>Shatta<\/b><\/p>\n<p>So much of this book has been about change. Thus, it felt fitting that the beginning of this split mentioned Vetinari\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Grand Undertaking\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and also further showed us how much the dwarfs have changed. Seriously, women dwarfs are creating their own fashion! Changing how they do their beards and their hair! Making modifications to their armor!!! I love the richness in detail that Pratchett provides us in these passages as we descend below Ankh-Morpork for the fashion show.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just dwarf culture that is explored here, though. I spoke a little bit on video about what it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like to enter high class spaces when you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t read that way. And there are so many possible markers that could trigger this sort of reaction, too. I tend to get it because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m brown, tattooed, and have a beard. I cannot count how many times people have mistakenly identified me as a server, a waiter, a busboy, a janitor, a trash man&#8230; you get the idea. And there is nothing wrong with <i>being<\/i> any of these things; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve actually been a busboy before. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve experienced a lot in the last year in my life traveling for <i>Anger<\/i>. My publisher treats me well and the travel agency they use has booked me in some truly stunning hotels that I would otherwise never be able to stay in. In almost all of them, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve felt the sensation Glenda describes:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She approached the door with the apprehension of one who is certain that the moment she sets foot inside she will be charged five dollars a minute for breathing and then be held upside down and have all her wealth removed with a hook.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>HI, DEEPLY RELATABLE, HAVE ABSOLUTELY EXPERIENCED THIS, TOO. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m learning to sort of&#8230; assert myself in these spaces? To be myself and not believe the silly notion that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t belong here because my financial is mere pennies compared to other people. Life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too damn short not to enjoy nice things like this. Granted, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never feel at home in bougie-ass places, but STILL.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So I appreciated that texture in the story! And the same goes for what little I know and have experienced in the fashion world. (I have some friends here in NYC and out in LA who are heavily involved with it.) Pratchett toes the line between satire and appreciation. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the absurdity of wealth, cuisine, and style, but also&#8230; I know Pepes? I truly do!!! I feel like the coding here is deliberate, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m curious if we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see more of Pepe in the coming pages.<\/p>\n<p>While most of this concerns Juliet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible rise as a model, I <i>did<\/i> love that Glenda went full MANAGER on Madame, got Juliet a better rate AND a discount at the shop, and did it with no hesitation. Perhaps this is something she might pursue? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so good running the Night Kitchen, but she immediately leapt to getting Juliet what she deserved <i>and<\/i> what she knew Madame would pay. Honestly, Glenda is such a loyal, protective friend to the people in her life. So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not so much that she is suited to be a manager or an agent; she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just suited to being a great fucking friend!<\/p>\n<p><b>The Wizards Play Football<\/b><\/p>\n<p>All I wanted was a mess.<\/p>\n<p>I got a mess.<\/p>\n<p>And it was a mess before a single second of the game had been played. Choosing the teams was a nightmare, and I say that as someone who was PERPETUALLY PICKED TOWARDS THE END. I have really bad hand-eye coordination and everyone knew it!!! I was also the super nervous one!!! This is why I ended up sticking with cross country and track. You were either good enough for the seven spots on the varsity team or you just&#8230; ran with everyone else. With track, I think there were 2-3 spots per team? Either way, none of this choosing stuff! We also didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a whistle that blew out the lodged spirit of Evans the Striped, but our coach for both teams did sound a whole like like Evans. Why is there like&#8230; one voice that coaches have? I swear! The accent might be different, but the pitch\/tone is identical across the board.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I am just so pleased that the first match between the wizards was pure chaos. It is exactly what I expected, and Pratchet delivered. Look, the list of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153problems\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that Ponder pointed out was bad enough\u00e2\u20ac\u201dTHEY DIDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T REMEMBER THEIR OWN TEAMMATES AND COULDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T TELL BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF UNIFORMS\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut that long monologue Stibbons gives about what the wizards need is a work of art. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s literally everything. Glenda was right. They need literally EVERYTHING to understand football because they got fucking EVERYTHING wrong. This part was my favorite:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Out of the three goals scored in our match, the number scored by players into their own goal was\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhe paused and looked down at his clipboard\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthree. This is a commendably high level of scoring, compared with football as currently played, though once again I must stress that issues of direction and goal ownership are of pivotal importance.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They are walking disasters, and I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/KCyAkf28MjE<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markoshiro.com\/blog\/2019\/5\/7\/the-anger-is-a-gift-trade-paperback-is-out-today\">The paperback edition of my debut, ANGER IS A GIFT, is now OUT!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If you&#8217;d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ey636\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the tenth part of Unseen Academicals, Glenda and Juliet attend a fashion show; the wizards play football. Intrigued? 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