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"A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices"
Short story by Terry Pratchett
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Fantasy, Wizards and Academic administration
Characters
The Wizards
Locations
Unseen University
Publication
SeriesDiscworld
5th short story

"A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. The story describes the reaction of the wizards of the Unseen University to a proposal from the Patrician to introduce regulation of university education. It references the government inspector A. E. Pessimal, who goes on to have a significant role in Thud!

It was first published in the May 13th, 2005 issue of The Times Higher Education Supplement, and can be found in certain editions of Snuff.

Reading order guide
Preceded by 8th Individual Story
Published in 2005
Succeeded by