Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0), by Scott Meyer
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Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0), by Scott Meyer
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An io9 Can't Miss Science Fiction and Fantasy title in March 2014.
Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard.
What could possibly go wrong?
An American hacker in King Arthur’s court, Martin must now train to become a full-fledged master of his powers, discover the truth behind the ancient wizard Merlin…and not, y’know, die or anything.
Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0), by Scott Meyer - Amazon Sales Rank: #1075363 in Books
- Brand: Meyer, Scott/ Daniels, Luke (NRT)
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l, .15 pounds
- Running time: 10 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0), by Scott Meyer About the Author Scott Meyer grew up in the small town of Sunnyside, Washington. He began his career in humor by working as a standup comedian and radio personality, a highlight of which was participating as the opening act in Weird Al Yankovic’s “Running with Scissors” tour. Following a long stint touring the United States and Canada, Scott settled down in Orlando, Florida, where he works on his ongoing comic strip, Basic Instructions, and performs as a cast member of Walt Disney World. Off to be the Wizard is his first novel.
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70 of 80 people found the following review helpful. Really enjoyable -- a good read and a great first novel By Robin Reading this book was a great time. The type of humor that you see inthe Basic Instructions webcomic is throughout, but magnified athousandfold by the fact that there are more than four panels ofwords. :) The characters are nicely developed without being overdone,and the interactions between and among them are great. The use ofdifferent eras of technology shows a little of the author's geekiness(which is a good thing!).For a first novel, taking on time travel is a bit ambitious. But theboundaries are well-laid out up front, sensible (as much as timetravel can be :) and internally consistent. And the use of charactersfrom different times all together is very well executed -- moresophisticated than a lot of established authors' attempts at thetopic. Plus, the shout-outs to other culture (Star Trek, Star Wars,Tolkien, Apple, mythology, music, and so on) are nice touches without beinggimmicky.All in all, it was fun and funny AND quirky and clever. *Really*great when you remember it's a first novel.I highly recommend it, and I'm a fairly tough customer. The E-bookversion is a steal, as well -- the ratio of enjoyment/$ is WAY upthere.Rob
38 of 43 people found the following review helpful. Surprisingly good first novel By Jason Jackson I became aware of this book because I'm a longtime fan of the author's webcomic, Basic Instructions. I wasn't sure whether I'd really like it - I love the comic, but a full-length novel's a different thing entirely - but the Kindle version is super cheap, so I gave it a shot, and was pleasantly rewarded. In fact I had trouble putting the book down until I had reached the end.Not only was the book filled with a very enjoyable brand of wry humor - and a more sophisticated, subtler type of humor than usually appears in the comic, in my opinion - it was well-written, with likable characters, good character development, a rewarding (if fairly standard) plot, and just about zero time-travel inconsistencies or plot holes. That last bit is important to me because I'm picky enough that any incongruencies can definitely un-suspend my disbelief, but the author defined the rules early and then stuck by them fastidiously.The prose, sure, is not going to compete with Updike or Wallace for sheer sentence-by-sentence beauty or complexity, but it's really quite good, and never clunky or strained. Better than the prose in a lot of the novels on "best seller" lists, at any rate.All in all, the book delivers exactly what it says on the tin - "a light comedic novel about computers, time travel, and human stupidity" - and delivers it well. A really enjoyable read.Scott - Mr. Meyer? - if you chance to read this: Well done! You clearly left yourself some room for a sequel, and I think you should go for it! :)
103 of 129 people found the following review helpful. Lightweight Entertainment By Paul Cassel This is a lightweight spoofy Matrix novel where, at the start, the protagonist learns that the universe and most notably, the humans in it, are really just entries in an editable .txt file. That discovery leads to his adventures most notably in time travel.In more deft hands, say a Terry Prachett or John Scalzi, this setup may have led to some sharp satire but here we only get a straight ahead bash them on the head, get frantic and then charge to the ending sort of short novel. There is nothing wrong with that except perhaps some lost opportunities, but gosh, no novel or any art form is really complete in the fullest sense.The upsides to this bit of fluff have been lauded by other reviewers here so I won't repeat them. The issues I had which others may not have had are a few and lead to the docking of a few stars. First, I'm fine with suspension of disbelief. There is no way you can enjoy this novel if you can't accept the existence of that .txt file and I can. What bugs me is when authors distort what we know is real. Frex, if I am reading about dragons attacking France, I'll go for the dragons but if the author has Germany west of France just over the Pyrenees, I don't buy that.Here the time travel takes us to roughly King John era England. The protagonist specifically travels there because they speak English and by gosh, they do. They speak 21st century American English as well. Gimme a break. Then we have the natives who are casual with not only modern devices (among them a Pontiac) but 'wizards' who have more tricks than Superman and Batman combined. However, we're told they won't accept a female doing these tricks. So the natives aren't disturbed by Pontiacs but they are by tricky females. Hmmm.Toward the end of the novel, the author stumbles upon a rather interesting philosophical argument. One character takes the position that if the only thing people are is a few lines in a .txt file, then do we have any ethical obligations to them? However, this rather interesting line is abandoned instantly and the bash on the head full steam forward pace picks back up.Another hit against this one is that it's not a novel. It's a Part 1 of what's clearly a series. So again, and this is getting to be a tedious trend in Kindle editions, we get a piece of a novel masquerading as a complete book. The end isn't an ending but almost a cliff hanger which clearly telegraphs that 'this thing is NOT over'.Entertaining, but also disappointing.
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