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Off to Be the Wizard

Magic 2.0, Book 1

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Off to Be the Wizard

By: Scott Meyer
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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About this listen

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.

©2013 Scott Meyer (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Magic Arthurian Funny Magic Users Wizardry Feel-Good Witty Geeky Comedy LitRPG Time Travel

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I have been contemplating this book for some time. I was dubious about it but finally decided to take a punt and I was very pleased I did. Reminiscant of the Myth Adventures series by Robert Asprin and with hints of the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde I found this fun and enjoyable. As they say in the book it 'avoids the obvious joke' and the humour grew on me. Although the story in very fantastical, it is still well thought through. The characters are likeable and believable (for a fantasy novel) and I am looking forward to the next books in the series.

Enjoyably ludicrious

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I wasn't sure about this at first but about half way through o bought the second book because I was that engrossed by it. The narrator Like Daniels was brilliant. I can honestly say he was the best narrator I have heard.

Very good listen

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its always great to find a new author and even better when you enjoy the first book in a series and as such, I was delighted by the quality of the writing, story and the narration. for technical types, the premise is clever and interesting and for everyone else, the light, easy style relaxes you into a fun story of programmers pretending to be wizards with world-bending powers. highly recommended.

fun and breezy with a great setting

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Fun book, matrix meets a fantasy novel. nothing complex but a very entertaining read and funny

straight forward fun

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Love the concept and the execution is brill! Funny story and perfect if you are a bit of a nerd. Highly recommend, and is a series so more to enjoy too!

Love it

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This book, and the rest of the series is consistently interesting - and hilarious. I'm not someone who laughs easily but the all of Magic 2.0 cracks me up. They are unpredictable but they make perfect sense and you can find yourself to be really invested in the characters.

The whole series is a great investment.

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Great listen amazing story and fun listen. Definitely recommend that you have a listen and enjoy.

Great book

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Look, let’s start off by admitting that I’m slightly negatively biased against liking this book. You see, my name’s Martin and the main character in the book is called Martin. Big deal you might think, but when throughout the whole book you hear ‘Moarrrrtn’ as it appears that Americans can’t actually read what a word says, it’s a bit frustrating.
Anyway, putting that behind me, about the story.....
It’s a decent enough yarn, doesn’t take itself seriously and neither should you. This is not a book to get lost in, neither is it one where you’re ordering the next in the series (I understand there are more) after listening to half of the first instalment.
The narration is very good, and probably makes the story as good as it can be, but the constant need to have Moarrrrtn shouting through the first fifteen or so chapters was a little more than annoying. Philip’s accent, although charming at first, gets a little grating too.
Don’t want to give any of the story away but you’ll possibly get more of the references if you’re in your mid-forties or so. Ask yourself if you know what a Gorf arcade machine, or the original Doom for that matter, is and you’ll know what I mean.
Not a waste of a credit by any means, but there are better books out there.

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Like if Terry Pratchett rewrote The Matrix! Funny and enjoyable. Not a deep book and the female character could be better written but otherwise great. Looking for a fun geeky novel to read quickly with lots of laughs this is it :)

Geektasic fun :)

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Ok it went off in a different direction to what I expected, but I loved it.

Loved it

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