Off to be the Wizard - Book Review
Off to be the Wizard, by Scott Meyer, is a wonderful mixture of sci-fi and fantasy, in a comedy tone.
It starts with a random hacker that finds a file with his name and height in it. He increases his height on the file - and suddenly he is taller.
Just like that, he discovers a way to change reality. And then proceed to use it - badly, which causes him to flee to the past, off to be the wizard...
On a way, the series reminds me of Rick Cook's Wizardry series, where a programmer goes to another dimension where magic works and proceeds to program with magic. Of course, in this book the premise is completely different as the magic is just altering our reality by editing a computer file.
Overall, the book was awesome and I laughed a lot - and even skipped some sleep to read it. Very much recommended.
It starts with a random hacker that finds a file with his name and height in it. He increases his height on the file - and suddenly he is taller.
Just like that, he discovers a way to change reality. And then proceed to use it - badly, which causes him to flee to the past, off to be the wizard...
On a way, the series reminds me of Rick Cook's Wizardry series, where a programmer goes to another dimension where magic works and proceeds to program with magic. Of course, in this book the premise is completely different as the magic is just altering our reality by editing a computer file.
Overall, the book was awesome and I laughed a lot - and even skipped some sleep to read it. Very much recommended.
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