Off to Be the Wizard
It's a simple story. Boy finds proof that reality is a computer program. Boy uses program to manipulate time and space. Boy gets in trouble. Boy flees back in time to Medieval England to live as a wizard while he tries to think of a way to fix things. Boy gets in more trouble. Oh, and boy meets...
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It's a simple story. Boy finds proof that reality is a computer program. Boy uses program to manipulate time and space. Boy gets in trouble. Boy flees back in time to Medieval England to live as a wizard while he tries to think of a way to fix things. Boy gets in more trouble. Oh, and boy meets girl at some point. Off to Be the Wizard is a fun, comedic novel about computers, time travel, and human stupidity, written by Scott Meyer, the creator of the internationally known comic strip Basic Instructions. Magic will be made! Legends will be created! Stew will be eaten!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780615786599 (0615786596)
Publish date: March 29th 2013
Publisher: Rocket Hat Industries
Pages no: 276
Edition language: English
The first thing Martin always did when he found some new data file was to search for his own name. It may seem egocentric, but Martin wasn’t worried about that. He had spent a lot of time thinking about himself, and had come to the conclusion that he was definitely not self-absorbed.
I really enjoyed this book. It was light hearted brain candy that made me chuckle often in the apprentice/wizard relationship between Martin and Phillip. The mystery of Merlin's statue had me rolling when it was solved.Can't wait to read second book.
A fun surprise!Things started off rather slowly for me when I first picked up Off to Be the Wizard. I wondered if this would be another self-published flop. Turns out, it's a self-published success! Once the story got going, I smiled and laughed the whole way through. It's smart and silly at the sam...
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