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  • Off to Be the Wizard

  • Magic 2.0, Book 1
  • By: Scott Meyer
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (708 ratings)

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Off to Be the Wizard

By: Scott Meyer
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Publisher's Summary

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.

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Absolutely Brilliant

I really couldn't ask for more. It was funny, the plot had no holes and the characters believable. The narration was exquisite. I highly, whole heartedly recommend this book. I've already downloaded the rest of the series.

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Disappointingly shallow (specially if you like women at all)

I was recommended this book as a fan of Ben Aaronovitch so if that’s your style then don’t bother with this.
The concept is good and most of the time travel related holes are well enough plugged that you can get on but there are literally two female characters in the whole book. One is his mother who has about three sentences and the other is so completely 2-dimensional that if she stood sideways she’d be invisible. This is clearly written by a socially inept male who has only ever flirted unsuccessfully with women or pretended they weren’t there.
The male characters are also pretty shallow and there seems to be little effort to explore motivations beyond ‘I miss my old car’ or ‘I want to live in middle earth’. I kept waiting for a twist but it never came. It tries to be funny to make up for lack of depth but I can’t say there were any actually memorable lines.

I did actually make it to the end of the book but it was mostly to see if the characters would make anything truly exceptional with the original plot device. They didn’t.

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a new Douglas Adams

I have bought copies of this series for my dchool library. perfect for the geek at heart!

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Hilarious story, excellent performance

The story is hilarious (great premise!) and the performance is just as enjoyable. Luke Daniels does great voices and never misses a beat. I enjoyed this so much that I've been listening to the other books in the series and find them all very entertaining. Highly recommended.

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Good concept up but failed to deliver

The idea behind this story is good, but the execution not so. The middle of the story drags on with no climax, and the final act is swift short and the climax is a hill rather than a mountain. Relies too heavily on geek pop culture/stereotype

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  • 15-01-2017

Enjoyable read

Interesting premise. Light & easy read. I'd recommend it if you want something light & humorous.

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  • 25-06-2016

A rollicking adventure

Enjoyable and light entertainment. A bit twee in parts but it is a wizard story.

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Brilliant :)

Great book! Addictive, hilarious and caters to the demographic of nerds and geeks perfectly. 10/10 Simply amazing :)

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Great potential, but terribly boring.

I was hoping the negative reviews about the book were exaggerating, but they were not. The characters are one-dimensional, predictable and not funny. So is the story. Waste of time and money listening to this book.

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Harry Potter meets The Matrix

This was a fantastic book full of nerdy tech references and all the good parts of the fantasy genre. It was performed very well, with the use of some great voices for each character. Overall, it was enjoyable and I plan on continuing with the rest of the series!

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