• Off to Be the Wizard

  • Magic 2.0, Book 1
  • By: Scott Meyer
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (31,340 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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Fun romp, interesting concept, great performance

I really enjoyed the concept and the performance by the reader. The story is rather simple, but that was fine. Characters are OK. I'd buy it again, and I look forward to more books in the series.

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Great exciting and hilarious story

I loved how easily the narrator was able to make different voice inflections for the characters. It was such a great book!

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original idea

Loved the book, it goes fast as its short. Looking forward to the next one!

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Great story

I really like this book and the thought about being a wizard as a time traveler. I highly recommend it as a fun read

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great book awesome narrator

narrator make this book even better. well worth the credit, but I do wish it was longer. I can't wait to start the next book in the series!

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Great book!

This was a wonderful book to listen to. I listened to it in about a day, but the author could have had some better word choices to make it more enchanting.

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different, interesting and clever all in one book

loved it. A different spin on what would it be like if we did truly live in the Matrix

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Best Book Ever

Where does Off to Be the Wizard rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This would easy rank as one of my top 5 books of all time if not the top. I followed Luke Daniels from the Iron Druid series and his performance in this book was top notch. The story line was simple and easy to follow with realistic, funny, and very entertaining characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Off to Be the Wizard?

By far Phil is the most memorable character in the book. I often times had to control my laughter at some of the great lines he has in the book.

What does Luke Daniels bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Luke Daniels, like with Oberon in Iron Druid, made the character Phil. It was by far the best performance of a single character in a story I ever heard.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I couldn't stop listening. I immediately bought the other two books in the series after finishing the first book. I finished all three books (30+ hours) in five days.

Any additional comments?

Ranked in the top 5 books if not the top book.

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Worth a read and your time.

Intresting story truley enjoyed it. Predictable at times, a few places supprised me. Narretor did an excellent job and was a pleasure to listen to his character interpretation.

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Light-hearted and Fun

I really enjoyed the story even though it's campy at some points. The premise is somewhat original and is applied in a very fanciful and enjoyable way. I look forward to listening to more of the books in the series.

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