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Another in this vein which looks promising [1]. More once I actually
read it (if anyone has already read it, please post a review)
Udhay
[1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0441014259/
Udhay Shankar N wrote: [ on 11:16 AM 30-01-02 ]
Just picked up a book from Divya called _The Wiz Biz_ [1].
The old theme of somebody from this reality who's magically
transported to Another World, where magic etc works. The difference
here is that the person who's transported ia a Unix hacker, who
eventually realises that spell are like programs...
Highly entertaining. Goes far beyond the obvious 'daemon' puns. And
this is NOT a spoof! It is a lighthearted work, but it does explore
the central idea decently. And the writer appears to have some
coding experience himself, which always helps...;-)
I challenge you to not giggle at some of the injokes. I'm not giving
them away, though I *will* mention that the protagonist creates a
class of magical clerks, each of whom helps him list out spells,
each of whom is called an emac.
Udhay
[1] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671878468/
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