On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 06:40:23PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > [Including an old message in its entirety below to preserve context] > > Another in this vein which looks promising [1]. More once I actually > read it (if anyone has already read it, please post a review)
Another good one: http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Crescent-S-Andrew-Swann/dp/075640214X/ Actually readable. > 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/ > > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
