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What if your worst enemy designed a videogame death trap for you and then placed you inside it? But he was also incompetent?

An Unwelcome Quest (Magic 2.0, #3) by Scott Meyer

July 16, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

First of all, this is one of the rare series that if you’re going to read it, you have to do the audio. You’re just missing something truly ineffable if you don’t. And I guess if you’re one of those people who can’t do audiobooks, then I don’t know what to tell you. I think I would have subtracted an entire star from all of these books without Luke Daniels’ performance. He brings a certain majesty of attitude and snarkiness, to these very silly stories. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, an unwelcome quest, humor, luke daniels, magic 2.0, narfna, nerd lit, sci-fi, scott meyer, speculative, time travel, video games, virtual worlds

narfna's CBR12 Review No:73 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, an unwelcome quest, humor, luke daniels, magic 2.0, narfna, nerd lit, sci-fi, scott meyer, speculative, time travel, video games, virtual worlds ·
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Some jackasses go to Atlantis.

December 29, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

What if the lost city of Atlantis was a lady utopia created by time-travelers? Well, there’s this book, so you can find out one possible answer at least. Last time around, we were introduced to the time-traveling wizards who inhabit medieval England, because computers, and everything is in a computer and what are you gonna do. Our hero, Martin, helped defeat the wizard-gone-bad Jimmy, and has officially taken up comfortable residence in Camelot slash London. It’s only been three months since they defeated Jimmy and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, luke daniels, magic 2.0, narfna, sci-fi, scott meyer, spell or high water, time travel

narfna's CBR8 Review No:161 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: fantasy, luke daniels, magic 2.0, narfna, sci-fi, scott meyer, spell or high water, time travel ·
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I had so much fun listening to this. Sometimes you just need nerd fluff.

May 10, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

Martin Banks is a jackass. That’s all I kept thinking during the first half or so of this book. To be clear, my thinking the main character was a jackass in no way hindered my enjoyment of the story. In fact, I’m fairly certain the book encouraged that opinion. See, one day Martin is sitting at home being lazy, hacking websites just for the fun of it (he sees himself as a benevolent hacker, because he doesn’t cause any harm–he just likes doing it) when […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, humor, luke daniels, magic 2.0, meta fiction, narfna, nerd lit, off to be the wizard, sci-fi, scott meyer, virtual worlds

narfna's CBR8 Review No:73 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: fantasy, humor, luke daniels, magic 2.0, meta fiction, narfna, nerd lit, off to be the wizard, sci-fi, scott meyer, virtual worlds ·
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