Off to Be the Wizard
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.
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A Seattle programmer named Martin finds a file on a server that turns out to control reality. He uses it to time-travel to medieval England and pose as a wizard. He is not the only programmer who got the same idea.
Scott Meyer's Magic 2.0 series has eight books: Off to Be the Wizard, Spell or High Water, An Unwelcome Quest, Fight and Flight, Out of Spite Out of Mind, The Vexed Generation, Up to No Good, and a new entry. The series continues.
Yes. Off to Be the Wizard is comedic LitRPG-adjacent fantasy, frequently compared to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Ready Player One. The audiobook narrated by Luke Daniels is particularly popular.
Off to Be the Wizard was written by Scott Meyer, published in 2013.
Off to Be the Wizard is 373 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Off to Be the Wizard takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
Off to Be the Wizard is a standalone novel by Scott Meyer, not part of a series.
Off to Be the Wizard is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
