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Cursed and Consulted
When a spell summoned master hacker Walter "Wiz" Zumwalt to a world of wizards and witches, he soon discovered that spells were a lot like computer programs. Wiz defeated the evil sorcerers' league and won the love of the beautiful witch Moira.
But now Wiz has new problems: a deadly curse, computer criminals from his own world, and the dragons, who are alarmed by his new-fangled spells. Fortunately, when it comes to spells and sorcery, nobody but nobody can beat a Silicon Valley computer geek!
But now Wiz has new problems: a deadly curse, computer criminals from his own world, and the dragons, who are alarmed by his new-fangled spells. Fortunately, when it comes to spells and sorcery, nobody but nobody can beat a Silicon Valley computer geek!
672 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Rick Cook
35 books80 followersRick Cook is a journalist, computer hacker, and fantasy author best known for his "Wiz" series of books. Since his hospitalization in 2000 he has not resumed fiction writing.
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August 7, 2021
Again, Cook's on fabulous form here. Book 1 sets the scene and is amazing, but both of these novels branch things off interestingly and I enjoyed every word on every page.
January 22, 2012
As I sought out information on Cursed and Consulted, I was delighted to find out that I'd missed a fifth book. I thought I had all of Rick Cook's books! A hunt!
I first discovered Rick Cook back in the 90s when I bought Mall Purchase Night. He, along with Margaret Ball, Holly Lisle, Mercedes Lackey, and Diane Duane presented me with a new portrayal of fantasy, a precursor, perhaps, of urban fantasy.
In any case, I love his books. In the Wiz books, it really helps to have a consultant or computer geek in the family. Not the modern geek with his internet/webpage knowledge, but the old-fashioned nerd who can build a computer from scratch and whose native languages include Ada, C, C++, Basic, Cobol, etc. The humor is sly, especially regarding middle and upper managers. It also helps to have some knowledge of D&D. Again, not the modern role-playing on-line games, but the old-fashioned kind where dice were rolled to determine characters and few of the characters came from a box.
If you have these (geek and D&D), you'll appreciate the Wiz books. Otherwise, you may miss the humor.
As I stated in the beginning of this, there are five Wiz books. Cursed and Consulted contains books three and four. In this particular omnibus, I liked the fourth (2nd half) of the book more than the third (1st half). The third book was heavier than the fourth, particularly since I identified the bad guys as guys I'd hung around with in college. Geeks gone bad. The fourth book was lighter and featured Wiz on his own, without his faithful friends/followers.
I first discovered Rick Cook back in the 90s when I bought Mall Purchase Night. He, along with Margaret Ball, Holly Lisle, Mercedes Lackey, and Diane Duane presented me with a new portrayal of fantasy, a precursor, perhaps, of urban fantasy.
In any case, I love his books. In the Wiz books, it really helps to have a consultant or computer geek in the family. Not the modern geek with his internet/webpage knowledge, but the old-fashioned nerd who can build a computer from scratch and whose native languages include Ada, C, C++, Basic, Cobol, etc. The humor is sly, especially regarding middle and upper managers. It also helps to have some knowledge of D&D. Again, not the modern role-playing on-line games, but the old-fashioned kind where dice were rolled to determine characters and few of the characters came from a box.
If you have these (geek and D&D), you'll appreciate the Wiz books. Otherwise, you may miss the humor.
As I stated in the beginning of this, there are five Wiz books. Cursed and Consulted contains books three and four. In this particular omnibus, I liked the fourth (2nd half) of the book more than the third (1st half). The third book was heavier than the fourth, particularly since I identified the bad guys as guys I'd hung around with in college. Geeks gone bad. The fourth book was lighter and featured Wiz on his own, without his faithful friends/followers.
November 9, 2010
Great continuation of the story. I read it on my nook.
The first set of books (Wiz Biz) had many spelling and formatting problems. Many more than the occasional one you see in most books. But I'm happy to report that this second installment is much better.
The first set of books (Wiz Biz) had many spelling and formatting problems. Many more than the occasional one you see in most books. But I'm happy to report that this second installment is much better.
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