The Wiz Biz

Yes, I enjoyed this story very much. As a software engineer it gave me a lot of thinking about how I would handle things. hehehee. If you like a bit of magic thrown in with your logic, you will enjoy this one. I especially loved the later parts, with more programmers involved. Very fun read.

This wonderful book is actually two books for the price of one: Wizard's Bane and The Wizardry Compiled! These novels tell the story of Walter Irving "Wiz" Zumwalt, a computer programmer extraordinaire who is hijacked from Earth, and brought to a world where magic works, but technology doesn't. The wizard who brought over Wiz is dead, and no one can figure out why he was brought, but when Wiz discovers that magic can be handled just like programming, the nature of the world turns upside down. The Dark League has had its own way too long, and now they are about to find out what happens when a hacker turns his attention against them.This is a great book, one that I have enjoyed reading several times. The system of magic that Rick Cook used was a fascinating breath of fresh air, and I must say that I enjoyed the stories and characters immensely! I highly recommend this light-hearted swords-and-sorcery fantasy to you.

The Wiz Zumwalt books by Rick Cook are very entertaining. I judge books by how often I go back to re-read them, and each book in this series has been read by me at least four times each. In the case of 'The Wizardry Compiled' and 'The Wizardry Cursed' a few more times each. Some authors produce series where readers continue to buy mainly out of loyalty to characters and the author's world (like Thomas Covenant: the Unbeliever, which by the time I gave up (after the second book of the first trilogy) I was moaning 'Oh Good Grief, when will it END? '), Rick Cook's Wiz stories are endlessly entertaining.But then, as a computer programmer myself, I relate really well to computer languages as a form of magic!He says he won't be writing any more Wiz books for the near future, but he better change his tune, because I have cooked up a really wicked geas, and it will make him start cranking them out unless he relents and does it: ONE MORE TIME!Well, Rick Cook, whataya

It's been a long time since I've read a book more than twice. Of course it's also the first time I've read a book more than five times. It just keeps getting better! The wonderful combination of computers and fantasy is undeniable!

I enjoyed Wiz Biz very much. It made me laugh out loud a few times. Very fun if you are into computer programming especially and can relate somewhat to the main character.