去当巫师
Off to be the wizard
Scott Meyer、Luke Daniels · 初版 2013 年
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为什么值得读
- 核心设定奇特，黑客修改配置文件施展魔法
- 文风酷似普拉切特与道格拉斯，幽默感十足
- 故事充满逃避现实的阅读乐趣与奇想
Martin Banks 只是个普通人，却有了一个非同寻常的发现：由于现实不过是一套计算机程序，他竟然能够操纵现实。然而，每使用一次这种能力，Martin 就会发现自己的小小“微调”并未逃过注意。为了不被起诉，他决定穿越回中世纪并假扮成一名巫师。这能出什么差错呢？作为一个身处 King Arthur 宫廷的美国 hacker，Martin 现在必须接受训练以完全掌握自己的能力，揭开古代巫师 Merlin 背后的真相……而且，你懂的，还得保住小命别死掉
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很多反乌托邦和架空世界科幻（按最近阅读倒序排）：1)《使女的故事》（The Handmaid’s Tale） 2)《魔法二度》（Off to be the Wizard） 3)《三体》（The Three-Body Problem） 4)《好兆头》（Good Omens） 5)《我们是军团（我们是鲍伯）》（We Are Legion (We Are Bob)） 6)《美国众神》（American Gods） 7)《头号玩家》（Ready Player One）。这些我都非常喜欢，虽然 Neil Gaiman 的书有点啰嗦。《头号……
Lots of dystopian and alternate world sci-fi (most recently read first): 1) The Handmaid’s Tale 2) Off to be the Wizard 3) The Three-Body Problem 4) Good Omens 5) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 6) American Gods 7) Ready Player One I really enjoyed all of these, though the Neil Gaiman books are rather long-winded. Ready…
……一切”。而且，小孩子并不笨，他们最终会明白这一点：“绝大多数魔法的百分之九十只不过是比别人多知道一条事实而已。”然后他们只需要把那些事实搞明白就行。你读过《魔法二度》（Off to Be the Wizard）或者《亚瑟王朝廷里的康涅狄格州美国佬》（A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court）吗？我不会把它们归为儿童故事，但或许算得上青少年读物。
…everything'. Also, kids aren't stupid and eventually they figure this out: "Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact." Then they just need to work out those facts. Have you read Off to Be the Wizard or A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court? I wouldn't call them children's stories, but maybe young adult.
Scott Meyer 写的《魔法二度》（Off to Be the Wizard）。听我慢慢道来。这是一部很有普拉切特（Pratchett）或道格拉斯·亚当斯（Douglas Adams）风格的喜剧小说。但它的核心设定是一名黑客入侵系统后发现了一个巨大的配置文件。他……
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Mayer. Hear me out. This is a comedy novel in the vein of Pratchett or Douglas Adams. But the central conceit is that a hacker finds a large configuration file on a system he hacks into. He…
一些推荐：Charles Stross 的“洗衣房档案”（Laundry Files）系列小说，或者同样是 Stross 写的《温室》（Glasshouse）；Greg Egan 的《置换真境》（Permutation City）；Scott Meyer 的《魔法二度》（Off To Be The Wizard）；Jim Butcher 的任何一部“德累斯顿档案”（Dresden Files）系列小说；John Brunner 的《冲击波骑士》（The Shockwave Rider）；William Gibson 的《神经漫游者》（Neuromancer）；Neal Stephenson 的《雪崩》（Snow Crash）。
Some suggestions: Any of the "Laundry Files" novels by Charles Stross, or Glasshouse also by Stross. Permutation City by Greg Egan. Off To Be The Wizard by Scott Meyer. Any of the "Dresden Files" novels by Jim Butcher. The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner. Neuromancer by William Gibson. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
……三部曲，非常喜欢。可能“没有丹·布朗那么烂”（纯属个人观点），但在座的大多数人大概会直接把它归类为逃避现实的爽文垃圾。另外 Scott Meyer 还给《魔法二度》（Off to be the Wizard）出了续作（《Spell or Highwater》），我在看完全城营救三部曲后不久就读完了。这也是个非常棒的系列。我买了《Everything is Bullshit》这本书，明天要坐飞机，所以大概能看完……
…Trilogy and really enjoyed it. It's probably "not as bad" as Dan Brown (opinion only, possibly), but it's what most here would just classify as escapist trash. Also Scott Meyer released a sequel to his "Off to be the Wizard" book (Spell or Highwater) and I finished reading it soon after the Taken trilogy. It's a great series too. I bought the "Everything is Bullshit" book and I'm on a plane tomorrow, so I'll probably finish…
……克里斯·哈德菲尔德（Chris Hadfield）写的《地球生活指南》（Life on Earth） 虚构类： - 《哈利·波特与理性之道》（HPMOR）| 佩妮姨妈嫁给了一位教授，哈利从小看着科学和科幻读物长大。http://www.hpmor.com/ - 《魔法二度》（Off to Be the Wizard，Magic 2.0 第一部），作者 Scott Meyer | 现实被定义在一个文本文件里，主角在黑进一家公司时发现了它，从此摇身一变成为了巫师。 - 《魔法师》（The Magicians）系列，作者 Lev Grossman
…Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield Fiction: - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality | Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. http://www.hpmor.com/ - Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0 Book 1) by Scott Meyer | Reality is defined in a text file, making the protagonist a wizard when he discovers it while hacking a company. - The Magicians (series) by Lev Grossman