Blueberry comments on If You Demand Magic, Magic Won't Help - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 March 2008 06:10PM

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Comment author: Blueberry 02 February 2011 11:03:25PM 6 points [-]

What is that series? I'd like to read it.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 February 2011 11:06:32PM 9 points [-]

It's by Rick Cook, first novel Wizard's Bane.

Comment author: Benquo 26 November 2013 02:48:18PM 1 point [-]

That was awesome. What else can I read in that subgenre? I mean, aside from everything by Lawrence Watt-Evans, sort of.

Comment author: bigjeff5 03 February 2011 12:47:58AM 6 points [-]

Yes, what Eliezer said.

I enjoyed the snot out of them - he actually wrote a magic compiler!

You can find the first two books at the Baen Free Library. There are four total.

I'm going to have to read the books others have mentioned as well, because I really like the genre.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 07 March 2012 03:15:55PM 7 points [-]

It's heavy on the wish-fulfillment angle. I could have done with a lot less of that.