The Wizardry Consulted

This series was one of the earliest works I read as a teen, and I loved it. naturally, by today's standard the stuff is even more dated (I loved the parenthetical aside explaining the "Internet"). We are talking about the mid 1990's, so of course, that's to be expected. This book in particular I like......more

Rick Cook did it again: a fun and original novel with Wiz the Computer Wizard as the main character. New and interesting side characters and lots of nods to the Consultant Way of Life. I miss some further development on some of the characters, though, and feel like some of the side plots are unfinish......more

At least they focused on the main character this time. I enjoyed the political bluster.......more

This book uses my favorite trope: spell making as software development.......more

This book maintains the situation and characters of the three preceding books in the series, but unfortunately the story is dull: nothing much happens. The hero spends much of the book rather aimlessly wondering how to cope with his situation, and perhaps the author had the same problem. If you liked......more