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In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all. On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams - and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A good deal of the humour in this book presupposes that you've at least seen the outside of a fair number of computer game boxes.
That said, if you have, it's really good. I read it in one sitting and I'll probably read it a second time. I was surprised how well it was written to be honest (no offense). The art of writing a good blog is very different from the art of writing a good novel so I wasn't sure how well Yahtzee's humour would transfer.
So...if Terry Pratchett had developed an addiction to computer games in his youth, this is what he'd have written. Can't wait for the next one. **drums fingers impatiently** /glare...where's the next one?
That said, if you have, it's really good. I read it in one sitting and I'll probably read it a second time. I was surprised how well it was written to be honest (no offense). The art of writing a good blog is very different from the art of writing a good novel so I wasn't sure how well Yahtzee's humour would transfer.
So...if Terry Pratchett had developed an addiction to computer games in his youth, this is what he'd have written. Can't wait for the next one. **drums fingers impatiently** /glare...where's the next one?
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For anyone with a good sense humour Yahtzee transfers his wit and intelligent mockery onto paperback,
I was actually surprised at how good this is - and was well worth the wait
Bring on his next novel!!
I was actually surprised at how good this is - and was well worth the wait
Bring on his next novel!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was really curious to see how Yahtzee's machine-gun chatter of sarcasm and wit in his gaming reviews translated to a fantasy novel. The result? I ended up blasting through Mogworld in little more than a day, and giggling at its jokes on a number of occasions.
When Jim, a lowly mage-in-training, finds himself frustratingly resurrected from the dead, he finds that his generic fantasy world has changed for the worse. People aren't dying properly anymore, adventurers are becoming afflicted with bizarre behavioural patterns, and things are disappearing from the face of the planet in the blink of an eye. Thus begins his quest not to save the world, but to continue the permanent death he was so rudely awakened from.
The novel is written in 1st-person-perspective, which gives the writer a great excuse to transplant his humour directly into the thoughts and words of the protagonist. Yahtzee is like a more caustic, contemporary Terry Pratchett drawing from video games instead of classic literature, and the whole vibe of humour in the writing really tickled my fancy. Poor old Jim is an irritable, unheroic hero with unheroic and very human thoughts, clashing cleverly with the generic fantasy setting that underpins Mogworld. The plot, and the consequences of his actions, rarely go in the direction expected of a fantasy novel, and the eventual interleaving of the greater, game-related plot is very cleverly done.
Knocked off a star for an opening that I didn't feel was as strong as it could have been, but once Jim is resurrected, the fun really starts. If you've ever played an MMO, every joke should amuse you, unless you've come down with the Syndrome . . .
When Jim, a lowly mage-in-training, finds himself frustratingly resurrected from the dead, he finds that his generic fantasy world has changed for the worse. People aren't dying properly anymore, adventurers are becoming afflicted with bizarre behavioural patterns, and things are disappearing from the face of the planet in the blink of an eye. Thus begins his quest not to save the world, but to continue the permanent death he was so rudely awakened from.
The novel is written in 1st-person-perspective, which gives the writer a great excuse to transplant his humour directly into the thoughts and words of the protagonist. Yahtzee is like a more caustic, contemporary Terry Pratchett drawing from video games instead of classic literature, and the whole vibe of humour in the writing really tickled my fancy. Poor old Jim is an irritable, unheroic hero with unheroic and very human thoughts, clashing cleverly with the generic fantasy setting that underpins Mogworld. The plot, and the consequences of his actions, rarely go in the direction expected of a fantasy novel, and the eventual interleaving of the greater, game-related plot is very cleverly done.
Knocked off a star for an opening that I didn't feel was as strong as it could have been, but once Jim is resurrected, the fun really starts. If you've ever played an MMO, every joke should amuse you, unless you've come down with the Syndrome . . .
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Mogworld
Mogworld is the story of a dead mage named Jim, who is resurrected into a land where nobody has been able to die for half a century. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jof
Must-read for any at-least vague fan of wit.
This is one of the best written comedic novels I know of. Not only is the story well thought out, but it's been written incredibly well and just makes you want to keep reading. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. S. T. Potter
absolutley terrible
the transparent and terrible characters do little to hinder this absolutely terrible book its really really really really really really really bad.
Published 4 months ago by Mr shkill
mogworld
I didn't buy this for myself so I don't know how good the book is but it arrived on time.
Published 4 months ago by Amz
Absolutely Hilarious
Got the book as a Christmas present, and I've been loving it. The jokes are cleverly written and are extremely funny, I hadn't even got out of the prologue and I had already bust... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. O. Lowther
Excellent Book - Hilarious
Yaztzee manages to convert his unforgiving wit and humour to paperback perfectly in this book. Plot seems like something Terry Pratchett would dream up, but Yaztzee's unique comic... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Russell Dawson
Dying to be undead
This is a book about a Wizard. Or at least a novice wizard. Did I mention he's dead?
Set in "Mogworld", an MMORPG, where no one can die. Read more
Set in "Mogworld", an MMORPG, where no one can die. Read more
Published 6 months ago by AndreasE
Highly reccomended
Read it, loved it.
Gave it to my friend, he loved it.
I wouldn't say I'm a "proper" gamer (I have a girlfriend) but this book is really something. Read more
Gave it to my friend, he loved it.
I wouldn't say I'm a "proper" gamer (I have a girlfriend) but this book is really something. Read more
Published 6 months ago by anybody
Awesomeness comes in neat packages
Awesome book. Witty, and funny and nicely written. I nearly died 3 times of oxygen deprivation whilst laughing, and people who were unfortunate enough to be on the buss with me... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Markaleth
For anyone whos tried to play an MMO.
I must point out I have played and ejoyed some MMOs, but the majourity prove themselves to be generic over users of generic fantasy tropes. Read more
Published 9 months ago by C Robertson
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