Mogworld
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (851 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009ECLFEA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He's awfully grumpy. 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. His fireballs fizzle. 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. In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. Plus, he's been dead for about 60 years. Mogworld is a comic fantasy novel in the tradition of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, and is the debut novel from video-game icon Yahtzee Croshaw (Zero Punctuation).. On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish
Humor, Sarcasm and Good Story in One As a quasi-faithful follower of Zero Punctuation, I felt that someone who is as acerbic in his reviews of games and such, would know how to make a book worthy of reading to prevent him from being 'torched' by reviewers. I was not disappointed.The first three chapters alone, which is the birth (unbirth?) of our protagonist Jim could have easily been made into its own book. There was a lot of fluidity and novel concepts all going very fast that would make for a shorter book or a D&D module just in those three chapters.The rest of the book are Jim's struggles to put an end to his existenc. "A Delightful Read" according to Rachel Noel. I picked this book up because I enjoy Yahtzee's YouTube channel with my husband. I will say that it was very easy to read the entire book in Yahtzee's voice and greatly added to my enjoyment. I'm sorely tempted to buy the audio book, especially after hearing the sample, and I don't like audio books! It also really helped me to prepare for Yathzee's sense of humor. There were so many things in this book that made laugh. I've highlighted more passages from this book than any other in the past year."This was the second time I'd been asked to justify being afraid of gnolls, and I still cou. "I recommend the audiobook, and that isn't my go-to format." according to Scylla. I usually prefer books in text format, at least for the first time through. Having had some books spoiled for me by poor readings of their audio versions reinforced this, but after listening I think audiobook format was the way to go with Mogworld. In his game critic videos, the author/reader makes his living talking apparently nonstop through the magic of editing, which judging by Mogworld seems to have been good practice for audiobooks. The story itself won't be as entertaining for those with no familiarity with MMORPGs to get the references, but I have and I did, and I really enjoye