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From: GEHRI@cc.usu.edu (Gehri Grimaud)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: notable computer stories in fiction and the media
Message-ID: <16791@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 90 16:34:04 GMT
References: <1361@scorn.sco.COM>
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In article <1361@scorn.sco.COM>, davidv@sco.COM (David Vangerov) writes:
> 2) Rick Cook wrote a fantasy novel called "Wizard's Bane" that features
>    such fun things as Emacs, C, Unix. it mentions *sizeof* specifically
>    (put in boldface). later on in the book we get R^2D^2, find, a passwd
>    cracker, some stuff that looks like C, or maybe Lisp, Emac(s), grep,
>    $ prompt, cd, slash, backslash, and other stuff common in Unix. the
>    story centers around a guy who is magically transported into another
>    world where magic reins supreme, and there is no technology. he has
>    nickname of Wiz, which is why he was called into the other world to
>    help fight evil magic. eventually he invents a magic compiler to help
>    in this. very intersting novel.

A sequel has been released by Rick Cook.  It is "The Wizardy Compiled".
I liked the bit when he ran his maigc "program"; it created a demon.  It
is much fun.
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