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Mogworld Paperback – September 21, 2010

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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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350 pages
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English
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Dark Horse
Publication date

September 21, 2010
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4.2 x 1 x 6.8 inches
ISBN-10

1595825290
ISBN-13

978-1595825292
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The first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory --Boing Boing

Yahtzee consistently makes me laugh, and even though I dig computer and electronic games, he has cross-genre appeal to anyone who enjoys a sharp wit, unique sense of humor, and plenty of originality - not purely gaming fans --The Future Buzz

Yahtzee consistently makes me laugh, and even though I dig computer and electronic games, he has cross-genre appeal to anyone who enjoys a sharp wit, unique sense of humor, and plenty of originality - not purely gaming fans --The Future Buzz

About the Author

Yahtzee Croshaw is a British-Australian comedic writer, video game journalist, author, and video game developer. He is best known for his acerbic video game review series, Zero Punctuation, for The Escapist. Before this, Croshaw gained attention in the Adventure Game Studio community for his video games. Croshaw also writes a weekly supplementary column for The Escapist, Extra Punctuation, as well as the video series Judging by the Cover.

Croshaw has published two novels through Dark Horse Comics. The first was Mogworld, published in August 2010.The second, Jam, was released in October 2012. A third is forthcoming. He also cohosts a weekly podcast/Let's Play hybrid series, Let's Drown Out, along with cohost Gabriel Morton.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse (September 21, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1595825290
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1595825292
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 1 x 6.8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,230,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,159 in Dark Horse Comics & Graphic Novels
- #3,122 in Humorous Fantasy (Books)
- #4,842 in Hard Science Fiction (Books)

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Yahtzee is the sole creator of Zero Punctuation, a popular weekly game review on the Webby award-winning Escapist online magazine, for which he also earned the Sun Microsystems 2008 IT Journalism award for Best Gaming Journalist. He has also worked as a game designer and dialogue writer for various studios. He was born and raised in the UK and now lives in Brisbane, Australia.

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Erika

It's okay...but you may want to read the first chapters online with the sample before buying.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018

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After reading "Will Save the Galaxy for Food," I was really excited to try other Yahtzee Croshaw novel. It had been a long time since I read a book I liked that much, and I loved Croshaw's blend of serious and humorously sarcastic tones. So, I bought this one after seeing the star ratings online.

That being said--it's okay, I guess. Whereas I felt that I couldn't stop reading the other book, I found myself setting this one down longer and longer between readings. I just finished part 1 about a week and a half ago and haven't really picked it up again. I might go back to it, since it's a little early to give it up, but it's not like his latest book. The humor isn't quite as clever, the stereotyped priest is a little much in some scenes, and I still haven't really made a connection with any of the characters like I feel I should. There are a couple characters that I WANT to like, but they feel a little stiff (no pun intended).

And even though I've been known to play a few online games before (I'm not really big into video games overall), I started reading this book before I realized that it was set in one. I thought it was just satire based on game plots. I think that did kill my momentum a little as well. But, the story so far is not terrible, just slow to start and a little silly for my taste. It has made me chuckle a few times, and you can definitely hear Croshaw's voice in the work.

Overall, I definitely wouldn't discourage you from reading the book. You may like it more--but I will recommend reading the first few sample chapters provided before you do. However, I will say that I admire how Croshaw doesn't do series (so far). That fad drives me crazy. It's SOOO refreshing to find a book that I know is complete. I'm looking forward to future works of his!

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Steve Fey

A Surprisingly Good Book

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2019

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I've been following this author on Amazon for a while, and I have no idea why. But, upon a friend's recommendation, I bought and read the book, and I guess I had a good reason. This is a very entertaining read that manages to raise some very interesting questions about ourselves, our relationships, and our creations. I hesitate to write too much because it would be terrifically easy to insert a string of spoilers into a review. As the book opens, the protagonist dies. Sixty some years later, he is reanimated, unfortunately in the very physical state one might expect after having been buried for sixty some years. He has quite the string of adventures solving the mystery of how that happened, but of course, being the protagonist, in the end he does. Wanna know what it is? Well, read the book, sucker, 'cause I ain't gonna tell you. Entertaining and thought provoking is how I'd describe this book, and I heartily recommend it to you.

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K. Kasten

Humor, Sarcasm and Good Story in One

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2016

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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 existence once and for all. These struggles are filled with abject boredom, dry humor, and puns. Just right for someone who was happy with the status-quo before encountering Lord Deadgrave.

It was a fun, light, humorous parody of the fantasy genre with weird characters like Slippery John and Bob and Jim mixed with more 'serious' characters with names like Baron Civious, Bowg and Lord Deadgrave. Running gags like "it's a trebuchet" and the reaction to Jim's eyes are right up my alley and this seems to be repeated in his next book "Jam". Mogworld even managed to take a shot at the programmers with the arrival of Lord Si-Mon The combination of the character names, the mix of medieval and current references (both material objects and slang terms), the running gags and the absurdity of the characters outlooks on life and death kept me waiting to see what the chapter would bring.

I enjoyed the "twist" where the big secret about the Deleters and the adventurers with the Syndrome. I have to admit that I didn't read any reviews or the back of the book where it spells out what is really happening, and was pleasantly surprised by the twist not so much as I hand't already suspected it (they hint at it a lot), but the way it was revealed.

Excellent work!

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Michael E. Fleming

Great Story

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2021

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I really enjoy Yahtzee Croshaw's writing. He tells a very entertaining tale with good characters and unexpected turns. He does have a problem with some logical issues that bother me, but honestly do not detract from the story. Case in point, a lascivious human is turned into a rabbit and his hidden in a woman's shirt. The rabbit refuses to turn back to a human as long as the woman is keeping him in his shirt. However, the story seems to have forgotten that this woman was a zombie. So... gross. Also, Croshaw tends to use the "R" word as a synonym for idiot. As a gen-Xer this I'm kinda used to this, but I've updated my vocab, so should he, I think. Nevertheless, if you can look past such slips then these stories are very well told.

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Eoin O' Reilly

A very enjoyable read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2015

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As a fan of Yahtzee's Zero Punctuation series, I was happy to provide a little revenue to someone who has given me many hours of entertainment for free but was also hopeful that the book would at least be an enjoyable read. In that respect, it did not at all disappoint. While not quite a page-turner, the wit and intriguing premise held my attention from start to finish.

I'm guessing that many of the people who are thinking of reading this book will be be coming with prior knowledge of Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation, or perhaps his own YouTube videos too. While the book is certainly witty and is not at all a kids' novel, you may find it a bit more restrained than you expected, which probably is a good thing. The crudeness of ZP would likely lose its appeal if sustained throughout a full novel.

I won't spoil any of the plot here (and I'm inclined to argue that even the promotional blurb gives away a more-than-ideal amount) but it's very interesting and more thoughtful than I expected. Much of the humour is derived from an eclectic and eccentric cast of characters, that never fail to be fun. Perhaps the most important aspect that holds the whole book together is the relatable protagonist, who is surprisingly human beneath his rotten flesh and sarcasm.

The greatest weakness in the novel, to me, was the somewhat confusing and inconsistent motivations some of the characters have. It feels like comedic value was given precedent over giving characters a logical reason for the things they do, at times. By all means, comedy can be a priority, it just doesn't need to come with a cost, in all cases. However, that is a minor gripe and is easily forgivable.

I greatly enjoyed my time reading Mogworld and I would readily recommend it to fans of fantasy, video games or Yatzee's other work. Perhaps the best compliment I can give is that I feel the world created here could easily be expanded into a series, something I generally don't want after reading even the best books.

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Fryman

Enjoyable read, plot quite interesting. The world itself though... meh

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2020

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Entertaining story, worth the entry price. Not the greatest thing ever but certainly worth a read if your into these kinds of themes.

Not a big reader but heres a list of things id consider pros/cons
Pro:
Cheap
Likeable main character
I can remember the whole plot.
I enjoyed the plot.
Enjoyed the humor.

Cons
Cant remember any character names other than main character and with the exception of maybe 1 they
are not that interesting.
Cant remember any of the place names they all interchangeable.

Meera

Sarcasm and gamer logic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2017

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I got the audible version of the book read by Yahtzee and it really helps to bring the characters to life. I felt like getting up and screaming Yahzee a couple of times, a sarcastic bastard reading a very sarcastic character in a world that just seems to have it out for him. Why won't they let him die? Well because he is a protagonist though he very much does not want to be, having been dragged back from the dead for some twisted will.

I loved the book and it kept being interesting as nothing ever really went the way that you thought it would, keeping the story fresh for those who quit early, you missed out on some good plot, try the audio version. I would quite happily read any of his work again.

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Ms. S. L. H

A fun blast of caustic, Pratchett-esque writing, for gamers!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2011

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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 . . .

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Smoke me a kipper

the book was a bit slow to get going if I'm honest and having actually skipped reading the synopsis on the back (as i was recomm

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2017

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I've been watching Yhatzee's Zero punctuation videos since 2007 each week its something I look forward to his fast paced humour. the book was a bit slow to get going if I'm honest and having actually skipped reading the synopsis on the back (as i was recommended it by a friend) it took me some time to click *where* the book was set which was around the mid point and from then on a lot more made sense and it was a clever plot twist where the book then opens up as did my thinking towards it.

it was a good read - recommended

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