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science fantasy, adventure comedy, urban fantasy, magic, quirky, time travel
Categories
Fantasy / Science Fiction
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Author's Description
Dempsey Talis never planned to study magic through an interdimensional satellite campus. But when he returns to college after twenty years, he becomes a test subject for "Metaquantum Physics for Earthlings 101." And this ain't Hogwarts. South Philly CC offers no house elves, no steaming mugs of cider, no never-ending supply of anything but unanswered questions. Dempsey and his band of merry misfits don't even have wands. So they'll be fighting intergalactic archenemies with... their wits?
Why I Chose it
There are clear nods to Douglas Adams in the first episode, and for once, I think they're justified. Also, the sibling relationship set up at the beginning rings so true that I want to stop and analyze how the author pulled it off. Very impressive.
[7 episodes so far, with 7 updates in the last 30 days.]
Who Might Like This
If you're a Douglas Adams fan, or just a fan of really well drawn characters with a touch of absurd humor, check this out! I think you'll like it.
Unrelated Griping
Saw a story with one of the keywords set to "denger" so that's going to be my new codeword. I'm assuming it was supposed to be danger, but as a keyword, that's probably not very useful either. So "denger" it is.
I also found a story with characters who were supposed to be Swiss and/or French, set in Switzerland, but written by someone who had never left the USA. I mean, it was as if a chunk of the US had been plopped down in the setting of The Sound of Music. Eggs were stored in the refrigerator, people were concerned about sick days and vacation, and somehow a Swiss woman and a French man had named their child "Daisy". It was so wrong that I almost kept reading. That last bit gives me hope that this author will come into her own when she uses a locale she knows something about.
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