S 89 Like that scent of pine that immediately transports you back to that cabin in the woods from childhood, shazam instantly recalls our primal sense of wonder. Indeed, "a magic word -- Shazam! [might] cause time to run backwards." Meanings: • Aha! "'Shazam!' Cullins shouted. His face almost touched the computer screen. 'She was hidden in the wrong directory. I don't know how that happened, but here it is.'" -- Ian Smith, The Blackbird Papers (2004) • Appear, materialize "He just appeared one day. Shazam. A boy from another planet, you know?" -- Don DeLillo, Underworld (1998) "[T]he decrypted message will suddenly appear. Shazam! That is way too cool." -- Chey Cobb, Cryptography for Dummies (2004) "You'd say a few words, shoot the shit, and shazam! He'd like, materialize." -- G.H. Ephron, Delusion (2002) • Astonishment "I expect some expression of astonishment -- maybe not a Gomer Pyle 'Shazam,' but something -- but I should have known better." -- Greg Iles, Dead Sleep (2001) "Shazzam! What an act!" -- John F. Kavanaugh, The Word Engaged (1997) "Shazam! Are you telling me I can sit at my computer, compose verse, and feel meditative effects?" -- Jeffrey P. Davidson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Stress (1999) Figure 38. Shazam is an entire special effects package. 25 Mari Messer, Pencil Dancing (2001) 26 Lucie Armitt, Contemporary Women's Fiction and the Fantastic (2000)