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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 9
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    The Dagger and the Coin series is rapidly becoming one of my favorite ever. (Elevator pitch: banking + dragons. Obviously, my objectivity is compromised.) It is the rare work that grows in ambition over time and simultaneously in skill to meet it.

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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 9
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        I don't want to spoil why but let me say that the central conceit of the series remains the central conceit of the series, has layers to it both in the plot and in the meta-plot that seem entirely earned rather than attempts to avoid retreading old ground, and gets *literary.*

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 9
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        Also quite possibly the best series I've ever read where every POV character thoroughly believes that they are the center of the story that most matters in the universe, which is a piece of writing advice mostly observed in the breach.

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      2. governor‏ @southbranchgov May 9
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        Replying to @patio11

        I always wished Game of Thrones spent more time on the economics of the world with the Iron Bank, Lannister debut history, etc. Is the Dagger and the Coin the scratch to that itch?

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 9
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        It's better. I'd like more banking. The economic model is both markedly more robust in places and less robust in others. (GoT doesn't always know the consequences of X but when they're baked in is very happy to wallow in them; DaC knows consequences but follow-through uneven.)

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      2. Matt Goldstein‏ @GoldsteinMatt_ May 9
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        Sounds pretty awesome. Banking + dragons like it oscillates between detailed economic narrative and high-fantasy battles?!

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 9
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        "Not enough banking and not enough dragons." would be two of my criticisms but I will take my ambitious banking dragon crossovers where I can get them.

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      2. Michael Peyton Jones‏ @mpeytonjones May 10
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        Have you read Max Gladstone's Craft sequence for more finance-inspired fantasy?

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 10
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        Replying to @mpeytonjones

        Yes. Wonderful conceit (“What if a god was a less a supernatural force and more, say, a collateralized debt obligation? And you could perhaps... short that god?”) I did not end up loving the books despite the conceit.

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      2. Amy "Social Distancing" Hoy‏ @amyhoy May 9
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        Replying to @amyhoy

        Highest possible recommendation for you specifically, though unless I miss my guess there will be a few bits which result in hair-tearing-out.

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