Firstly, I must endorse the story Postnuptial Disagreements
I offer the additional grounds that I find it:
1. Funny.
2. Charming.
3. Has a solid depiction of the values of magecraft.
4. Manages to avoid having a viewpoint character who is too able, too successful or too much an exemplar of the ideals of Magecraft.
I do not know one way or the other if the ending, should it come, will be to my taste.
Because I am a nitpicking argumentative jerk, I dunno if I buy Calculus being a part of the education of a Magus. I am emotionally* inclined to consider Calculus part of the fundamental basis of what an adult needs to know. However, I think Nasuverse Mages might be too insular and have the wrong mindset for some types of math. It's debateable, so it can be justified by authorial fiat.
As for a recommendation to justify this post in this thread, I am reminded of some stories by a George Lorimer.
Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21959
More Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12106
I think these are fun.
I may have posted them before.
*Which means, yes, I know this doesn't make sense. I know full well that just because my emotions have concluded something does not make it correct or feasible.
I offer the additional grounds that I find it:
1. Funny.
2. Charming.
3. Has a solid depiction of the values of magecraft.
4. Manages to avoid having a viewpoint character who is too able, too successful or too much an exemplar of the ideals of Magecraft.
I do not know one way or the other if the ending, should it come, will be to my taste.
Because I am a nitpicking argumentative jerk, I dunno if I buy Calculus being a part of the education of a Magus. I am emotionally* inclined to consider Calculus part of the fundamental basis of what an adult needs to know. However, I think Nasuverse Mages might be too insular and have the wrong mindset for some types of math. It's debateable, so it can be justified by authorial fiat.
As for a recommendation to justify this post in this thread, I am reminded of some stories by a George Lorimer.
Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21959
More Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12106
I think these are fun.
I may have posted them before.
*Which means, yes, I know this doesn't make sense. I know full well that just because my emotions have concluded something does not make it correct or feasible.