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A swift and satisfying answer to a mysterious handmade book find question in Ask Metafilter

In Ask Metafilter, miles per flower asks, "I've recently enjoyed a couple books that dive deep on what magic costs — Sanjena Sathian's Gold Diggers and Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education — and I'm looking for more to read along those lines: detailed mechanics and economic systems, with magic as the currency and thoughtful attention to economic metaphors. Suggestions?"

verstegan has a great answer for divabat's question Why do magic wands look the way they do?

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do whatever sounds cool to you shall be the whole of the law — thelonius

For those who like esoteric imagery, fearfulsymmetry posted the excellent "Magic for artists" three-part series. Note thread comments from robocop is bleeding (see also & more) and egypturnash (see also, & more & more)

This is the inspiring tale of one number-loving man with a 2007 Honda Odyssey and a dream...

MetaFilter's own freecellwizard is The Prince of Odometers 👑

The Making of Harry Potter by Dave Catchpole (cc by)

In Ask MetaFilter: I would like to read some books that are set in magical (or possibly science fictional) universities and colleges, or about magical or science fictional students and professors.

Penn and Teller by Alan Light, thank you Alan! (cc by)

By doing this show as a regular part of their act, Penn and Teller hit legendary status after decades of being at the top of the field by literally "doing the trick that Houdini could not".

lupus_yonderboy talks about magic and copyrights and what he knows about the bullet-catching trick.