For fans of Daniel Abraham and/or Economics

[marcusmarcusrc]

A short story:
http://issuu.com/spectra/docs/cambistandlordiron?mode=a_p

Comments

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Being once a scientist rather than ever an economist, it felt to me more like the prisoner was a control, to demonstrate Maximum Lifespan when you can't spend it on anything, and the king is the result of fiddling with one of the variables.

[kelkyag]

The king needs to fit into 19-or-so hours as much 'life' as the prisoner has 24 hours for.

It's a weird comparison.

Not unlike the last one, really ...