Category Archives: Amras on the Prowl

A Song Ice & Fire R.R.ave-viewed

By Jon Magne | Published: November 5, 2009
Wanna hear a dirty secret? (Well, it’s not exactly a secret, but you know, let me play out this little charade for you) Wanna hear a dirty, shocking secret about yours truly? Well, do you? Me, the fantasy reader. Me, the self-assumed mini-authority on the subject of the fantastical. Me, the smart-ass who’s been telling you What To [...]
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Awesomepocalypse, the Scott Lynch Edition

By Jon Magne | Published: August 27, 2009
Scott Lynch has put up the prologue to “The Republic of Thieves”, book three in the Gentlemen Bastard Sequence. Go forth and marvel at how awesome it is.
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True Blood, Season 1

By Jon Magne | Published: August 22, 2009
So here’s me, hitching a ride with the hype-train that is the vampire/twilight phenomenon. After having successfully had my fingers firmly planted in my ears since True Blood starting airing last summer, I finally relented to its alluring HBO goodness, even though I did get a bit sore from getting on down from my high [...]
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Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

By Jon Magne | Published: August 6, 2009
Best Served Cold was the book that stole my wallet. - What now? Was it that expensive? - Well, no, it wasn’t exactly expensive or anything. Heck, it’s so cheap that I even bought two of ‘em. - So what’s your point, then? - If you can just shuddup a second, I’ll get to it: When I visited Oslo in [...]
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I Am Updated

By Jon Magne | Published: August 6, 2009
Hello! I’m just poppin’ by to wave hello and point you towards my newly updated “About” page, wherein I detail in brief terms that I am now a resident of Oslo. Yes, yes, I know, I know. You can barely hold back your excitement at this most shocking revelation. No, thank you. You’re just too kind. Oh, [...]
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Butterflies & Unicorns & All That Is Lovely, or Why Twitter Rocks My World

By Jon Magne | Published: August 2, 2009
Today, the 2nd of August, 2009, I – Jon Kleiven – had the following interraction with Scott Lynch (the fantasy writer extraordinaire): Me: Lo & behold! @scottlynch78 has joined twitter only a FEW DAYS after i started my hashtag #ScottLynchRules to bring him here. Coincidence? Scott Lynch: @Jon_Kleiven — Ha ha! Fool, mind tricks don’t work on [...]
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A Post in Which I Ramble On Various & Sundry Items of Little Concern

By Jon Magne | Published: July 14, 2009
It’s the middle of the month, it’s vacation, it’s too damn hot, I am doing a whole lot of nothing and everything… And it’s time… It’s that special time of the month when I pop back to give my blog a single breath of resuscitation, only to let it wimper pathetically out like a badly plugged air-mattress. [...]
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Results Indicate That I Am David Eddings

By Jon Magne | Published: June 10, 2009
What’s this? Two blog posts in two days? I must be sick, or at least procrastinating like crazy. But whichever the case should turn out to be (I’m rooting for both), I just wanted to drop by to share with you my results on this nifty test I took. It tells you which fantasy author [...]
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Bragging Shelf

By Jon Magne | Published: April 25, 2009
Because the audience doesn’t demand it, I hereby post a picture of my “bragging shelf”. What is the “bragging shelf”, you ask? Well, it’s the books & comics I have sitting on display next to my TV and sofa, and they’re mainly chosen because they’re: a. Awesome, b. Really pretty, or c. Can’t be put [...]
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Neil Gaiman’s Modern Fairy Tales

By Jon Magne | Published: April 24, 2009
Have I ever told you how much I love Neil Gaiman, the British fantasy and comic book author extraordinaire? Of course I have! I do it nearly every time we meet – and if by chance we haven’t had the pleasure yet, you’ve already got a leg-up on me by having learned this tidbit. Not [...]
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