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Baldur Bjarnason

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Born

in Reykjavík, Iceland

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http://www.baldurbjarnason.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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September 2012

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Baldur Bjarnason - that'd be me - is an Icelander who managed to flee the cold, hard, rock known as Iceland just as its economy was collapsing.

My past is of the usual mixture of boring and interesting, almost entirely boring to you because there's no way I'm telling anybody about the insane, stupid, stuff I did in my twenties or about my teenage nuttery.

No I'm not telling. Get over it. Make do with fiction. ...more

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The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born

When I was living in the UK, one of the more common responses people had to me being Icelandic – beyond the strangely common “I hate Björk” refrain – was some comment about Vikings or Norse mythology.

I’m guessing my name helped prompt those. We all have very traditional Icelandic names in my family.

If the comment caught me at the wrong time, I’d occasionally reply in my usual literal-minded way:

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Average rating: 4.3 · 54 ratings · 11 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Intelligence Illusion: a practical guide to the business risks of Generative AI 4.44 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Software Crisis: Systems-Thinking for Software Projects 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days of Wild Obedience (Knights and Necromancers 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I am Uncluttered it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathe worms (Knights & Necromancers 3) by Baldur Bjarnason (Goodreads Author), Brynhildur Jenný Bjarnadóttir (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They die for nothing (Knights & Necromancers 4) by Baldur Bjarnason (Goodreads Author), Brynhildur Jenný Bjarnadóttir (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loot, kill, obey (Knights & Necromancers 2) by Baldur Bjarnason (Goodreads Author), Brynhildur Jenný Bjarnadóttir (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Writing and other essays 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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