Gilead Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Is this guy "known"? I'm always looking for new shit to read and I was rifling through Amazon when I noticed a fantasy author I'd never heard of - Robert Stanek. I usually get new suggestions from legitimate review sites so I was surprised I'd found someone so apparently highly rated that I'd never seen discussed. Usually quickly looking at Amazon's star rating system is a somewhat rough way to gauge book quality. The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches had 4 1/2 stars so I assumed it had to be at least somewhat decent despite its ridiculous title. This book is poisonous. I read a few dozen pages, now I think I might be dying.It's the ramblings of an 8th grader, and not a particularly bright one. The writing is peppered with grammatical errors and the story itself is one loosely-formed ball of clichés rolled around in shit.In a PTSD haze I went back to look at the listing and there were a bunch of 1 star reviews talking about how all of the glowing reviews were alternate personalities of Robert Stanek praising himself - some bizarre masturbatory self-promotion scam. I didn't even look at the actual content of the reviews originally; I guess I just assumed no one would be that much of a fuckface. I was an expensive lesson to learn, but now whenever I buy something from an unknown I suppose I'll have to err on the side of caution and do background checks on the author to make sure he isn't a deceptive nutjob.I never post in forums, and I never read anything here that isn't directly related to ASoIaF, but in the off chance that someone else finds this while looking up Robert Stanek to make sure he's legit - he isn't, and he can't write. Robert Stanek shat directly into my soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendalen Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Did... did you pay for this with actual currency?Please, take a look at this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pita Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hee.Stanek pimps his own books, from what I understood. He's kind of horrible. You should ask the forum before you make a purchase, foo'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Always read some negative reviews, they should give you a view why people do not recommend a book and you can decide afterwards if their arguments make sense to you.Stanek has a.... reputation to say the least, sorry you spent the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ah man, can't believe you actually fell for this scam. . . :shocked: Stanek's situation has been pretty well-documented, methinks.Hopefully you didn't spend to much money on this trash. . .Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormund Ukrainesbane Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.Seriously. If you want some real fantasy, you should go pick up some Terry Goodkind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Don't be mean Tormund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Monkey Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I also recommend reading some of George R.R. Martin's books. While Fevre Dream and the Dreamsongs books are always brilliant, I really recommend taking a look at the Song of Ice and Fire series. You can start with A Game of Thrones. It's not as famous as the others that I mentioned but many people seem to like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Is this guy "known"? Yes, though generally he's "known" unfavorably. But hey, look at it this way. At least it wasn't The Eye of Argon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdanel Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 The Eye of Argon is so bad it's good. I've not heard the same said of Stanek who appears to be so bad he's really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I've not heard the same said of Stanek who appears to be so bad he's really bad.He's worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 This surely is one of the most memorable thread titles :laugh: I only hope we won't get summon author from this :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I also recommend reading some of George R.R. Martin's books. While Fevre Dream and the Dreamsongs books are always brilliant, I really recommend taking a look at the Song of Ice and Fire series. You can start with A Game of Thrones. It's not as famous as the others that I mentioned but many people seem to like it.Way overrated imo.I suggest giving Stanek another go. Maybe get his audio set, the sound of his voice really adds some much-needed weight to the multiple literary themes Stanek specialises in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Do Stanek’s female characters have agency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 This surely is one of the most memorable thread titles :laugh: I only hope we won't get summon author from this :devil:Thanks to the high page rank of westeros.org you can now do this: Google Where does Robert Stanek shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookWyrm Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Way overrated imo.I suggest giving Stanek another go. Maybe get his audio set, the sound of his voice really adds some much-needed weight to the multiple literary themes Stanek specialises in.By far the most intelligent thing said in this thread. I would recommend everyone try Stanek, but, like Gene Wolfe there's a certain level of intelligence needed to appreciate his work. Perhaps a reread is in order for the OP? Stanek shits gold for real (suck it Tywin) and Gilead's lucky to have the honor of assimilating his cleveland steamer. Now I think the mods should close this thread because some of the comments are bordering harassment and if they don't then I might sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Here's the audio sample I mentioned btw. I suggest checking out the stuff narrated by Stanek himself for the full experience. His voice really does bring the magic of ruin mist alive. Seriously aweinspiring stuff imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueMetis Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Thanks to the high page rank of westeros.org you can now do this: Google Where does Robert Stanek shit?That is awesome.Oh and for those saying to re-read Stanek, that's just not funny there are some things you don't joke about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormund Ukrainesbane Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Here's the audio sample I mentioned btw. I suggest checking out the stuff narrated by Stanek himself for the full experience. His voice really does bring the magic of ruin mist alive. Seriously aweinspiring stuff imo.Haha, there are 2 Robert Stanek books on that page, listed as narrated by 2 different people. Both are clearly Stanek.Seriously though. Wizards First Rule. Do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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