Lord Patrek Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 He's back, it seems! Check this link for the full story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Oh, I needed some humor today, this should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 This is wonderful news! @Jaime L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Ha, I vaguely remember him trying to sell picture books and getting caught real early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 One can't help admiring someone who is so industrious that he creates legions of fake fans and fake authors to praise his work. I see that he also claims to have won the US Distinguished Flying Cross. Presumably, that's also untrue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, SeanF said: One can't help admiring someone who is so industrious that he creates legions of fake fans and fake authors to praise his work. I see that he also claims to have won the US Distinguished Flying Cross. Presumably, that's also untrue? Yes, no evidence of it anywhere, at least I did not find any, and I'm not the only one, see: http://conjugalfelicity.com/robert-stanek/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I think my favourite bit is where he has apparently invented another pseudonym and is trying to imply without stating it outright that 'she' is Isaac Asimov's granddaughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, SeanF said: One can't help admiring someone who is so industrious that he creates legions of fake fans and fake authors to praise his work. Definitely. If Stanek devoted as much time to working on actual writing as he does working on this nonsense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Errant Bard said: Yes, no evidence of it anywhere, at least I did not find any, and I'm not the only one, see: http://conjugalfelicity.com/robert-stanek/ You do get people who like to fake their military record. There was a UKIP councillor in Thanet, who used to march in British Legion parades, with his chest covered in medal ribbons. It turned out, he'd never served in the armed forces. His girlfriend (also a councillor), who was registered blind, crashed her car into the fence of a garden centre, after stealing several garden gnomes from them. Not for nothing is the district called Planet Thanet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 This was funny. I especially enjoy how he made up an author called Emily Asimov It lends a certain credibility and "oh wow that can only be a descedendant of the legendary Isaac" when in reality, it's Stanek himself, there is no Emily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 If Trump had decided to become an author rather than a real estate developer, he would be Stanek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Does Amazon have any reason and/or ability to shut down this type of thing? It doesn't necessarily seem illegal, but it's definitely scummy. Since they don't condone sock puppet reviews (although I'm sure they still abound), wouldn't they also want to dissuade others from creating these obviously fake authors solely for the purpose of fake author reviews? Plenty of writers use pseudonyms, but certainly not often for this kind of weird, surely-unprofitable, duplicitous skullduggery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Amazon is a scummy company so I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 How dare you imply Robert Stanek isn't a real author!?! He was a close friend of Brian Jacques. They toured together and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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