polishgenius Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 It's odd how Staneks facts are much more inventive than his fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marwyn Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 So is he blaming this forum now for saying he's a fraud?.. Awesome guys. Im so proud of you hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupigis Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 These are the diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal lovebelieves that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)requires excessive admirationhas a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectationsis interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own endslacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of othersis often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or hershows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes I am not a doctor, but sometimes you don't have to be one to make an educated guess. At the very least, numbers 1,2,5,6 and 8 all seem to fit Stanek pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 David Langford did an SFX column a couple of months ago on an impenetrably obscure internet kerfuffle with the names changed to protect the terminally incompetent. Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Does anyone have info on what happened with Rothfuss? Gotta see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Check out the last few pages of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 David Langford did an SFX column a couple of months ago on an impenetrably obscure internet kerfuffle with the names changed to protect the terminally incompetent. Fascinating. That was quite a nice little read. As to the other link...the one blaming ASOIAF fans? I object to being called "enormous fans ". He doesn't know me. How dare he call me fat? I'm simply retaining a little more weight in sympathy for my pregnant wife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I'm impressed with his time travel abilities, considering he posted that in December 2009. Maybe it is a new self-promotion strategy from Stanek? He starts off slightly in the future then in a couple of weeks he'll blog dated December 2020 saying how proud he is to have won that year's Nobel Prize for Literature. So is he blaming this forum now for saying he's a fraud?.. Awesome guys. Im so proud of you biggrin.gif hahaha. Yes, I suspect that his blog post might be a bit counterproductive, since saying how much people exposing his dubious marketing practices has reduced his sales figures is only likely to encourage people to keep exposing his latest scam. I am starting to feel slightly sorry for Robert Newcomb for having to share the thread title with Stanek, Newcomb may be an awful author but at least he doesn't conduct elaborate fake marketing campaigns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 I am starting to feel slightly sorry for Robert Newcomb for having to share the thread title with Stanek, Newcomb may be an awful author but at least he doesn't conduct elaborate fake marketing campaigns. I know, it hardly seems fair anymore. Mr. Newcomb if you're reading, I apologize for putting you in this thread with Stanek. I may not like your books, I may find your writing atrocious, I may find your concepts borderline offensive, but I should have known from the beginning that you did not merit being compared to Robert Stanek. I'm sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Perhaps an apt comparison to Stanek would be Eng. We need an Eng thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Irving Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 That's the "Asian Supremacist" whose like a big freaking otherkin right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pita Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 That's sort of like calling Terry Goodkind "That Objectivist author, right"? Eng is crazy. I love Eng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Irving Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 OH shit I just saw that interview Eng did with that anti muslim asshat on Fox News, woah Eng makes Tairy Goodkind look sane. His book is about Cybernetic dragons who evolved to be cybernetic BTW does anyone know what the hell is he talking about with Shaq and Sofia Copella? Also seems to have an extreme narcisistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pika Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm not exactly "current" when it comes to fantasy writers so.. who is this eng person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Irving Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Kenneth Eng is a unstable fantasy writer who who has a somewhat unnatural love for dragons. That and he's racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pika Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Yes after having been able to look him up.. I saw that fox news thing on youtube.. ' well first I wanna talk about these cyborg dragons in the middle ages ' .. uhh.. wut oooohkayy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durckad Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Yes after having been able to look him up.. I saw that fox news thing on youtube.. ' well first I wanna talk about these cyborg dragons in the middle ages ' .. uhh.. wut oooohkayy.. Holy crap. That is one unhinged bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Wow. Now that interview with Fox is utterly shameless self-promotion. I wonder if it actually generated any sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmail Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I never knew about this Eng guy, but he sure has a hard on for Dragons. That Fox interview is something else. I'd almost be interested to read his book, or have someone on the board do it so we can laugh. But then, he's that crazy that i think he would find us and send his Dragons after us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pika Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I never knew about this Eng guy, but he sure has a hard on for Dragons. That Fox interview is something else. I'd almost be interested to read his book, or have someone on the board do it so we can laugh. But then, he's that crazy that i think he would find us and send his Dragons after us. probably something deeply Freudian about his fixation with dragons.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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