MisterOJ Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 To be perfectly honest, I started this thread as mostly a joke, but I am also mildly interested in reading one of these books - if for no other reason than to see if they are as bad as others purport them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prone_to_say_stupid_things Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 To be perfectly honest, I started this thread as mostly a joke, but I am also mildly interested in reading one of these books - if for no other reason than to see if they are as bad as others purport them to be.I just put a request to get The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 1 and The Bugville Critters Visit Mom and Dad at Work delivered to my library through inter-library loan.Oh and I found his Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Administrator's Pocket Consultant too. Although I don't know if that is going to be of any use to me - being neither a professional or an administrator. The Amazon editorial review actually gives this a rave review: "Ounce for ounce and dollar for dollar, the Pocket Consultant series from Microsoft Press is one of the best values around. The editors do a good job of recruiting competent authors and having them comply with well-thought-out style and formatting rules. Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket Consultant is one of the gems of the series ... A particularly nice characteristic of Stanek's style: His skill at combining straight procedures ("Just follow these steps and it'll work") with supplementary information about options ("On the other hand, if you're doing something unusual, you might need to modify the standard procedure a bit"). As no real-life installation of Windows XP ever seems to match authors' ideas of normalcy, the supplementary information is critical." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thank you for the sacrifice of your sanity, prone (PTSST? We need to find a good abbreviation for you, we're a lazy lot here)Would you like to share your experiences here, chapter by chapter?(like the Tairy threads) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sheepf*cker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 In the Service of Dragons is the 5th book in the series. It wouldn't make much sense if you started there (it would be like trying to read Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series at a Feast of Crows,skipping the first three books).And maybe he is a best-selling non-fiction author for his computer books that he writes under his real name William R. Stanek.The other one's were checked out and I didn't plan on investing myself in the series so I wasn't really concerned whether or not it made sense, I just wanted to see if his writing was as shit as everyone said it was........and it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prone_to_say_stupid_things Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thank you for the sacrifice of your sanity, prone (PTSST? We need to find a good abbreviation for you, we're a lazy lot here)Would you like to share your experiences here, chapter by chapter?(like the Tairy threads)I don't think we need to waste more board space on such detail and from what I remember of the book and from this chapter-by-chapter of the entire series in progress, it is would not be as interesting as the Tairy threads.A concise paragraph or two would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Robert Stanek Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Then read the Dark Path - Elf Queen's Quest, The Elf Queen and King 1, and The Elf Queen and King 2.Are you kidding?There is not a single person in this forum with the balls to experience my dark path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 nonono more subtlety for an effective alt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Waits for the onslaught of Sock Puppet Alts.Or just a boarder with the name Sock Puppet.Go ahead and sign up for your new accounts. I'll wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Are you kidding?There is not a single person in this forum with the balls to experience my dark path.Good job on picking the creepy Christmas tree picture.I find most of the pictures of Stanek somewhat off-putting. I don't know if that's because of all the stuff I've read by and about him or not. I think I'll show the wife some of the photos this weekend and just ask her what they "say" to her, since she has no idea at all who Stanek is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Oh dear, another one. I bet this one is the real deal...I must admit that he has a positively Rahlian raptor-like stare going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I think I'll show the wife some of the photos this weekend and just ask her what they "say" to her, since she has no idea at all who Stanek is.Just don't be surprised when you get the divorce papers citing "cruel and unusuall punishment" though... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Are you kidding?There is not a single person in this forum with the balls to experience my dark path.Sounds more like Joe Abercrombie or Luke Scull. Unless he is using his skills as an author to sound like another person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Or just a boarder with the name Sock Puppet.I second this request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 [MOD]No more alts, people.[/MOD] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 This thread is becoming so negative again. I thought we were here to celebrate the genius of Robert S?Haha, I just had this hilarious image of some of these posts being used as blurbs on the back of his next book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lord's Kiss Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 How did someone get a picture of him at his Christmas tree? Unless he just takes random pictures at Christmas trees around the holiday's. That was creepy though. I can't even get through the dissection that is "The Life and Lies of Robert Stanek," without stopping to contemplate the utter dastardly bullshit one person can wreak, so I doubt I'll be paying to read any of his "bestselling" texts anytime soon. Entertaining thread, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Sometimes I wonder if the man in those pictures isn't some kind of elaborate animatoronic, and the real Stanek is like...an intelligent sock, or something.Or a rouge muppet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I am so tempted to make 5-6 Stanek alts, all with different sweaters, and have them argue with one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I am so tempted to make 5-6 Stanek alts, all with different sweaters, and have them argue with one another.Make one Bulgarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 How did someone get a picture of him at his Christmas tree? Unless he just takes random pictures at Christmas trees around the holiday's. That was creepy though. I can't even get through the dissection that is "The Life and Lies of Robert Stanek," without stopping to contemplate the utter dastardly bullshit one person can wreak, so I doubt I'll be paying to read any of his "bestselling" texts anytime soon. Entertaining thread, though.He even has a lower body in this picture meaning he almost certainly was with the Christmas tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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