skill fable and fancy author , include Pat Rothfuss and David Louis Edelman , have startle noticing a rash of one - asterisk review of their Scripture on Amazon.com , all at once , The reviews seem to come from new make profiles , and often say the same affair in slightly different words over and over . And now , percipient believe they ’ve fingered the perpetrator : frustrated illusion author Robert Stanek . In the past times , Stanek has had the riding habit of posting short ton of “ anon. ” one - star reviews of people ’s books which all say , “ This guy is rubbish , if you want to take real phantasy , go read Robert Jordan , George R.R. Martin and Robert Stanek ! ” The raw batch of reappraisal do n’t advert Stanek by name , but do suggest that the author should try out serving in the armed forces to build character ( a Stanek boogeyman . ) And if you look at their profile , the anonymous accounts have all tagged Stanek as a favourite author . All of this bring up the enquiry : How much damage can one anonymous maniac with an ground forces of sock puppet really do to an established author on Amazon ? [ SFF World ]
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