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Post by dragonlord on Jun 1, 2007 19:47:22 GMT -5
There has been some debate as to whether Ruin Mist is a world or a multiverse. While often referred to as a "fantasy world" Ruin Mist is a multiverse.
The primary realms or planes are
Over Earth Under Earth Middle Earth
These realms are accessed by magical gateways, and there are places in between the realms.
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Post by dragonlord on Jun 26, 2007 10:36:02 GMT -5
Yes, especially with how much RS tries to help other indie authors.
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Post by dragonlord on Jun 25, 2007 20:43:16 GMT -5
One of RS's biggest detractors seems to be Jason Gianchinno who self published 3 books and now publishes under his own press (Bellisimo) using a pen name (Jason Rider). Jason was outed on Amazon when one of his fake accounts (TC Bookbug) was used to attack RS.
That Jason being behind many of the 2005 to present attacks on RS seems likely and the primary factor seems to be jealousy. Jason also has ties to both Amazon and Audible where many of the attacks on RS have occured.
In addition to tracing attacks to Jason, I believe I've also traced some of the earliest attacks on RS back to J H Sweet. One of J H Sweets Amazon aliases is e.e. rowan another is R. Rowan.
e.e. rowan was used to promote J H Sweet's books. R. Rowan was used to post nasty reviews of RS books. Both go back to 2004.
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Post by dragonlord on Jun 1, 2007 18:58:18 GMT -5
I would add:
In dealing with these, you need to separate the pranksters from the huksters.
Some of the flames posted about Robert Stanek, probably meant as pranks, have statements such as "The worst book ever. Avoid at all costs." These prank posts are designed to get someone's angry reaction or get them to not want to buy the books. Lots of these kinds of posts are in forums of other authors and on review sites. These types of posts are bothersome, but if you understand them for what they are, they can't do any harm.
Other flames are designed to do damage to Mr. Stanek's reputation. Alone these flames wouldn't carry much weight but the individuals involved have made such postings in dozens of sites and dozens of forums using a variety of aliases. Forum and site owners should clean up these types of posts as they add nothing of value, and only help to create a hostile environment for readers/fans of the author.
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Post by dragonlord on Jun 1, 2007 19:03:38 GMT -5
Robert Stanek's most popular works are the Ruin Mist books. As an avid reader, when I look at the important works of fantasy over the past few decades, Robert Stanek's Ruin Mist books are right at the top. The world of Ruin Mist is fascinating.
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Post by dragonlord on Mar 24, 2006 21:21:16 GMT -5
Thank you..... It does sound interesting. Please feel free to share more with us. I'm going to see if I can order it as a special order. Sometimes they stock a few that way.
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Post by dragonlord on Jun 25, 2007 20:52:41 GMT -5
Truly classics!
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Post by dragonlord on May 5, 2007 12:51:23 GMT -5
With RS the many subtleties truly make rereads worthwhile. The first read is cool, the second is even better.
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Post by dragonlord on Mar 8, 2007 20:46:10 GMT -5
I would not doubt Patrick Carmen has read Robert Stanek's Ruin Mist books. Carmen originally self-published Dark Hills Divide. Stanek and Carmen are both from Washington state. I think I read somewhere Carmen moved to upstate New York recently but before that it says he lived in southern Washington state. RS lives in southern Washington state. I would imagine as a writer it'd be hard not to be influenced by current reading.
I haven't seen anything about Atherton but did take a look just now. Um, scrawny dark-haired boy climbing cliff face from the cover, look familiar to anyone? Hint take a look at themagiclands.com and the stadnard magic lands covers with scrawny dark-haired boy climbing cliff face on the cover.
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Post by dragonlord on Mar 3, 2007 13:54:33 GMT -5
keeperofdreams, you still around?
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Post by dragonlord on Dec 31, 2006 15:08:26 GMT -5
Many writers are masters at borrowing themes and ideas from others to further their own works. Robert Jordan excels at this, as he’s borrowed ideas from about every other fantasy ever written as his series has gone along. If there's a good idea that any fantasy writer has ever written, Jordan has plumbed it. Something I've seen is that some contemporary fantasy writers seem to have been influenced by Robert Stanek's works (whether they'd admit so is something else entirely). As I read Gene Wolfe's The Wizard Knight books I couldn't help but see the things borrowed. Like Ruin Mist, Mythgarthr has realms below and realms above. The realms below are described as not being underground but accessible by gateways. The realms above a described as being aboveground and accessible by climbing into the sky—think of underearth and overearth. His underworld realms have no sun, moon or stars—think underearth. His overworld realms are into the clouds and stars—think of overearth. There's even a place much like the City of the Sky. Wolfe even goes so far as to banter about whether the many worlds are actual worlds or realms. He opens the books with 1 or 2-line descriptions of places and people, not unlike Stanek’s own descriptions of places and people in Ruin Mist (which he placed at the ends of his original edition books). The main character, Sir Able, not unlike Vilmos, is haunted by dreams, dreams that shape his life. And, not unlike Vilmos, he descends and ascends into various parts of the world. Sir Able's "adopted father" is also named "Vil". Vil is Vilmos's "adopted father's" nickname. A coincidence? A tribute to Ruin Mist?
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Post by dragonlord on Feb 22, 2007 12:31:50 GMT -5
To read more of the ancient history and the time when titans and dragons ruled would be amazing. Tnavres is interesting in the way of its tricks and in how RS hints at the subterfuge by the backwards spelling of the word.
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