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Robert Jackson Bennett

Fantasy author, The Divine Cities and The Tainted Cup

u/Robertjbennett ↗Personal account
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Their 2019 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 19 posts and 706 comments from u/Robertjbennett, dated 2012 to 2026, most often in r/Fantasy, r/books and r/writing.

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “Hello, I am fantasy author Robert Jackson Bennett. AMA!”

Hey! Thanks for doing an AMA. What do you think the trick is for making imaginary cities feel tangible and solid?

u/Robertjbennett replied

For example, the reason the Brooklyn Dodgers are called that is because back at the turn of the century, the city started using electrified trolleys, which moved far, far faster than the horse drawn trolleys. Citizens simply could not conceive…

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For example, the reason the Brooklyn Dodgers are called that is because back at the turn of the century, the city started using electrified trolleys, which moved far, far faster than the horse drawn trolleys. Citizens simply could not conceive of a vehicle moving at 20 miles an hour. They didn't have the societal programming built in to make them aware. So pedestrians died by the dozens, crushed by electrified trolleys hurtling through the streets. So when Brooklyn got a baseball team, they called them the Trolley Dodgers, and eventually lost the trolley part.

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “Hello, I am author Robert Jackson Bennett. AMA!”

I am lithuanian and I have noticed that many characters in your books (at least in Tainted Cup and Drop of Corruption) have names that are nouns in lithuanian language. For example: Sunus Pyktis (Son Anger), Kardas (Sword), Alaus Vanduo (Beer’s Water). Is it just a random choice…

u/Robertjbennett replied

You are dead on. The Rathras characters all pull from Lithuanian words. Kurmini pulls from Kazakh, and Tala from Latin and Greek. The Yarrow language is a bastardized version of Urdu and Punjabi. The races and cultures that use these…

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You are dead on. The Rathras characters all pull from Lithuanian words. Kurmini pulls from Kazakh, and Tala from Latin and Greek. The Yarrow language is a bastardized version of Urdu and Punjabi. The races and cultures that use these languages, of course, are a total mismatch for their real-world counterparts.

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Lore answerAnswering the lore questionsr/Fantasy · 140 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗
A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “I'm fantasy author Robert Jackson Bennett - AMA”

At what point when writing 'City of Stairs' did you decide that the world you'd created needed/deserved another book? It's a fantastic trilogy that I've read twice now.

u/Robertjbennett replied

My editor said, "The fans are saying they all want another, and we agree," and I said, "Are there dollars?" and he said, "Yes, dollars," and I said, "I like those things, so okay." Weirdly this decision became one of…

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My editor said, "The fans are saying they all want another, and we agree," and I said, "Are there dollars?" and he said, "Yes, dollars," and I said, "I like those things, so okay." Weirdly this decision became one of the more pivotal moments of my adulthood and writing career.

Behind the scenesr/Fantasy · 39 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗