True Detective plagiarized?

[John Bailey]

I agree with the rebuttal - the 'plagiarism' charge fundamentally
misunderstands the term. Otherwise Pynchon would be morally bound to
publish his own a Companion Guide to each of his novels and the works
they draw upon, and how awful would that be...

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Matthew Taylor
<matthew.taylor923 at gmail.com> wrote:
> And a (debatably successful?) rebuttal:
> http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/08/06/true_detective_plagiarized_no_nic_pizzolatto_did_not_plagiarize_thomas_ligotti.html
>
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> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:33 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> http://lovecraftzine.com/2014/08/04/did-the-writer-of-true-detective-plagiarize-thomas-ligotti-and-others/
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>> Anyone here read Ligotti? This is the first I've ever heard of him, so
>> it's hard for me to judge how "Ligottian" True Detecive is. I find the
>> charges very believable, given how none of Cohle's dark worldview, or even
>> the many references to the Yellow King ultimately had a shred of relevance
>> to the final episode.
>>
>> Laura
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