True Detective plagiarized?

[Mark Thibodeau]

Anybody here ever get into Ramsey Campbell's work? Some fantastic short stories.

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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:02 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ligotti's OK. Not sure I buy the modern heir to HPL line but he was readable
> along withe the likes of TED Klein, Dennis Etchison, Charles L Grant, etc. I
> loved these guys growing up though only Robert Aickman has stuck with me
> through the years. A handful of stories but what great things they are. Very
> British unlike the above dudes. And very un lovecraft-like. Very subtle
> strange unease.
>
> I'm reading ST Joshi's mammoth Lovecraft bio. The life is intriguing me more
> than the work
>
> Rich
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, <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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