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Old 03-15-2014, 02:21 PM   #9
Prestidigitweeze
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Originally Posted by salty-horse View Post
It's true, salty horse: people who weren't even aware of Cioran or Ligotti -- let alone this book -- have suddenly expressed an interest in reading The King in Yellow.

I'm more interested in their choosing to read books they normally wouldn't than I am in caring about whether their motivation comes from a mainstream source. People have been reading Schopenhauer, too, as a result of TD, which I think is terrific.

Your blushing emoticon could mean that you were either brought here by an interest in True Detective yourself or are embarrassed that I mentioned the series. Either way, no worries.

Which brings us back to my reason for posting: Though Don's edition of The King in Yellow can be easily converted to ePub and mobi in Calibre, people's searches for those versions won't take them to Mobile Read and to his hard work. That seems a shame.

Sadly, I have now seen TD and find that its relegation of nihilism and pessimism to a single character who ultimately opts for "the light" doesn't do justice to the series' supposed sources. But if Nic Pizzolatto's reading list compels people to sample more classic, vintage and/or obscure writers than they normally would, then he's done something right.

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