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Originally Posted by demonrail666
The Yellow King references are to Robert Chambers book, The King in Yellow, but it's a bit of a red herring. It takes the names yellow king and carcosa from the book but that's about it. The real influence was another horror writer, Thomas Ligotti, who's ideas in Conspiracy Against the Human Rust seem to have inspired the philosophical side of the Rust character, to the extent that some people have accused the TD creators of plagiarism.
RUST: "Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law."
LIGOTTI: "We know that nature has veered into the supernatural by fabricating a creature that cannot and should not exist by natural law."
And so on.
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Interesting. Thanks for this. I will look into this Ligotti dude right away.
Really, really great show though. I don't even want to call it a show. That first season should have been its own deal. A one-off miniseries. Season 2 had a lot of great elements, but season 1 is up there with Breaking Bad, LOST and even Twin Peaks.