True Detective Season 4

I assume it is supposed to be an homage to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket rather than a Ligotti reference.

RB: What is the Tsalal? The Tsalal is a figure in "The Shadow, The Darkness" -- the novella included in the 999 anthology -- and of course the long story "The Tsalal." Is the Tsalal related to Lovecraft's God, Azathoth (who is also a presence in "The Sect of the Idiot")? Also, is the nausea in "The Shadow, The Darkness" a reference to Sartre?

TL: I ripped off the word Tsalal from Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," in which it refers to a land where everything is black. Tsalal is a Hebrew word related to the idea of darkness and darkening. In using this word I'm simply following a convention of horror literature which is best known to me in the works of Lovecraft, although I don't think of it as being specifically related to anything in Lovecraft's fiction. At the time I was writing "The Tsalal" and "The Shadow, the Darkness," this seemed like a grand, to the point of grandiosity, word to serve as a sort of summation of what I was thinking and feeling at the time.
Interview with Thomas Ligotti
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EDIT: Note also that the island Tsalal appears in both sequels to Poe's novel by Jules Verne (An Antarctic Mystery) and Charles Romeyn Dake (A Strange Discovery) both taking place in South Polar regions where Poe's novel abruptly ends. Therefore when i read the synopsis of the new TD season with "Tsalal Arctic Research Station" mentioned , I instantly thought of Poe rather than Ligotti. But then if that's also a Ligotti reference then i am all for it. Let's hope the series creators manage to appropriately pay homage to these writers this time around.
 
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I assumed it was a double-homage to both Poe and Ligotti. Especially with the darkness inside them bit.
 
Same. Given both TD's avowed (notorious) Ligottian involvement in season 1 and the arctic setting of season 4, I'm assuming the resonances and connotations of "Tsalal" are double/multi-layered.

Or even if that's not intentional, it's still indubitably there.
 
The Arctic setting gave me a Lovecraftian At the Mountains of Madness vibe. It also brought to mind the book Big Dead Place by Nicholas Johnson. (The author references Ligotti) With Jodie Foster as the lead, it gives me confidence that this series will have a strong script and production values.
 
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Very exciting. Reminds me of "The Terror". Guess I will resubscribe when it comes out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZKjdewbZQ
 
There was such a redemption with Season 3. I wonder if this won't be a star trek movie issue where there are fans of the even #s and fans of the odd #s.
S3 did such a good job of bringing back the qualities set in S1 without being a beat for beat repetition.
I wonder if Jodie Foster's chin will stick out when she is being tenacious? Try not seeing that in every one of her scenes, now. (Sorry)
 
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