Latest with Plagiarism Scandal
January 13th, 2008 by Writer Unboxed
Weekend Update 2: Researchers with the Smart Bitches site have uncovered a new sad truth in the plagiarism scandal involving Cassie Edwards–similarities between one of her novels and the Pulitzer-prize winning novel Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge. Here are two comparable excerpts:
Beyond were red-brown cliffs, dull orange bald rock, and yellow sand, leading away to blend into a kind of purplish brown with hazy blue mountains for background. (p. 63, Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards)
Beyond its level were red-brown cliffs, dull orange bald-rock, yellow sand, leading away to blend into a kind of purplish brown with blue clouds of mountains for background. (p. 115, Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge)
Looking up, he saw magnificent dark firs growing along the ledges. Up there, the ruddy rock, touched by sunlight, became dull orange and buff with flecks of gold and a golden line where the earth met a cloudless sky. (p. 63, Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards)
Looking up, one saw magnificent, dark firs growing along the ledges and hanging valleys. Up there, the ruddy rock, touched by the sunlight, became dull orange and buff, with flecks of gold, and a golden line where it met a …” (free Google preview ended here)
(p. 100, Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge)
Wow. Her work really is just a mix of OTHER people’s works. How sad!
Oh man. That just sucks. For everyone.