Livia Llewellyn’s “Jetsam” Plagiarized
It has come to my attention that a man named David Boyer (which may be one pseudonym of many) has plagiarized Livia Llewellyn’s “Jetsam,” her story which appeared in Sybil’s Garage No. 4, and passed it off as his own. There is a blog post describing the offense here, and more posts describing the investigation of this David Boyer (with many other instances of plagiarism, including none other than Dean Koontz) here.
Authors put their blood, sweat and tears into their work (I know, I’m one of them), and it can be horribly frightening and demeaning to see someone take that hard work and pass it off as their own, without permission, without credit. The act is despicable, especially since it seems this offender — I dare not call him an “author” for he is nothing of the kind — has done this multiple times.
So I propose we celebrate original fiction. I kindly ask that you please support Livia by reading her story “Jetsam” here and writing a comment in support of her and in support of original fiction. Please help spread the word that originality matters.
I love that story–what a shame. I recommend everyone re-visit it.
Here are my comments from my original review of SG4:
“Livia Llewellyn’s ‘Jetsam’ is phantasmagoric, a great ‘what if’ taking contemporary metaphors of self to their logical conclusions. In this story, which draws its force from alienation in commodified society, ruin has learned to eat, and the middenheaps of its kipple-filled gullet are the new reality.”
Obviously, highly recommended.
Hello Matthew,
If you’d like to make a real difference,you can join hundreds of other writers, the HWA, the SFWA and the National Writers Union who have all supported my filing against him for Consumer Fraud with the Indiana Attorney General, Consumer Fraud Division.
Here’s the link: http://thewriterandthewhitecat.blogspot.com/2011/10/call-to-action-for-all-writers.html
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