Lost Books
So I have some time this summer to do some reading, and I thought I’d include on my list some LOST related books…I know there are a bunch referenced on the show, but I’m blanking trying to come up with them.
If anyone can think of some good LOST-referenced books, or of somewhere where I can find a list, please post!
“Of Mice And Men” off the top of my head. I thought immediately of when Ben shows Sawyer the rabbit with the number on it ‘die.’ they both quote a passage from the book.
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=bookclub
Yo, check it. The Lost Bookclub.
There is also a page on Dark’s site that lists books from the show…
Woot! I’m not the only lost nerd who wants to read the books from the show…just because they’re mentioned in the show…They also have a list or something on ABC.com… I think
i think the jules verne “the mysterious island” book might have a couple things from the show on it
The Stand by Stephen King. Carrie is also referenced. Catch 22, Slaughterhouse 5. The Wizard of Oz. Alice in Wonderland.
im currently reading VALIS. then ill have to read it again, cuz there might be something i missed the first time around…
I’m working on Our Mutual Friend right now… having a hard time figuring out how Brits understood each other in the late 1800s but I’m getting it…
I have The Shape of Things to Come, Lord of the Flies, A Wrinkle in Time, Valis, Through the Looking Glass and Stranger in a Strange Land on my night stand… oh my God I’m a nerd. I plan on reading them over the summer.
Best I have read that I was inspired to read by the show so far was The Turn of the Screw, while written in like 1890 it really gives you an appreciation for how the writers go about bringing “horror” elements to show and keeping you on the edge of your seat and they cite this book as inspiration. It is also referenced in the show making it a double whammy.
may i suggest, anything by hunter s thompson, cos, to write lost, i think one would have to be as drunk or high as him.
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I love Hunter S. Thompson. He was the first writer to include the writer in the narrative of the story.
A brilliant mind!
i love him to! he has a way with words like me, so mesmarising, and like me i always transfer you all to a diffrent place, that reminds you of your happy youth….
yet whatever!
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losts-colombo, yes you do have a way with words!
I was saddened by the tragic end of Hunter’s life. But, I guess that’s how he wanted it to be….
HAHHA, i do not, but thank you.
my uncle loves hunter, and seems to know everything about him, and apparently when he died he wanted his ashes blown out of a human canon! well funny!
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One of my nephews is a huge Hunter fan, and his favourite movie is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Very quirky movie!
yeah! is a good movie,
whats yor favourite book, mines rum diarys, its sooo good.
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I really liked Fear and Loathing!
But, I also liked Hells Angels. It was a very interesting read!
I’ll have to check out Rums Diary, I know nothing about that book!
oh yeah! iforgotabout that one, it was good to.
“tiny hurts people” love that!
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losts-colombo, one of the reasons, I like him so much, is that he was a very adventurous, quirky person. A ‘character’, in his own right.
I am drawn to people who are ‘their own’ kind of people. I find them way more interesting.
yeah you should read it, its his best writing in my opinion, its a short book,but its just amazing the way he writes, especially after all that margherita!
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i agree, i really like when johnny depp reads his writings, it transports me into his head for a small holiday in the mind of a great writer.
i usually have to study when i read him for the american refrences but its amazing,
may i suggest you get the fear and loathing sound track, its great, cos it har johnny depp reading from the book, and the bits he reads complement the next song, if you like hunter like i do youll love it!
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losts-colombo, thanks for the reference! I will definitely check it out!
Johnny Depp does do a small version on You-Tube of the reading.
ohhhhhhhh i will check that out to thank you! if onlyyou lived in scotland i could have sent yo the book via pigeon, we still do that here….
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I wonder how long that might take?? lol
I hope I might live that long!
probablyas long as highbrows…brow.ahah
and you certaiinly wont live that long.
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hahaha! He’s really going to freak, when he finds out we were talking smack about him while he was gone!
Tell me more! lol
ahahha, sorry couldnt help it, poor guy, such an unprovoked attackbut every dog has his day! especially ones with big eye brows!
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lol, I am getting a picture in my mind of the shaggy dog! lol
Thos are some pretty huge brows! lol
ahaha! with his big furry brows and squint eyes…possibly a leather jacket and a hooped earing! ahah!
so endearing!
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Are you sure you haven’t been into that gin yet? lol
Now there’s a picture I can’t wait to squeeze out of my brain! lol
ahahah, ive not had any gin! but that dog sounds cool, hed be called trevor. and emm…hed hate topcat and vica versa!
get off my patch top cat!
what your eyebrow patch? or….
woof woof!
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OMG, topcat? Now there’s an oldie but a goody!
How many ‘whatever happened, happened’ comments do you think, highbrow will post on my future theories? lol
It was well worth it! lol
ahaha, my boss has topcat theme tune has his mobile phone ringtone, needless to say hes a bit of a tosser! ahaha!
dont get me started on whatever happened happened, i find it ridiculous really. its so hypathetical its almost joan river….not even real. ahaha
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A tosser! lol
highbrow knows how much I hate it, and he torments me relentlessly!
Twisted little man, that he is! lol
hahaha! hes a topcat tosser! hes not the nicest guy to say the least.
dont worry about the teasing anyomore just mention the brow! cos if the brow is a rocking, he wont come a knocking! ahah!
poor guy.
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hahaha wait until he sees that last statement!
Glad you said it, and not me!
I will be hiding myself away from him for awhile!
That was priceless!
ahaha, hell never find it, ill tell admin to censor it from his eyes…(insert monobrow joke here)
ahah
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There is a good list on the ABC website but an even better one on the Lostpedia website. I’ve actually just started a LOST book club on Facebook. You should make one (it’s wicked easy) and come join us. We’ve only just begun reading our first book and haven’t discussed yet. You could catch up with no problem. I have a lot of people interested, so they are going to lurk us for awhile and then join in. If you’re interested, then look me up (Amanda DeWindt) and send me a message on FB. We’ll all be happy to hear from you. 🙂
I don’t mind being teased really… especially when you’re teasing about whatever happened, happened since your ideas about changing the past would work only in a television show. But seriously, when did I tease anyone?
ahah! well, im kinda sorry, i guess it was just of the momoent for me,but i guess theyll be rollin in it for a while!
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Listen ‘browman’, being teased is evidence that you are liked, and worthy of the attention! Don’t push your luck, now! lol
yeah thats right…browman! dont push your luck!
ahaha
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Oh, I’ll push it. I’ll push it real good.
highbrow, having another flashback to the 80’s?
That’s a song by Salt N’ Peppa!
monobows were cool in the 80s thats why….steve urkle….em…and loads others!
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Oh, you get the song by Salt n’ Peppa but you don’t get “Forever Your Girl”, Paula Abdul’s debut album?
highbrow, you got me there! I am not too familiar with Paula’s songs!
And, thanks for the compliment! I am still as nice as Paula. blush!
whos paula abdul?……any relation t robbie williams!!
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She’s on American Idol, losts-colombo, and highbrow says I remind him of her ‘niceness’.
Dabs is very nice. Paula is very nice. I think Paula is nice because of drugs though.
oh i see! what is she? white and live in the north pole and various zoos?
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HA HA! Yeah, they’re both quite furry!
ahahha!
nice in a drugs way! ahaha!
highbrows got his doobie goggles on!
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Paula has a new jewlery line on Home Shopping Network called “Forever Your Girl”… I saw a commercial for it this morning… she was even dressed in her mid-eighties gear…
highbrow, thanks I think! lol
I am not on drugs to help me be nice.
I see it is my turn to be picked on and teased by the two of you today! hahaha!
You can’t permeate my thick fur!
PS: Where is your picture losts-colombo??
Get it up there!
Dabs, your left that last comment up and over the plate but I’m not going to swing at it.
ive absolutley no idea to put one up!??
help!
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Help is right. Go to help at the top and the only entry (unless they recently added some) is how to change your picture.
yeah i tried that, i sighned up, and put a picture up, but it never worked…??
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Really? Did you make sure you used the same registration email there that you used here?
yeah, i only have one email, ill keep trying the now though
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losts-colombo, you have to clear the cache on your Browser in order for the picture to post!
how does one do that?
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If that were the issue it would still post for us…
think it might have worked now!
….my picture has nothing to do with lost though!
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yes it worked! i realised why it wasnt, i must have given it a PG rating!
which is justified cos i do look really good!
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Did you crash the gravatar site? Because now none of them are showing up!
Yay, they’re back!
ahahha, i think i probably did for a bit, i was clearing my cache like mad!
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I didn’t read through completley, so I don’t know if anybody’s mention this one yet, but it’s called Lord of the Flies. My cousin said it has Lost connections, although I havn’t read it and he doesn’t watch Lost so…