Wednesday, May 26, 2010

'The LOST Books' Part III

Today I give you the third and final installment of “The LOST Books,” that is books and authors that appeared or were referenced during the hit television show, LOST.
As I mentioned on Monday and Tuesday, some fans of the show have made a side hobby out of collecting and noting all of the books and authors that appeared or were referenced during the show’s six seasons. The show was so mysterious that fans often saw these books and references as clues with a hidden meaning about what was really happening and where the show was headed.On the Web site, Lostpedia, there’s an entire section devoted to the books featured on the show as well as literary references made during all six seasons. On Monday, I covered titles A-F on the list, and on Tuesday I gave you titles G-O. Today, I give you titles P-Z. Without further ado, here they are.
1. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
2. Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
3. Rick Romer’s Version of Astrology by Rick Romer
4. Roots by Alex Haley
5. A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda
6. The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells
7. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
8. The Shining by Stephen King
9. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
10. The Stand by Stephen King
11. The Stone Leopard by Colin Forbes
12. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
13. The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne
14. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
15. The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien
16. Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
17. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
18. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
19. Ulysses by James Joyce
20. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
21. Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler
22. VALIS by Phillip K. Dick
23. Watership Down by Richard Adams
24. What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
25. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
26. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Before I wrap this thing I up, I should mention a short, LOST book list called the “Sawyer Book List.” In spite of his rough personality, James “Sawyer” Ford is an avid reader. Throughout the course of the show, he’s seen reading or references a number of books including “Watership Down,” “Lord of the Flies,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “Lancelot,” “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret,” “Julius Caesar,” “Bad Twin,” “Of Mice and Men,” “The Fountainhead,” “Evil Under the Sun,” “The Invention of Morel,” and “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.”
In the end, I'd like to know how many of these books have you read. How many have you always wanted to read? How many of them have you never heard of? Let us know in the comments section below.

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