Lost’s Buried Treasures: The Unofficial Guide to Everything Lost Fans Need to Know

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Introduction

1: Lost Reading and Viewing

Is There an (Ancestor) Text on This Island?

•  Books in the Narrative: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret | Bad Twin | The Bible | Book of Law | A Brief History of Time | The Brothers Karamazov | Carrie | Catch-22 | Everything That Rises Must Converge | The Fountainhead | The Gunslinger | The invention of Morel | Lancelot | Laughter in the Dark | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Our Mutual Friend | A Separate Reality | The Third Policeman | The Turn of the Screw | Ulysses | VALIS | Watership Down | A Wrinkle in Time | Y: The Last Man

• Ancestor Texts: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | “The Damned Thing” | Gilgamesh | The Little Prince | Lord of the Flies | Moby-Dick | The Mysterious Island | The Odyssey | Of Mice and Men |  “A Psychological Shipwreck” | Robinson Crusoe | Solaris | The Stand | Stranger in a Strange Land | Walden Two

• Must-See TV and Essential Movies: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Alias | Back to the Future | Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel/Firefly | Cast Away | Crossing Jordan | Disaster Movies | Fantasy Island | Forbidden Planet | Fringe | Gilligan’s Island | Jurassic Park | Lost Horizon | Nash Bridges | The Prisoner | Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi | Survivor | To Kill a Mockingbird | Twilight Zone | Twin Peaks | The Wizard of Oz | The X-Files

2: Lost Playlist

The Musical Castaways | Choosing the Right Song for the Scene | Channeling the Dead | Making the Band | Geronimo Jackson | DriveShaft | DriveShaft's and Charlie's Real-World Popularity | The Genius of Michael Giacchino | Soundtracks for Seasons One-Four | The Significance of an Effective Soundtrack

3: Between the Lines: Lost and Popular Culture

Why Is Popular Culture So Important? | The Hurley-Sawyer Connection | The Power of Popular Culture | Lost as Reflector and Creator of Popular Culture

4: Waking the Dead

The Meaning of Death | Season Six: The Zombie Season | Jacob | Apparitions | Messages from Beyond | Prophetic Dreams and Visions | Those Who Seek the Dead | Special or Insane?

5: Significance of Place

Home Towns and Special Places | Common Destinations | Hawaii as a Character | Around Honolulu | The Art of Selecting and Dressing Sets

6: Lost Questions without Answers

7: Behind the Scenes

Lost Actors | Lost Writers | Lost Directors

8: Top Tens

Ten Books/Essays to Read about Lost | Top Ten Television Series and Movies for Lost Fans | Top Ten Lost Websites | Top Ten Lost Episodes: Keepers and Those to Throw Back

Lost Episode Guide

Notes | Bibliography | Filmography—available at http://davidlavery.net/LBT

Index