Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: Lost Reading and Viewing

Is There an (Ancestor) Text on This Island?

     Books on the Island After All These Years | 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 | Dirty Work | Evil Under the Sun | The Fountainhead | The Gunslinger | Heart of Darkness | Lancelot | Laughter in the Dark | Left Behind | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Our Mutual Friend | Rainbow Six | The Third Policeman | The Turn of the Screw | Watership Down | A Wrinkle in Time

     Ancestor Texts: Alice in Wonderland | “The Damned Thing” | Death and the Maiden | Gilgamesh | Lord of the Flies | The Odyssey | Of Mice and Men | The Outsiders |  “A Psychological Shipwreck” | Robinson Crusoe | Solaris | The Songlines | The Stand | Stranger in a Strange Land | Walden Two | The Watchmen

     Must-See TV and Essential Movies

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Alias | Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel/Firefly | Cast Away | Crossing Jordan | Disaster Movies | Forbidden Planet | Gilligan’s Island | Jurassic Park | The Langoliers | Lost Horizon | Nash Bridges | The Prisoner | Survivor | To Kill a Mockingbird | Twilight Zone | Twin Peaks | The Wizard of Oz | The X-Files

2: Lost Playlist

The Singing Castaways | Channeling the Dead | Making the Band | Geronimo Jackson | DriveShaft | The Genius of Michael Giacchino | Listening Recommendations

3: Lost on the Web

Fan Websites | Official Websites | Conspiracy Theories | Wikis and Forums

4: Between the Lines: Lost and Popular Culture

The Hurley-Sawyer Connection | The Power of Popular Culture | Lost as Reflector and Creator of Popular Culture

5: The Science, Pseudo-Science, & Social Science of Lost

Anger Management | Behaviorism | CPR | Electromagnetism | E.S.P. | Faith Healing | Geodesic Dome | Heuristics | Lacanian Psychology | Nanotechnology | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Parallel Universes | Parapsychology | String Theory |Telekinesis | Utopias and Dystopias

6: Sense of Place

Home Towns and Special Places | Common Destinations | Geographic Connections | Hawaii as a Character | Outside Honolulu | The Art of Selecting and Dressing Sets | Giving Back to the Community

7: Playing Games

A Puzzling Mystery | The Lost Strategy | Video and Mobile Games

8: Behind the Scenes

Biographies and Filmographies for: Actors and Actresses | The Creators | Directors and Writers | The Rest of the Crew

9: Top Tens

Top 10 Books for the Lost Fan | Top 10 Television Series and Movies for the Lost Fan| Top 10 Lost Songs | Top 10 Lost Websites | Top 10 Fan Conspiracy Theories | 10 Reasons Why Lost is Science Fiction | 10 Reasons Why Lost is not Science Fiction

Bibliography

Index