Not wanting to hang out in the Man Cave, I joined them. Beforehand, they briefly attempted to give me the lowdown on everything that happened before. And maybe a little insulted. It's, like, SO much more than that I can't believe you just mentioned Gilligan's Island! Even the usually-hyper dog settled in. All I remember about that night was the characters going into this underground cave and messing around with this glowing rock. There was some sort of earthquake. And a LOT of action and drama involving an elderly-looking gentleman who looked more like Daddy Warbucks than someone who could kick someone's ass.
Plus there was this whole alternate storyline that caused the In-The-Know crew to squeal and shriek and cry. Basically, it was like reading the last chapter of what you just know was a most excellent, but extremely complex, novel. It left me with this feeling of "huh? Were a bunch of creepy vulture-looking puppets going to appear? Was it going to drive the characters insane? I HAD to know! It took me all summer and several sessions of binge watching, but I finally made it to the final moments of the final episode.
And this time I had all the background info I needed. Or so I thought. I can totally follow stuff like that. Compared to other scifi-worthy stuff I've read, watched, and speculated upon during quiet moments throughout the years, the stuff on Lost is pretty elementary. Still entertaining, though. In fact, my favorite book involves an extremely complex flash-sideways AND it has an ending where view spoiler [the reader learns the main character is, in fact, dead and the majority of the story took place in his final moments hide spoiler ] But the details.
The Details. And the little connections that are so minute they can easily get overlooked. My husband and I are currently re-watching it, and there is SO much happening. And SO much that was missed in the first watching. And even the in the second.
Too, I've found there was a lot I'd forgotten about from the first go-around. And this book, regardless of spelling and grammar issues others again, not Others have mentioned, has been really helpful. Although it doesn't really provide any shocking new insight to the show, it does take things slower.
With the book, there is no rapid-fire delivery of information, no corner-of-the-eye flashes that cause the reader me to think things like, "Hey--did she just With the book, though With the book, the reader again, me can take her time and browse at her own pace.
She can look something up if she needs. And sometimes make connections between seemingly unrelated events that she, otherwise, might have missed just in watching. I'm enjoying the show all the more because of the book. And that's a good thing!
Jan 29, Kevin rated it it was ok. This is a huge coffee-table style book that is probably more meant to be used as a coffee-table book than to read for a few reasons: 1. It's huge. This book should come with a warning that dead-lifting it can result in a back injury. The size makes it pretty inconvenient to try to balance on your lap and read too.
Also, for as big as it is, you'd think it would have tons of big, glossy, full-page pictures in it. There are a handful of those, but not nearly enough to justify the heft of this thing This is a huge coffee-table style book that is probably more meant to be used as a coffee-table book than to read for a few reasons: 1. There are a handful of those, but not nearly enough to justify the heft of this thing.
No editing appears to have occurred in the publication process. There are plenty of sentences that just don't make sense or are missing key words. There are also sentences that mysteriously also sentences that mysteriously restart in the middle and repeat themselves. This gets pretty frustrating if you're trying to actually read your way through this book.
It's more useful as a reference book than for new or more in-depth information. Which is to be expected from a book that calls itself an encyclopedia. Just like the last three seasons of LOST, I think the iceberg analogy sounded good but had little substance to back it up. There aren't any answers here. Nov 09, Darren Vincent rated it liked it Shelves: It has its pros and it has its cons, but it is pretty entertaining for a book based on a show that has been off the air for close to two years now.
It is at its best when it is showing us the connections between the survivors and bit players elsewhere that you didn't know were there and didn't pick up on. It is at its worse when it picks a random object to expound upon. Am I really interested in learning about the zodiac boats that were used on the island and freighter. Do I need to know which It has its pros and it has its cons, but it is pretty entertaining for a book based on a show that has been off the air for close to two years now.
Do I need to know which people used the zodiacs and where they were going? I enjoyed the full color images of some of the things that went on in the show that you just caught a glimpse of blast door map and I really enjoyed learning some of the 'official' backstories of the characters that weren't delved into in the show itself. But some of the plot points were repeated and became tiresome. Because lots of characters crossed each others paths throughout the show's evolution, we get a lot of information repeated or explained only slightly differently.
Sun and Jin's stories were so intertwined that they should have been combined into one entry, and so on. There were quite a few typos and repeats of identical sentences within the same paragraph. There were quite a fe typos amd repeats of identical sentences within the sae paragraph. It seems like a cursory proofreading by professionals should have caught this. Overall, the book ranged from four stars to two stars and so a three star is given, but not because it was a three star book throughout, only because the highs averaged out the lows; meaning there are parts that you will probably love and parts that you will just skip, or at the very least read and scratch your head.
Aug 06, Tiffany rated it it was ok Shelves: television , reference. Well, the pictures are nice. I was really excited about this book coming out, but didn't want to read it until I'd finished rewatching the entire series.
As soon as it came out and people started reading it, though, I began hearing not-so-great things about it, mostly examples of things the authors got wrong e. So reading the book, I was taking it all with a grain of salt. Things I was reading and things I was learning may or may not be true Ermmm Things I was reading and things I was learning may or may not be true, and how good of a review can you give a book that may or may not be correct?
Plus, there were lots of editing issues. There were way too many times when chunks of text were repeated within an entry. It's really annoying to read the same text over and over, and it made me wonder why no one noticed such obvious issues. Additionally, there are also punctuation and grammar errors, and poorly- and confusingly-worded sentences.
Picky things, I know, but publishing companies are supposed to have editors -- where were the editors when this was being put together?!? I'd still recommend this book to fans of Lost , but I would warn readers especially people who don't know Lost inside and out to proceed cautiously and not take everything in the book as gospel even though it's endorsed by Damon Lindleof and Carlton Cuse!
Apr 11, Art of the Film rated it it was amazing. I recently purchased this book on sale. Having not seen "Lost" in several years, the book actually has inspired me to revisit the series.
I think this is a must-own for Lost fans, and it would make a great gift. Like a regular encyclopedia, the entries are arranged in alphabetical order. The book also makes use of the show's extensive collection of memorable imagery and includes a variety of pictures on each page. The authors clearly wanted to place as much of an emphasis on the visual aspect of the book as the written aspects. There are a few factual errors and odd omissions here and there, and these are detailed more closely in other customer reviews.
But I would say that the authors had a very tough job here in rounding up all the information and mythology from Lost - not only was the show very dense in general, but it's non-linear presentation made keeping track of things all the more difficult. Overall, they did a good job compiling and editing content for this encyclopedia.
Apr 29, Christine Kayser rated it liked it. I liked this book, because it made me super nostalgic for LOST. But I didn't love it. Because it's written as an encyclopedia, there's no indication of when a piece of information is a real fact or a LOST fact. Example: the article on Australia - what of that is real population, probably and what isn't? There were also several editing mistakes where the same sentence would be there twice in a row. At least six of these, which is disappointing because it's something that should have been caught I liked this book, because it made me super nostalgic for LOST.
At least six of these, which is disappointing because it's something that should have been caught if anyone just read the book. It was a nice little companion book to the show, has great images of screenshots from the show or props, and goes into great detail about backstories and connections.
If you're looking for behind the scenes trivia about filming or actors, you won't get it. But if you want to know details about character backstory, locations, etc.
I also find it oddly appropriate that the book starts with Aaron Littleton an integral character and ends with Zoe the Tina Fey wannabe that showed up in the last three or four episodes.
Mar 28, Kerry Casey rated it it was amazing Shelves: reviewed , film-adaptaions , coffee-table. Being a LOST fanatic, Of course I was going to love this coffee table book and I may add to fans and collectors that is a licensed official product. A full A-Z reference guide of the people, events and even inanimate objects that contributed to the wholeness of 'Lo Being a LOST fanatic, Of course I was going to love this coffee table book and I may add to fans and collectors that is a licensed official product.
A full A-Z reference guide of the people, events and even inanimate objects that contributed to the wholeness of 'Lost'. For eg: Yes you get main character insight and explenations. Creepy cabin from season 3 where Christian Shepard and Claire were in - and appolo bars are the chocolate bar that kept coming up in the show.
It would have been nice to have a bit more explaination to certain things instead of highlighting a character with 'origin unknown' etc but on the whole a great book for the lover of all things Lost. This is a must-have for fans of the television show LOST on for six seasons. It is the ultimate in listing who the characters on the show were and their connections as well as the important objects and myths from the series.
Since mythology and fate vs. It is very organized and detailed. I saw a panel on the production of the book at Comic-Con in This is a must-have for fans of the television show LOST on for six seasons. I saw a panel on the production of the book at Comic-Con in and to see the completed version, it truly lives up to what the fans deserve. The pictures are also gorgeous and the authors are friendly and available on Facebook and Twitter if you have any questions.
It is an encyclopedia so it is fun to look up things you suddenly remembered having a question about but it is also worth reading cover to cover. Oct 16, Phyllis rated it it was ok. I've been skipping around but will soon return to read in sequence, to be sure not to miss anything. One article already disappointed me: the Ancient Dagger. I already know what I saw, but I wanted to know the why behind this. I hope this isn't a harbinger of things to come.
Layout, photographs are all first rate. I finally finished! This isn't the kind of thing you can read much of at once.
I tried to read 6 - 10 pages per day and couldn't always manage that. I expected to learn some new things I've been skipping around but will soon return to read in sequence, to be sure not to miss anything. I expected to learn some new things about Lost, but read very little that wasn't already clear to someone watching the show. One great exception: Nikki and Paulo were bit by spiders were really the Man in Black!
I never knew or forgot that. Also, the articles on Sawyer and Sayid are quite wonderful. This is a good book to have around for freshening the memory. It is beautiful and a pleasure to have on the shelf.
Jun 26, Bunny rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in I really hope the version I read is a first edition, and that in subsequent editions, these editors were shot and replaced with good ones. The blatantly obvious editorial errors were so bad, it made me want to scream.
This book is freaking huge. And I don't just mean thick. I've seen coffee tables smaller than this book. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.
Capcom Various Books Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. In addition to some inconsistencies with what was seen on-screen, numerous copyediting errors appear throughout the body of the book. Beyond having many grammatical and spelling errors, there are several sections of the book where it appears that an early draft of a statement co-exists side by side with the final draft of the same statement.
Lostpedia Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Lost Encyclopedia. View source. History Talk Universal Conquest Wiki. Kate lost sight of Aaron in a supermarket "soon after" she revealed the truth about him to Cassidy. Kate lost sight of Aaron in a supermarket almost three years after her conversation with Cassidy. A white rabbit with the number "15" painted on it appeared in the Swan Orientation Film. No rabbits appeared in that film.
One did in the Orchid Orientation video. Kate climbed out of her cage and opened Sawyer's. They encountered Alex in the jungle, where she helped them escape from Danny Pickett.
A box in the station contained a U. Army knife. The station contained no knife. Ana took the knife from an Other's body. Shannon used her inhaler for several days on the island. On day 9, her inhaler ran out, and the refills Boone had packed in his own luggage were never found. He said this in , when they first showed up on the island via time-travel flash and claimed to have survived a shipwreck. This appears to be a mis-statement, as the same sentence correctly concludes "which Jacob then carried back to the caves".
Danielle showed up at the beach camp. Charlotte's father eventually escaped the Island and had two more daughters with Jeanette. While it is true Charlotte had two younger sisters, she told Daniel after she left the Island "I never saw my dad again. Charlotte bested Juliet in their fight at the Tempest station. Juliet managed to gain the upper hand and hold Charlotte at gunpoint, forcing Charlotte to surrender and explain her and Daniel's actions. In her nightmare, Claire found a plastic baby covered in blood in the crib, one that "mirrors" the substitute baby she would later make.
There was no plastic baby in the nightmare, just blankets and a pool of blood. Though a photo is provided, this scene must have been cut before the episode aired. Fern assisted the doctor who was treating Amy during her early labor. Although both characters were portrayed by the same extra , the nurse that checking up on Amy was Alice , not Fern. Kyker was the director of the Arrow Orientation film. Leslie Arzt helped extract six sticks of dynamite from the Black Rock and placed them into two separate bags held by Kate and Locke.
The first stick Arzt took out of the case exploded blowing him up. Locke then extracted the dynamite that was put into the backpacks. Kelvin moored the boat in a cove. It remained there until the Man in Black sent Kate and Sawyer to it. Between these two events, Desmond took the boat and sailed from the island, returned and gave the boat to Sayid for a mission. Sayid, Jin and Sun sailed to the decoy village and lost the ship to the Others.
Naomi died in December on the island; Sayid would not meet Elsa until after he left the island. Mother murdered Claudia with her own bare hands. Mother murdered Claudia with a rock.
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