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Bibliography
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Bibliography: Lost has generated a good deal of critical analysis and writings published elsewhere. This page collects an annotated and alphabetical list of critical and academic articles, books, and resources about the show. It is not a collection of news stories, reviews, novels, or general websites.
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Books
- Ankerberg, John and Dillon Burroughs, What Can Be Found in Lost?: Insights on God and the Meaning of Life from the Popular TV Series. Harvest House, 2007.
- Card, Orson Scott (Editor), Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J. J. Abrams' Lost. Benbella Books, 2006.
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- Collection of essays by popular writers speculating and analyzing the show.
- Porter, Lynette and David Lavery, Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide. Sourcebooks, 2006 (1st ed.), 2007 (2nd ed.)
- ISBN 1402207263 (1st ed.)
- ISBN 1402209177 (2nd ed.)
- Porter, Lynette, David Lavery, and Hillary Robson. Lost's Buried Treasures. Sourcebooks, 2007.
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- A recap and analysis of the first season and a half of the show.
- Stafford, Nikki, Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide. 383 pages, 13 photos. ECW Press, 2006
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- An episode-by-episode guide to the show covering to the end of season two.
- Stafford, Nikki, Finding Lost-Season Three: The Unofficial Guide. 200 pages. ECW Press, 2007.
- Vaz, Mark Cotta, The Lost Chronicles: The Official Companion Book. 176 Pages. Hyperion Publishing, 2005.
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- The Lost Chronicles is the official companion book to Season 1 of Lost.
- Wood, J., Living Lost: Why We're All Stuck On the Island 266 pages. Garrett County Press, 2007.
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- Cultural criticism based on the Lost narrative. Part-way between scholarship and pop culture commentary.
Book chapters
- Anderson, Christopher "Television Networks and the Uses of Drama," in Thinking Outside the Box: A Contemporary Television Genre Reader, edited by Gary Edgerton & Brian Rose (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2005), 65-87.
- ISBN 0813123658
- A discussion of TV promotional techniques, using Lost as an example of the blurring between drama and advertising.
Print articles
Online essays
- The Society for the Study of Lost publishes a number of critical essays and commentaries on the show. [1]
- Gibson, Tim, "Glimpsing Utopia on Lost," Flow 6:2. [2]
- An analysis of the socialist ideals in the show's island economy & society.
- Gray, Jonathan & Jason Mittell, "Speculation on Spoilers: Lost Fandom, Narrative Consumption and Rethinking Textuality‘ Particip@tions Volume 4, Issue 1 (May 2007). [3]
- A study of why some fans read online spoilers of the show.
- Lavery, David, "Get Lost in a Good Story," Flow 3:2. [4]
- A discussion of the show's use of serial narrative.
- Mittell, Jason, "The Value of Lost," Flow 2:10. [5]
- An argument for the aesthetic value of Lost.
- Mittell, Jason, "Lost in an Alternate Reality," Flow 4:7. [6]
- An analysis of the first act of The Lost Experience.
See also
External links
- Loststudies.com - Society for the Study of Lost
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