![]() When Ben said he had already read it, Locke replied: ''You might catch something you missed the second time around.'' (We then saw Ben reading Valis anew a couple episodes later.) Was Lost trying to underscore the significance of the novel to its own story? Debate - after you've read the book.Įchoing the moment in the season 6 premiere when Hurley found Fear and Trembling on the body of dead Montand, the episode ''Everybody Loves Hugo'' had Hurley finding another classic of early existentialism among exploded Ilana's personal effects. The book, which belonged to Ben, made its first appearance in the season 4 episode ''Eggtown '' Locke gave it to him to read while holding his nemesis captive in Dharmaville. ''Valis'' stands for ''vast active living intelligence system'' - not a bad way to think of The Island. Dick's 1981 novel Valis, a wild and wooly tangle of philosophy, religion, fringe science, and conspiracy theory. But the book we were anticipating was Stanislaw Lem's Solaris (made twice into a movie, including the George Clooney one in 2002), not Philip K. Hardcore fans with a serious geek bent have long theorized a connection between Lost's seemingly sentient, psychic Island and a signature work of a celebrated science fiction author. Again, I say: The damn island was psychic! And the appearance of a rabbit branded with the number 8 in ''Every Man For Himself'' was a nod to King's On Writing, in which the writer uses a thought experiment involving a rabbit marked with the numeral 8 to liken writing to mental telepathy. ![]() The book's tale of a psychic teen warped and damaged by evil influences stands a metaphor for The Island itself. In ''A Tale of Two Cities,'' Juliet sang the praises of Carrie during her book club meeting with fellow Others. Season 3 included two of Lost's most memorable King references. King's sprawling opus concerns a diverse group of plague survivors from various walks and weird corners of life who must labor together to rebuild their lives and their civilization - and who wind up pitted against each other in a supernaturally-charged battle between good and evil. The Stand had a particular hold on their imaginations. Stephen King was the author who most inspired Lost exec producers JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Carlton Cuse in their conception and execution of the series. (Perhaps coincidentally, the novel was published the same year as their murder/suicide.) But its final pages - in which the demented dark knight threatens to impose his own brand of justice upon the world unless God reveals himself and intervenes - mirror Richard Alpert's complaint to Jacob that by remaining silent and separate from his Island people, he allows the devilish Smokey to manipulate and darken their hearts. Lancelot speaks to Sawyer's unresolved rage over the deaths of his parents. ![]() It was also one of three books (along with Watership Down and A Wrinkle In Time) on Sawyer's dresser in his Sideways world many Lost fans have inferred their presence in Sawyer's afterlife fantasy to mean that they held more significance to him and to Lost than any other novel seen in his hands. It was one of many books read by good ol' boy Sawyer on the beach during his downtime from A-team missions in the jungle. This 1977 novel by Walker Percy ( The Moviegoer) is a bleak psychological investigation of a Southern gentleman gone toxic and mad from his wife's betrayal, his own violence, and various other sad things - including, it seems, America itself. ![]()
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