Bad Twin Book

[Syndie]

I hope this is the right place for this post - I figure the book must be part of the "expierence" doo-doo-doo-doo

I'm listening to it on iTunes and so far I love all the names that are the same and things (Widmore, etc.) But the main point right now is more than a bad twin but a doppleganger. Anyone else reading/listening yet?

[Syndie]

So far there are lots of fun things in the book, (I'm on chapter 14), and lots of little things I'm sure will come to be very important. But this one I wanted to share. There comes a point where a guy named "Moth" dies. He lives on an island (populated - not lost )and this quote comes from the narrator. (forgive my spelling)

Maybe death was even more unsettling on an island. Maybe it seemed like an obsence visitor from the world beyond. An uncooth guest that carried not just a single tragedy but the threat of some horrible contagen.

[Syndie]

I like this quote too since it relates to something I've been relating to the show since the beginning (whether or not I'm right or wrong )

Remeber Lord of the Flies...........It's about how thin the line is between survival of the fittest and survival of the cruelest, winners sometimes can't afford to be decent

[Syndie]

Need help....

I don't know how you tell if a site is a real site or a fan site. In the book there is a city mentioned that I can't find as real - Luna California - There is also a nudist colony that is mentioned as in this city. So I decided to try for a website

the url is www.theheliosfoundation.org

It comes up with the address as in the book and everything, but I don't know if this is a fan site yet. I tried the phone number but it just rang and rang. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Redsox]

syndie1975 said:

Remeber Lord of the Flies...........It's about how thin the line is between survival of the fittest and survival of the cruelest, winners sometimes can't afford to be decent

for the recored its more about the basic characteristics of humans and society (big lord of the flies test on monday)

[love2bmama]

All I could find out about theheliosfoundation.org is:

1)built using Yahoo site builder (makes it suspicious, to me)
2)the domain is registered to someone in Iowa
3)it was registered late last month (April 2006)

[Syndie]

redsox said:

syndie1975 said:

Remeber Lord of the Flies...........It's about how thin the line is between survival of the fittest and survival of the cruelest, winners sometimes can't afford to be decent

for the recored its more about the basic characteristics of humans and society (big lord of the flies test on monday)

I know, that's what is said in the book, not what I said - sorry for the confusion

[Syndie]

love2bmama said:

All I could find out about theheliosfoundation.org is:

1)built using Yahoo site builder (makes it suspicious, to me)
2)the domain is registered to someone in Iowa
3)it was registered late last month (April 2006)

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it

[love2bmama]

Also about Helios, I just got to that part of the book and remembered that Helios is another reference to Greek mythology. He was the god of the sun, and here is something that came up on google in regards to his symbols (might mean something later?):

"His attributes are the whip and the globe, and his sacred animals were the rooster and the eagle. Helios sees and knows all, and was called upon by witnesses."

Molly

[Syndie]

love2bmama said:

Also about Helios, I just got to that part of the book and remembered that Helios is another reference to Greek mythology. He was the god of the sun, and here is something that came up on google in regards to his symbols (might mean something later?):

"His attributes are the whip and the globe, and his sacred animals were the rooster and the eagle. Helios sees and knows all, and was called upon by witnesses."

Molly

Thanks Molly. I was so concerned about the website being real that I totally forgot aobut checking my literary sources. I appreciate the info .

Are you reading a hard copy of the book, or doing the iTunes thing like I am?

[love2bmama]

I was reading it, stayed up late last night and finished it. I won't spoil it for anyone by say ing I feel bad for Sawyer not getting to read the last 10 pages as that is where most of the story is explained. Didn't Hurley read the manuscript too, though? If only they talked to each other, Sawyer could get the lowdown from Hurley.

Molly

[Syndie]

love2bmama said:

I was reading it, stayed up late last night and finished it. I won't spoil it for anyone by say ing I feel bad for Sawyer not getting to read the last 10 pages as that is where most of the story is explained. Didn't Hurley read the manuscript too, though? If only they talked to each other, Sawyer could get the lowdown from Hurley.

Molly

I was curious how your chapter breaks are. On iTunes you get the jungle whispers saying the chapter number, and occasionally (well it's only occasionally as far as I can tell) you can hear they are saying something other than just the chapter number - like on the show. I can't make out what they are saying, but I was wondering if there was anything like that hidden where the new chapter number was printed.

[love2bmama]

nope, nothing like that in the hard copy, just normal straightforward chapter breaks.

Molly

[Uncle Igmar]

I just got the book and started reading - but I noticed it's dedicated to Cindy - the missing flight attendant from the tail section.

[Syndie]

uncigmar said:

I just got the book and started reading - but I noticed it's dedicated to Cindy - the missing flight attendant from the tail section.

Yeah she's a character in the book too. In Gary Troup's Book Talk "interview" the guy asks him about how he combines reality with fiction, ie: Hanso