Bad Twin, the novel "by" Gary Troupe (it's an anagram of "purgatory," but the Lost producers have already said that they're not in purgatory, damn it!), who was "on Oceanic Air Flight 815," is a hit. Lost fans are buying it in hopes of perhaps learning some more clues about what the hell is happening on the TV show. My guess is that it's just going to drive fans more crazy, though the family in the book is "Widmore."Has anyone read it yet? Is it any good, as a novel, regardless of the Lost tie-in? There's a rumor going around that Stephen King actually wrote it, but publishers and Lost folks are keeping quiet.
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5-28-2006 @ 2:09PM
MrWeen said...
The book is horrible. Poorly written and edited (I hate finding grammar errors in a novel). I don't believe it's a Stephen King novel, like I said it's poorly written. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK......you will be disappointed.
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5-28-2006 @ 2:18PM
Aaron Peck said...
It's a private eye book so you can't really expect all that much. My questions that i have is the main character comes in contact with the Widmores and the Hanso Foundation. So does that mean Mr. Troup actually had experiences with them? He knew they existed to put them in his novel. So i want to know whether Troup had encounters with these people.
Overall I like it, it's a nice summer read.
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5-28-2006 @ 7:38PM
Tucker said...
*sigh* does nobody read my comments, or does Bob just ignore mine? ;) Anyway, yeah, I grabbed it as an impulse buy/quick read, and it wasn't disappointing. There really isn't all that much tie-in, except for a few brief mentions of Hanso and that the family is Widmore. It's a pretty straightforward detective book, as aaron said, so I wasn't expecting literary masterpiece.
I can only echo aaron's sentiment: nice, quick, enjoyable summer read with a few cheeky nods for Lost fans.
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5-28-2006 @ 7:49PM
Maurice Tift said...
I just started reading it this afternoon and I'm hooked. I find the opening realistic and believable because I know a PI who can't resist telling these types of stories. The one I know, however, seems to enjoy exposing insurance fraud much more than the character in the book... and I don't think my friend has met the Widmores either...
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5-29-2006 @ 1:03AM
Kurifurisan said...
I too hopped aboard the "buy my book" train for this Lost inspired drivel. I was hoping for some hidden meaning about the show or clues to characters and such. It's not a bad story given the stance as a standalone from the show. Truthfully, I enjoyed the other Lost books, "Endangered Species" and "Secret Identity" much moreso than "Bad Twin". Hopefully I'm wrong and there will be more of a tie in during the third season.
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5-29-2006 @ 1:48PM
micki said...
The author, Gary Troup is an anagram of "purgatory"
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5-29-2006 @ 1:53PM
micki said...
so who is the real author?
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6-14-2006 @ 3:36PM
The_Thing said...
Here is a good site for all the lost books.
Lost Books
http://lostbooks.blogspot.com/
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