Luann's comments (member since May 17, 2008)

Luann's comments from the Flight 815-ers Unite group.

Reminds me of the polar bear on Lost. He just doesn't belong there and when you see him, you know something mighty strange has happened.

What a fun piece of trivia, Hilary! Thanks for sharing.

Courtney wrote: "
"We either live together.... or die alone." – Jack"

Rose: "If you say 'Live together, die alone,' to me, Jack, I'm going to punch you in the face."

Isn't it interesting that I loved reading this book, yet it has such a minimal Lost connection. The only connection listed at Lostpedia is:

"The two main characters in this novel are Alexandra, a strong, independent, and resourceful girl, and her eventual husband Karl, spelled "Carl" in the book."

O Pioneers! is also mentioned on the character pages for both Alex and Karl:

"Karl and Alex's love story could be a reference to Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!" The main character, Alexandra, falls in love with but is unable to have a life with her neighbor, Carl."

I can see that connection, but I actually think that Alex and Karl's story fits better with two other characters from the book: Emil and Marie. Have any of you read this book, and if so, what do you think?

There is also a theme running through the book of the importance of land - working the land, owning the land, etc. I think that could be applied to Lost as Ben and the Others feel that it is important to protect their island from outside influences and attempt to keep it and its valuable resources for themselves.

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. 4 stars.

This was a pleasure to read! Willa Cather's writing is straightforward and plain, yet beautiful at the same time. It completely mirrors the characters and the land written of in "O Pioneers!"

I've been thinking about what makes a classic, since this book is a classic yet isn't like many others I've read. I see this as a classic because it gives you a chance to step back and see your life through new eyes and compare it through the light of new experiences that you've never actually had, but feel like you have now that you've read about them. A classic is a book that changes you, even just a little, in a profound way, just because you've read it. And that's how I feel having just finished this. I've been changed, just a little, because I read this book.

Two favorite quotes:
"She had never known before how much the country meant to her. The chirping of the insects down in the long grass had been like the sweetest music. She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring."

"People have to snatch at happiness when they can in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find."

I'll post about the Lost-related details in our "Lost Books We've Read" folder.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Numb...

Rachel wrote: "I haven't! But I will admit to being curious about his work since seeing Back the Future 3, when Dr. Brown and Clara loved him. It's a silly reason, but it's true! :)"

Silly!?! Hah! Look where you're posting. :) You're in a group where people are reading every book ever mentioned/shown/referenced on a TV show. :) I think it's a perfectly fine reason. (But then consider the source. :)

It's a quick read, Lori.

I just picked up the DVD at the library. I look forward to seeing how the movie compares to the book.

Quoting from Lostpedia:
In the flashback scene in the van, Hurley's friend Johnny says to him, "Stay gold, Ponyboy." This is a quote from the Outsiders, which is itself a reference to the Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay". In the novel, Johnny Cade's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." ("Everybody Hates Hugo")

The Outsiders is all about a power struggle between opposing groups and deciding how far you are willing to go to protect those in your group. Also, some of our Lost characters would fit right in. You could drop Sawyer into the book and he would become a leader in the greasers group. :)

Can you think of other Lost connections? Did you all read this one in high school?

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. 4 stars.

I read The Outsiders over the weekend. It's another book that everyone in the world read in high school, but I never did. I enjoyed it a lot! It was tough and gritty with some violence, but it wasn't littered with strong language for the "realism." S.E. Hinton did a great job of creating characters you really care about - and who learned and progressed throughout the story. Now I want to see the movie!

I'll post about the Lost-related details in our "Lost Books We've Read" folder.

I think I remember them mentioning on their podcast that there will be some questions left unanswered. I just hope they aren't huge ones! I don't need every question answered, but I don't want any gaping holes left!

It's been forever ago since I last read this. I like your analysis of the characters, Joanie! This is one I would love to reread sometime, but there are just too many books to get to on my TBR list to have much time for rereading.

I don't think they ALL are. Just some of them.

Edit: I'm really hoping that when they are all through, they put out a DVD set that allows you to watch all the bits and pieces of Lost in chronological order. I think it would be fascinating to watch.

The Lost connections given for Evil Under the Sun at Lostpedia are:

"This is one of the novels that Sawyer reads on the Island. He is seen reading it when he is approached by Nikki in "Exposé." Nikki, taken for dead, is unwittingly buried alive, connecting the book's theme to events in the episode in which it appears. Also a member of the mercenary team, Redfern shares a name with a central character from the novel Patrick Redfern."

So not a huge connection, really, except for the fact that Sawyer is seen reading it. I also think the great misdirection and false clues included in this story can be related to the Exposé episode - and much of what happens on Lost as well. I think we won't know until we get to the very end of Lost how much we've been misdirected by certain events. Just one example - are all of the flashbacks from earlier seasons actually flashbacks? I think some of them will prove to be flash-fowards and we just didn't know it!

Has anyone else read it and, if so, can you think of any other connections?

My favorite quote from "Through the Looking-Glass" is also somewhat Lost related:

"Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One CAN'T believe impossible things.'

'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'"

Now if the queen would have said four or eight impossible things before breakfast, it REALLY would have been Lost related. :D

Okay, I just noticed something weird. I was making sure I had all of the Lost books I'd read on my list, and now that I've added Evil Under the Sun, there are 23 books on my list! :) What have they done? I'll never look at those numbers in quite the same way again! :)

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie. 4 stars.

Just finished this. It was such fun! I love it that Agatha Christie can still surprise me, even with a book I've already read. Although in my defense it has been years and years since I first read it. It seemed the details I remembered to be suspicious of only led me in the wrong direction! :) Dame Christie truly is a master of misdirection!

I'll post about the Lost-related details in our "Lost Books We've Read" folder, but I'm going to post here a picture of the edition Sawyer is shown reading. It is also the one I added to my list since the one I actually read was VERY old from the library and didn't have any picture on the cover at all. I guess to be more authentic to the Lost details I should have found this edition to read! :)

Makes it nice when you want to reread. Although if I remembered better maybe I wouldn't have to reread. :)

I'm finally getting to Evil Under the Sun. I wasn't sure if I had read it before. I've read a lot of Agatha Christie, but didn't keep a list and it was a lot of years ago! Now that I'm about half way through, I've started remembering things. So I HAVE read it before. It's fun to reread, though, since I haven't remembered "whodunit" yet. :)

I agree, Lori! The Losties won't stay in the past for too much longer. It just seems like they've pretty much done everything there they needed to do. And Jin and Sun have to be reunited!