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Lost Humanity: The Mythology and Themes of LOST

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This is LOST as you've never experienced it before. Pearson Moore goes to the heart of LOST, uncovering and explaining the fascinating core concepts: Faith versus Science, the Numbers, the nature of good and evil, and the struggle between free will and destiny. He will lead you to ideas and conclusions you never imagined, opening the world of LOST in fresh and exciting ways. Whether you understood LOST or were completely baffled, whether you loved it or hated it, Moore will show you concepts and ways of thinking about LOST you will find nowhere else. Moore's innovative thoughts and vibrant prose will keep you engaged as he explores the Island and its characters. He approaches LOST from four "nonlinear" points of view: Disorientation, Metadrama, Literary Analysis, and Chaos Theory. This is in-depth analysis that never lets go, keeping you immersed in the LOST world from cover to cover. There's no filler here. No interviews with stars about the cars they drive or the planes they fly. No weird theories. Just solid, thoroughly-researched, rapid-fire analysis from one of the most cited LOST authorities on the Internet. You may feel exhausted after a chapter. You may be shocked. You may become upset. But you will never be bored. This in-depth exploration spans nineteen chapters across roughly 305 pages. The first chapter sets up the problem, focussing on the complexities of LOST and identifying the means Moore will use to make the concepts accessible. The second chapter defines the thesis of LOST, which acts as a guide to understanding the major themes. Chapters Three through Nine cover major "linear" topics. The heart of the book begins with Chapter Ten. It is here that Moore unleashes the four "nonlinear" concepts to reveal the hidden meanings of LOST. He discusses the need for disorientation, and how this is essential to understanding LOST. He proposes the idea that LOST is metadrama, and he explains how understanding LOST in this way is useful to unraveling its secrets. He makes fresh use of literary theory, in ways never before applied to LOST. Finally, Moore brings an astounding, completely new perspective on television analysis with his concept of the Strange Attractor, an idea borrowed from chaos theory. It is here that Moore's analysis shines, allowing a depth of understanding never before achieved.




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    21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on LOST, March 13, 2011
    Finally a book that explains Lost. I read a few of Pearsons essays at SL Lost so I had an idea of what I would find but this book was amazing. I admit I started at chapter 10, where the four nonlinear ideas start, but then I plowed right through to the end. I finally get Lost! I am going to go back now and read the first 9 chapters.

    What I liked the most about this book was the nonlinear ideas. I was a little worried when Pearson wrote you have to "go to higher dimensions" to understand it, but then he explained the nonlinear stuff so clearly all the "higher dimensions" made sense to me. This was just awesome because I thought I understood Lost but now I really get it. He introduced the ideas of disorientation, metadrama and strange attractors. Strange attractors sounded funny, but its very scientific and I think its supposed to be the main idea of the book. If it is not the main idea it should be because it makes everything fall into place. The idea is that every... Read more
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    15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it, March 15, 2011
    I read this dude's articles at Dark UFO and couldn't get enough. Pearson Moore makes me think. He puts ideas together in strange ways, like his stranger attracter idea. That idea is so excellent, it makes everything make sense. I like the idea that Lost is about connections. I always thought the science stuff was the best. I liked the Darma Initiative and the time travel and the hatches, but he made the characters into the most exciting part of Lost, and now I see how they fit in. It's like the mythology and everything is related, and the author showed how. I don't know who this dude is, but he really knows Lost. I've read seven other books about Lost. My sister was a big fan and she let me read them after I started watching in the third season. The books were good, but they didn't make me understand things. But this book makes me think all the time. This guy puts words together in interesting ways, like he's forcing you to find new ways to think. I wish I had this book four years ago... Read more
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    8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lost as a literary discussion, July 18, 2011
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    This review is from: Lost Humanity: The Mythology and Themes of LOST (Paperback)
    Pearson Moore is well-studied and has a lot of interesting things to say about Lost that goes well-beyond the usual episode recap nonsense that you encounter online. He accepts the series as a text worthy of analysis and speculation and, as such, is well worth reading. I have my own issues with some of his conclusions, most notably that his ideas about Lost rest largely on the triumph of faith, with the assumption that the character of John Locke was right as the center of his presentation. I think that simplifies both the theme and conclusions of the show, as well as the character of John Locke, who may have understood that the Island was special, but couldn't tell you why anymore than the Dharma Initiative. Locke's only real purpose turns out to be as a martyr to inspire action on the part of others through his real fate as a pawn game piece that seems to have been manipulated by all the players involved. That's hardly the sort of character I would want to tag as the centerpiece of... Read more
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