October 5, 2005
When It Comes To "Lost"....
... reading may be fundamental.
Literary references have been sprinkled throughout the mysteries of Lost: In an episode last season, the character Sawyer was reading Watership Down by Richard Adams, the story of rabbits searching for a safe place in a threatening world. At another point, he read Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, about time travel.Posted by Ithildin at October 5, 2005 11:24 AM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHELook for another literary reference - and possibly another clue to the island's secret - on tonight's Lost (ABC, 9 ET/PT).
At one point, someone will pick up a copy of the novel The Third Policeman by the late Irish writer Flann O'Brien. The cover will be seen for about a second, ABC confirms.
It will be featured at a "key moment" in the show, Craig Wright, who co-wrote the episode with Javier Grillo-Marxuach, told the Chicago Tribune. Wright also said anyone familiar with the book will "have a lot more ammunition" in dissecting Lost plotlines.
