More reasons for lit fans to watch LOST

Last week here at Novel Novice, we explained why the hit TV show Lost is a lit fan’s dream: It’s chock-full of literary references! Here’s some of what we said:

Throughout the series, the show has made references and allusions to some of literature’s greatest works. These subtle allusions make a lit geek like me supremely happy. This is not a show that tries to dumb down its material. In fact, it challenges audiences to pick up a great book and do some research.

Now, it seems others in the blog-o-sphere are picking up on this … in fact, here’s an excerpt from a report on MediaBistro:

All weekend, literary television fans should watch the new Lost Season Six trailer really, really slowly. In a burst of images, the trailer reveals some fresh footage from the cult television show.

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Season Six of the popular program premieres on Feb. 2, and fans will finally find out what happened to the survivors of an airplane crash on a mysterious island.

Here’s an excerpt from the Stafford interview: “The books are essential. The second season was the first time they came out a head of time actually told viewers that they would flash a book and they should watch for it…in the beginning of season two…Desmond chucks a whole bunch of things into his backpack, one was a copy of the book, ‘The Third Policeman.’ This was a book that came out in the 1960s by an Irish writer [Flann O’Brien]. I interviewed an editor at that publishing house and they sold 20,000 copies of that book in the weeks leading up to the episode.”