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Lost fans re: bad twin

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Diva
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Lost fans re: bad twin

I know the book is a tie in with the show, but can they really falsify author information like this?

About the Author
Bad Twin is the highly-anticipated new novel by acclaimed mystery writer Gary Troup. Bad Twin was delivered to Hyperion just days before Troup boarded Oceanic Flight 815, which was lost in flight from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles in September 2004. He remains missing and is presumed dead.

Posted 2/16/06 12:23 PM
 
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Redhead
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

falsify?

Posted 2/16/06 12:25 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

more like "fantasify" - if that was a word.

LOSTIES are the new Trekkies Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 12:27 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

I think with those books, they just play into the whole 'aura' of the Lost experience... they allow you to totally engross yourself into the Lost world as if it were 'real'..

So I dont think its a falsification .. but definitely more "fantasy" like, as Shorty said (and we are NOT THE NEW TREKKIES MISSY Chat Icon )

Posted 2/16/06 12:30 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by FeliciaDP

So I dont think its a falsification .. but definitely more "fantasy" like, as Shorty said (and we are NOT THE NEW TREKKIES MISSY Chat Icon )



yeah you are Chat Icon

The first step is admitting it

Posted 2/16/06 12:32 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by FeliciaDP

I think with those books, they just play into the whole 'aura' of the Lost experience... they allow you to totally engross yourself into the Lost world as if it were 'real'..

So I dont think its a falsification .. but definitely more "fantasy" like, as Shorty said (and we are NOT THE NEW TREKKIES MISSY Chat Icon )


yea...this was my thinking
I mean they have SONG lyrics for Charlies band
sooo many things like that they create to make it more real

Posted 2/16/06 12:32 PM
 

Diva
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Im sorry, I should have been more specific. The actual person that wrote the book.... will he get any kind of credit for writing it or is gary troup kind of like a pen name?

Posted 2/16/06 12:34 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by Diva

Im sorry, I should have been more specific. The actual person that wrote the book.... will he get any kind of credit for writing it or is gary troup kind of like a pen name?



You mean are we going to find out who the real Gary Troup is?
Like that bein a pen name for one of the Lostees?

Posted 2/16/06 12:41 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

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Posted by FeliciaDP

So I dont think its a falsification .. but definitely more "fantasy" like, as Shorty said (and we are NOT THE NEW TREKKIES MISSY Chat Icon )



yeah you are Chat Icon

The first step is admitting it



Listen if I start dressing up like a Lost character, going to conventions or decorating my house like an island with a crashed plane in the living room - THEN you can compare me to a Trekkie Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 12:44 PM
 

Diva
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by Redhead

Posted by Diva

Im sorry, I should have been more specific. The actual person that wrote the book.... will he get any kind of credit for writing it or is gary troup kind of like a pen name?



You mean are we going to find out who the real Gary Troup is?
Like that bein a pen name for one of the Lostees?



No, more like who the publisher paid to actually write the book. Maybe one of the writers of Lost?

Posted 2/16/06 12:45 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by Redhead

Posted by Diva

Im sorry, I should have been more specific. The actual person that wrote the book.... will he get any kind of credit for writing it or is gary troup kind of like a pen name?



You mean are we going to find out who the real Gary Troup is?
Like that bein a pen name for one of the Lostees?



Hmm.. I think its just a ghost writer then, and that you'll probably never really know who the writer of the book is Chat Icon again . purely to keep up with the Lost mystique, as if an actually passenger from Flight 815 wrote the book Chat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 12:46 PM
 

Redhead
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

That is an actual book?

i am confused

Posted 2/16/06 12:46 PM
 

Redhead
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

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Posted by Redhead

Posted by Diva

Im sorry, I should have been more specific. The actual person that wrote the book.... will he get any kind of credit for writing it or is gary troup kind of like a pen name?



You mean are we going to find out who the real Gary Troup is?
Like that bein a pen name for one of the Lostees?



Hmm.. I think its just a ghost writer then, and that you'll probably never really know who the writer of the book is Chat Icon again . purely to keep up with the Lost mystique, as if an actually passenger from Flight 815 wrote the book Chat Icon


this was my assumption....
and that the writers create sites that have us believe this is real...when we all know it isn't

Diva...where did you get this info?

Posted 2/16/06 12:47 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by Redhead

That is an actual book?

i am confused


I do think its an actual book.. they have been releasing books based on the show for awhile now..
Dh put a couple of them on his 'wish list' for Christmas this year, he's reading them now and loooves them (see I dont think I can get THAT far into this whole Lost thingy Chat Icon)

Posted 2/16/06 12:47 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by FeliciaDP

Posted by Redhead

That is an actual book?

i am confused


I do think its an actual book.. they have been releasing books based on the show for awhile now..
Dh put a couple of them on his 'wish list' for Christmas this year, he's reading them now and loooves them (see I dont think I can get THAT far into this whole Lost thingy Chat Icon)


what other books are there?

i jez now i am really confusedChat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 12:48 PM
 

Diva
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Its a real book. It's going to be released soon.

Amazon

Posted 2/16/06 12:49 PM
 

Diva
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

For those of you that are die hard fans, the author's name also spells purgatory Chat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 12:50 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

These were the ones I bought Dh:

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Posted 2/16/06 12:51 PM
 

Redhead
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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Wow.....ya learn something new everyday

Posted 2/16/06 12:57 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by Diva

For those of you that are die hard fans, the author's name also spells purgatory Chat Icon



Chat Icon
They are cuckoos!!!!!! Chat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 12:58 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

That's intersting. It is fine to use a pen name, but I'm curious as to how it will be listed by the Library of Congress.

The author bio is really just publicity info, for example the publisher wants to include that so & so is a Dr of whatever, so that there book has more weight, so in this case, they are using that space/opportunity as publicity, but by furthering the development of a fictional character, to tie in with the show more.

It would definitely lose some of the Lost mystique if it said:

Gary Troup is a pen name for John Doe who has ghost written other books such as. . . "

False autor bio info would be more of an issue with a non-fiction book.

Message edited 2/16/2006 1:07:31 PM.

Posted 2/16/06 1:01 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

This made me think of on "One Life to Live", a character there writes a book. The book is actually real - but when I looked it up on Amazon, it lists "Marcie Walsh" (the character) as the author, but then after it, the name of the real person who wrote it too.

I'm continually amazed at how far the creators of Lost go to make it seem real. It's crazy!!!!Chat Icon But I think it's so cool!!!Chat Icon

Posted 2/16/06 1:08 PM
 

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Re: Lost fans re: bad twin

Posted by oneday

I'm continually amazed at how far the creators of Lost go to make it seem real. It's crazy!!!!Chat Icon But I think it's so cool!!!Chat Icon


AND the fans!
A bunch of sites have just popped up that were fan created...

Posted 2/16/06 1:24 PM
 
 

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