Are the authors of the LOST novels told what to include in the novels? at the end of the books there always seems to be a few un-answered questions...will those be answered in the show? have any of the writters of LOST approved the books

Im more curious if there are going to be any more of them... its been a while. i like reading them on planes.

The writers' assisstants read the books and give their approval I think. I believe Gregg Nations (script supervisor) is involved in the process as well.

I agree that I hope more of them come out. I really like them.

I've read the first two. Some of the characters described in the books, I think, show up as extra's in some of Season 1 episodes. Anyone else notice this?

I hope they do one about the blurry bearded guy whos always the first one to show up in the background when theres a fight or a meeting. hes my favorite character.

The writers' assisstants read the books and give their approval I think. I believe Gregg Nations (script supervisor) is involved in the process as well.

I agree that I hope more of them come out. I really like them.
I'm not sure Gregg's involved, I thought I read something where he said they "weren't particularly high quality" or something like that. Might be mistaken/misquoting.

I'm not sure Gregg's involved, I thought I read something where he said they "weren't particularly high quality" or something like that. Might be mistaken/misquoting.

I may have been wrong about that. I can't remember if I read that he's involved or not.

Now you made me curious - I remember Gregg mentioned the books, but I can't remember what he wrote exactly... *goes off trying to find the quotes*

Once I realized that Bad Twin was going to have elements that overlapped with the show, I read through it and gave my suggestions on things. I was able to get a couple of small things changed that the writer obviously didn't know about the show and only the die-hard fans would notice, but it's all in the details, right? And I had all those names, business names and addresses checked just like it was a regular script.

Yes, I did read "Bad Twin." (Actually, some of my notes were incorporated because the author was a little bit off concerning "Lost" mythology.)

My understanding, and I could always be wrong, is that Gary Troup was the guy sucked into the jet engine in the first episode. So unfortunately we will not being seeing him anymore, and I doubt that Cindy will be either.

I did see the Hanso ad, and I was amused by it, too. I thought the book was okay, nothing great but not horrible (like those Lost tie-in books -- those are just bad). If fans enjoy it, then I guess it's a success. I did like the stuff about the "Cindy" character since we know her and have spent time with her. But for the most part I would guess it's better to take it all with a grain of salt.

That's probably what I was thinking back to. He read Bad Twin. Thanks Starrox!