The TV Zone

Here's a great idea. Really. ABC.com is launching a "Lost Book Club." The press release says it all, or most of it, so here ya go: "Do you need a 'Lost' fix? Beginning today, ABC.com is launching the "Lost Book Club" which will give fans new insight on books that have been either seen or referenced throughout the dynamic four seasons of 'Lost. The book list will be added to regularly on ABC.com, with a list also available for audio download on the iTunes Store...Also available on ABC.com will be a message board to discuss the titles, a synopsis of each book, along with when and how it was referenced in the show, and an introduction by co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse. Book examples include Sawyer reading 'Watership Down,' Juliet’s book club reading 'Carrie' [during the book club, no less] and an orientation film hidden behind 'The Turn of the Screw.'"

But the challenge is obvious. Think of all the books on this show - dozens, and thematically, you could say they were not exactly conceived under the same roof. This will be one bizarro book club - fun, interesting, wild, and a little/lot schizoid. How else to describe a book club that will include selections like Clancy's "Rainbow Six" (above) and "The Wizard of Oz?"