One book that has an obvious influence on the events of Lost is "The Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne. Every Lost fan should read it for a deeper knowledge of what is happening, in addition to it being a great book in it's own right.
Five escapees (and a dog) from a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War crash land on an uncharted island in a hot air balloon. The modern equivalent would be an airplane, and we know most of the survivors are trying to escape something. Henry Gale's balloon may be a nod to this.
At first, the leader is missing and feared dead. The Lost creators claim that Jack was supposed to have died in the first episode.
There are a series of mysterious events that are eventually explained. They know they are not alone on the island, but can't find anybody else there. The secrets of magic are revealed and make sense when you know, much the way Lost is supposed to be resolved. It turns out to be Captain Nemo, whose submarine is sunk by the castaways.
They build a small boat to visit a nearby island where they find a castaway who is something of a wildman after having been away from civilization for several years (the raft, Desmond, Danielle).
They battle pirates and explode their ship.
A note is attached to a bird, exactly like Claire's idea. This is not how they are rescued. They are rescued by people looking for the lone castaway, not them. On Lost they are not rescued by people looking for Oceanic 815, but by people searching for Desmond (or Ben).
The volcano that created the island becomes active and the island explodes. Remember when people thought if the button wasn't pushed that would happen? Remember being told that "the island demands a sacrifice" in the same way pagans sacrificed virgins to volcanos?
At the end, they are rescued, come into a huge sum of money, and live in a re-creation of the island (of course they can not return). This reflects some of the Oceanic 6's desire to return to the island.
According to Wikipedia, "The creator of the American television program Lost credits Mysterious Island as the chief inspiration of the show." It isn't only a Jules Verne clone, what with the invisible man and the time machine, etc., but there is definitely a strong influence that leads me to believe it will end in a similar way. They also say Stephen King's "The Stand" influences them. I will leave it up to somebody else to explain the similarities there, and how they think Ben Linus and Charles Widmore will end the war.
Theory by pitcairn
Five escapees (and a dog) from a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War crash land on an uncharted island in a hot air balloon. The modern equivalent would be an airplane, and we know most of the survivors are trying to escape something. Henry Gale's balloon may be a nod to this.
At first, the leader is missing and feared dead. The Lost creators claim that Jack was supposed to have died in the first episode.
There are a series of mysterious events that are eventually explained. They know they are not alone on the island, but can't find anybody else there. The secrets of magic are revealed and make sense when you know, much the way Lost is supposed to be resolved. It turns out to be Captain Nemo, whose submarine is sunk by the castaways.
They build a small boat to visit a nearby island where they find a castaway who is something of a wildman after having been away from civilization for several years (the raft, Desmond, Danielle).
They battle pirates and explode their ship.
A note is attached to a bird, exactly like Claire's idea. This is not how they are rescued. They are rescued by people looking for the lone castaway, not them. On Lost they are not rescued by people looking for Oceanic 815, but by people searching for Desmond (or Ben).
The volcano that created the island becomes active and the island explodes. Remember when people thought if the button wasn't pushed that would happen? Remember being told that "the island demands a sacrifice" in the same way pagans sacrificed virgins to volcanos?
At the end, they are rescued, come into a huge sum of money, and live in a re-creation of the island (of course they can not return). This reflects some of the Oceanic 6's desire to return to the island.
According to Wikipedia, "The creator of the American television program Lost credits Mysterious Island as the chief inspiration of the show." It isn't only a Jules Verne clone, what with the invisible man and the time machine, etc., but there is definitely a strong influence that leads me to believe it will end in a similar way. They also say Stephen King's "The Stand" influences them. I will leave it up to somebody else to explain the similarities there, and how they think Ben Linus and Charles Widmore will end the war.
Theory by pitcairn
