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Lost Ate My Life - The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other (Paperback, New)
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Lost Ate My Life - The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other (Paperback, New)
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?"Lost Ate my Life " is not the authors' self-referential
statement. Instead, it is the collective cry of the hardened fan
base for ABC's pop-culture phenomenon. The book has two central
ideas: first, that the creators of Lost created a shift in the
thinking of online communities, effectively removing the barrier
between the artists and the patrons by hosting one of the largest
officially sponsored independent discussion forums in history. Lost
bloggers became important celebrities amongst the fan bases, some
fans found themselves drawn into the inner circle, and the network
began making decisions based on ebb and flow of fan sentiment.
Interwoven with the story of the fandom is the examination of
Lost's story itself: its archetypal themes, and its evolution from
bordering on the high-concept 'cash in' it was intended to be, to
the high art mixture of philosophy, drama, redemption, science, and
faith. What is it in the formula of Lost that speaks to our
collective unconscious so well that millions of fans are easily
able to endure such mammoth leaps of suspension-of-disbelief? The
book's story is told by two members of the fan community who
witnessed the spread and impact of the fandom from the inside,
eventually becoming insiders - to different degrees - themselves;
one, Amy, deep within the inner sanctum of Lost labs, the other,
Jon, ascending from the world of blogging to the world of
professional media.
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