[POLL] Best Twin Peaks book
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:31 am
Before this year I hadn't read any of the Twin Peaks books out there but with the purchase of The Entire Mystery as well as The Secret History of Twin Peaks I started getting into them one after the other. the only one i haven't read at all is The Twin Peaks Access Guide and as i could only find the Dale Cooper book in digital format i've only made it about 2/3 of the way through that one (don't really like reading on a computer screen). in my experience tie-in novels and spin offs rarely adds much of substance to a series but the novels related to Twin Peaks really help build the world and add even more depth to the series and film. having finally read The Secret Diary it was great to see the first half of Season 2 again with that in mind and i really liked how they even quoted dialouge verbatim at one point.
the audiobook with Sheryl Lee that we got this year was a real gift too.. there's so much to the Twin Peaks saga that has been added just this year that was barely imaginable just some time back. it sure helped to bring even more gravitas to the book, which is already a relatively well written book by Jennifer Lynch imo. it's not great litterature but when coupled with what we know from the series and the character of Laura it does hold a lot of weight and at times is pretty hard to read - and even harder to listen to.
my personal favorite book, however, is Mark Frost's own addition with The Secret History of Twin Peaks. it had a bit of a slow start (not to mention in a handwriting that was hard to read) but once it got off the ground i thoroughly enjoyed exploring the myths, secrets and shadow history of T.P. it probably helps that i'm already interested in government conspiracies, cover-ups and UFO lore and am somewhat well versed on these subjects. Seeing Frost incorporate that and weave it into the rich tapestry of Twin Peaks made me happy, although one must remember that there's still a lot of mystery to the story that the various documents builds. we don't know what in the dossier is a cover-up, what is real, and what is misconstructions, etc. as many others my only real gripe with the book is the many inconsistencies and retcons as it pertains to the original series but i'll reserve judgement on that until the Final Dossier is released.
i would have loved to hear the audiobook of Secret History but at the same time i can't imagine that fomrat lending itself very well to that format.
the audiobook with Sheryl Lee that we got this year was a real gift too.. there's so much to the Twin Peaks saga that has been added just this year that was barely imaginable just some time back. it sure helped to bring even more gravitas to the book, which is already a relatively well written book by Jennifer Lynch imo. it's not great litterature but when coupled with what we know from the series and the character of Laura it does hold a lot of weight and at times is pretty hard to read - and even harder to listen to.
my personal favorite book, however, is Mark Frost's own addition with The Secret History of Twin Peaks. it had a bit of a slow start (not to mention in a handwriting that was hard to read) but once it got off the ground i thoroughly enjoyed exploring the myths, secrets and shadow history of T.P. it probably helps that i'm already interested in government conspiracies, cover-ups and UFO lore and am somewhat well versed on these subjects. Seeing Frost incorporate that and weave it into the rich tapestry of Twin Peaks made me happy, although one must remember that there's still a lot of mystery to the story that the various documents builds. we don't know what in the dossier is a cover-up, what is real, and what is misconstructions, etc. as many others my only real gripe with the book is the many inconsistencies and retcons as it pertains to the original series but i'll reserve judgement on that until the Final Dossier is released.
i would have loved to hear the audiobook of Secret History but at the same time i can't imagine that fomrat lending itself very well to that format.