Trying to read more. Just read the Alchemist which really afffected me.

Who wrote it?

There's an Alchemist by British horror novelist Peter James.* Is that the one?* (I don't think an American publisher released that one yet.)

Let me recommend a book: ISLAND by Richard Laymon.* (There's very little similarity to LOST.* It's just a really cool book, in my opinion.)*

Reference:
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=2634.0

Island customer reviews on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0843949783/103-5439106-8956643

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I loved "Pirates" and Depp is phenominal in that role. No one has ever done a pirate like that!

One of the funniest parts of the movie is Orlando Bloom's impression of Captain Sparrow.* *:)

Reference:
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=2961.0

It's by a guy named Paulo Coelho.

Jorge