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On 16 Sept 2004, Gary Troup was interviewed by Laird Granger about Bad Twin on Book Talk show #1523. Seven of nine parts of the interview were released on various websites. After the Lost Experience ended, fans wondered whether the final two clips had simply been missed. However, writer and voice of DJ Dan, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, stated that he believed the final two clips are red herrings, and that to his knowledge they were never made.
Part 1
Part 1 was found on the Barnes and Noble site. Next to the Bad Twin picture, there is a link that states: "See an exclusive video clip". [1]
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Laird Granger: Hello, I'm Laird Granger and welcome to Book Talk. Today we're talking to Gary Troup, novelist and non-fiction author whose works include The Valenzetti Equation and his newest mystery novel Bad Twin. Welcome Gary, nice to have you here.
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Part 2
Part 2 was discovered in a link in a Borders Reward e-mail. [2]
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Gary Troup: The boat captain is just a point of departure. Here's this guy. One day he's taking families fishing and the next day he's making smuggling runs, and it was that duality that intrigued me - how we all have good and bad inside of us.
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Part 3
Part 3 was found on the Amazon Bad Twin page.[3] The clip was accompanied by the following statement:
"Amazon.com Exclusive: Author Gary Troup delivered the manuscript for his hotly anticipated thriller, Bad Twin, just days before he boarded doomed Oceanic Flight 815. Watch the recently uncovered video clip of Gary Troup on Book Talk interviewed by Laird Granger talking about the controversy surrounding his mysteriously out-of-print first book, The Valenzetti Equation, and his new novel, Bad Twin."
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Laird Granger: Your book mentions a lot of real life people, places and institutions.
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Part 4
Part 4 was found using the Valenzetti Equation link on the Amazon.com Bad Twin Page.[4]The link first appeared on May 16th, 2006.
In this part of the interview, Troup discusses the fate of his book, The Valenzetti Equation and the relationship to that book of Alvar Hanso and The Hanso Foundation
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Gary Troup: and allegedly, now, I emphasize allegedly, Alvar Hanso bought up all of the available copies and (emphasis) he bought the rights to reprint.
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Part 5
Part 5 was found on the Powell's book website [5] on May 17th, 2006.
In this part of the interview, Troup discusses The Hanso Foundation and secrecy regarding Valenzetti.
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Gary Troup: From what I've been able to learn, even within the Hanso Foundation, the Valenzetti Equation is one of the most closely guarded secrets.
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Part 6
Part 6 can be found on the Gary Troup Website.[6]The file first appeared on May 17th, 2006
In this part of the interview, Troup discusses the previously mentioned non-fiction work about The Hanso Foundation
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Gary Troup: The Hanso Foundation promotes itself as "bettering humanity"... um, and that's all I am gonna say about it right now because I am gonna to be writing a book about this, and I'll tell you this, that as soon as people find out what is going on inside this huge, famous, supposedly benevolent foundation.. it's going to shock you.
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Part 7
Part 7 was found by a player using unorthodox means, but later became a hidden easter egg on the shutdown Hanso Foundation website
It can also be found here.
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Gary Troup: I'm an inveterate bachelor, I mean, I never even thought about coming close to getting married, until y'know I started doing research for Bad Twin.
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