This week I talk to my former boss, writer-producer Damon Lindelof. Co-creator and showrunner of Lost, Damon is currently adapting The Watchmen for HBO and counts Cowboys & Aliens, Prometheus, The Leftovers (HBO) and Star Trek into Darkness among his many writing and producing credits.

Damon's Books

• The Stand, by Stephen King: 1978

• The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand: 1943

• Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons: 1987

• Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens: 1861

• The Underground Railroad, by Coleson Whitehead: 2016

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