It’s read by Rene Auberjonois, better known to Star Trek fans as the shape-shifting Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, so that made up for things a bit.
Not my favorite, but I’d read the full novel some time ago in the past and really just needed a refresher, so this would do (I’d later go on to buy the Kindle version). Then I heard that familiar cassette rattle (to those of us who grew up in the ‘80s) and realized, uh oh, this is my audiobook and it must be abridged. Some days later, having forgotten my order, I received a strange envelope, roughly the size of a large, thin paperback. It was only produced on cassette back in 1993, but I found a place where I could order it online, new, still “wrapped in plastic”. After a bit of digging, I did find the audio edition.
Personally, I’m an audiobook guy and I thought I recalled listening to this on audiobook, even though Audible disagreed with me. You can find the book in hardback, paperback and Kindle versions from the usual sellers, including plenty of autographed copies floating around on EBay. It is currently ranked #9 (out of 164) on Goodread’s list of works of historical fiction that feature real-life authors. It was generally well received at the time and maintains good ratings today on GoodReads (3.93), Amazon (4.2) and Barnes & Noble (4.3). Also, Mark has stated in interviews that he started writing at age 11 and by age 15 had written three novels, but who knows whatever happened to those. Technically he is one of several authors listed for Welcome to Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town (published in 1991), but he apparently doesn’t count that (sigh – does anybody?). The List of Seven was released September 1, 1993, and it is Mark Frost’s first published novel. Midway through though, and I’ll warn you, we’re going to dig in and from there on everything will be fair game until the Conclusion, which will be spoiler free again.
So, with that in mind, the beginning of this article will be spoiler free, minus the kind of info you’d glean from the blurb on the back cover. However, I realize that there are still quite a few Twin Peaks fans who might only be now discovering that Frost wrote a few other books before the two that book-ended Season 3. Author’s note regarding spoilers: Granted, this book has been out for 25 years now, so the statute of limitations on spoilers expired, oh, about 24 years ago.
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