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The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes
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Scott Frost
Former Eagle Scout and lifetime audio freak Dale Cooper brings us his autobiography, culled from his private collection of personal tape recordings beginning with his thirteenth birthday. Discover the secrets, never before seen on television, of Twin Peaks' most-wanted man, who scored a perfect 100 on his marksmanship test and once let a gentle, beautiful woman lead him as
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Reading an interview with Kyle MacLachlan recently, I remembered about this book and the Twin Peaks series I used to watch with my whole family on Saturday nights, eating home-made pizza. And I didn't mind cleaning the table because I imagined I was Shelly, the cute waitress. :)
As for the book, as far as I remember, focuses on Dale Cooper's life before he arrives in Twin Peaks, where the TV series begins. I guess the 90's weren't so bad after all! :))
As for the book, as far as I remember, focuses on Dale Cooper's life before he arrives in Twin Peaks, where the TV series begins. I guess the 90's weren't so bad after all! :))
Sep 12, 2015
Jess ❈Harbinger of Blood-Soaked Rainbows❈
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My birthday is in NOVEMBER! That's only a little over 2 months away!! Who LOVES ME?
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Jan 28, 2008
Bryce Wilson
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Recommends it for:
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Diane I have just finished reading My Life My Tapes The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper.
As a rule I don't read EU fiction as I see it as a silly waste of time at best, and corpse raping at the worst (I'm looking at you spawn of Herbert). However, as I am a Twin Peaks superfan, the book was only 200 pages long, and it cost me a grand total of 25 cents at the garage sale I bought it at, I figured there wasn't a whole lot to lose.
Over all it was a pleasant experience and went well ...more
As a rule I don't read EU fiction as I see it as a silly waste of time at best, and corpse raping at the worst (I'm looking at you spawn of Herbert). However, as I am a Twin Peaks superfan, the book was only 200 pages long, and it cost me a grand total of 25 cents at the garage sale I bought it at, I figured there wasn't a whole lot to lose.
Over all it was a pleasant experience and went well ...more
The last addition to the Twin Peaks book universe is more successful at capturing the voice of the series than
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
, although it also takes a lot of liberties with the condensing of time like the former (instead of pages being ripped out, certain tapes have gone 'missing').
It will still hold interest for Twin Peaks fans, eager to have anything to do with the small town, and there are times when Frost pretty much nails the voice of Agent Cooper. There are also a few sc ...more
It will still hold interest for Twin Peaks fans, eager to have anything to do with the small town, and there are times when Frost pretty much nails the voice of Agent Cooper. There are also a few sc ...more
A lot of movie/t.v. tie-in novels are quick bids to cash in on a trend. This book doesn't feel like one of them. That's probably because it was written by Scott Frost, an actual writer for the "Twin Peaks" series.
The Autobiography follows Dale Cooper from the age of 13, when he gets his first reel-to-reel tape recorder through the time he gets called to Twin Peaks. We see the cultural events of the sixties and seventies and how they effect Dale's life. Plus, we gain insight into how he was raise ...more
The Autobiography follows Dale Cooper from the age of 13, when he gets his first reel-to-reel tape recorder through the time he gets called to Twin Peaks. We see the cultural events of the sixties and seventies and how they effect Dale's life. Plus, we gain insight into how he was raise ...more
Funny, moving, disturbing - this book was even better than I expected. If you're a fan of Dale Cooper, you'll probably love him even more after this.
Spent my spring break alternating between reading books and watching the cult-hit TV show Twin Peaks (which is currently available on netflix).... the show solidified my belief in David Lynch's genius (watching Dune, also starring Kyle MacLachlan, had already made me a believer), especially with the creation of the character of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper.
To my delight, my SO surprised me with this book that he dug up in his boxes of books before I had to return to school. A fun, quick read of ...more
To my delight, my SO surprised me with this book that he dug up in his boxes of books before I had to return to school. A fun, quick read of ...more
Obviously, this is required reading for any Twin Peaks fan! You gain all kinds of insight into Coop's life prior to his arrival in Twin Peaks. Find out all about his early encounters with Windham Earl, Diane, Gordon Cole, etc. Also, you get to witness that first sip of damn good coffee! This book is so cool!
A really interesting look at the history of "Twin Peaks'" Special Agent Dale Cooper--and surprisingly true in tone to the quirky FBI agent portrayed by Kyle Maclachlan.
I especially liked the snippets of insight into canon characters--Dennis Byrson, Gordon Cole, and Albert Rosenfield. And of course Diane. I would have to say that the only downside would be not seeing more of their interactions with Coop.
Also pie and coffee feature quite prominently.
The story begins with 13-yr-old Dale receiving ...more
I especially liked the snippets of insight into canon characters--Dennis Byrson, Gordon Cole, and Albert Rosenfield. And of course Diane. I would have to say that the only downside would be not seeing more of their interactions with Coop.
Also pie and coffee feature quite prominently.
The story begins with 13-yr-old Dale receiving ...more
Like the series it was based on, this book is by turns funny and dark. Scott Frost was a writer on the second season of Twin Peaks and he nails the voice of Agent Cooper. The format is transcriptions of his self-narration dictated by way of his hand-held tape recorder to his possibly imaginary secretary Diane. Among the revelations of Cooper's past is that at age 13 he crawled through an air duct at school in order to tape record a girl's health class and then wrote to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov
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This book is the transcription of the tape recordings of Dale Cooper from the age of 13, when he got his first recorder, 'til the day he gets the case of Laura Palmer's Murder in Twin Peaks (at 34).
The last two chapters of the book cover the investigation of Teresa Banks' murder mentioned in the film, Fire Walk With Me.
After reading The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this. I actually found they were interestingly complementary reads, like two faces of the same c ...more
The last two chapters of the book cover the investigation of Teresa Banks' murder mentioned in the film, Fire Walk With Me.
After reading The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this. I actually found they were interestingly complementary reads, like two faces of the same c ...more
9 P.M.
Counted eighty-three stars in the sky before they began jumping around and hiding behind the moon. Three more hours and I will have proven that sleep is not necessary to a complete and balanced way of life as long as all the closets are locked...
Just like The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer , I enjoyed this simply because I'm a fan. For anyone not acquainted with my favorite Special Agent, the lines may seem too blunt, clipped or random; all I see is a young Kyle MacLachlan in a snappy suit ...more
Dale Cooper is the clean, handsome and odd FBI agent from the cult TV series Twin Peaks. In his 'autobiography', penned by Scott Frost, brother of series co-creator Mark Frost, Cooper's life is laid out as a series of audio recordings. It all begins Christmas 1967 when, aged 13, Dale receives a bulky tape recorder from his father. A series of hilarious episodes through adolescence follows, reminiscent of early
Adrian Mole
.
Having just watched all 29 episodes of Twin Peaks in a marathon sitting, ...more
Having just watched all 29 episodes of Twin Peaks in a marathon sitting, ...more
For the *Twin Peaks* devotee only. That said, I really did feel like the text was about Dale Cooper, as opposed to trying to push along the storyline or reveal something in addition to the series. I thought Frost Caught Coop's voice pretty well throughout, better than *The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.* Should out to Jessica Stanley who found it.
This is a far better
Twin Peaks
tie in than the patchy
Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
. While the latter never really convinced the reader of its association with its in-show character,
The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper
cannot be read without hearing Dale's dictaphone voice.
There's really not much interest here for anyone who's not a fan of the Twin Peaks show. It probably doesn't stand on its own very well for the uninitiated - but for fans it provides a charming amount of depth ...more
There's really not much interest here for anyone who's not a fan of the Twin Peaks show. It probably doesn't stand on its own very well for the uninitiated - but for fans it provides a charming amount of depth ...more
With the return of Twin Peaks to the screen I could help picking this one off the shelf. Ranging from the weird to the hilarious. How can we not be interested in how Dale Cooper came to find his strong mental powers, when he first discovered coffee and pie, the letter he received from J. Edgar Hoover, how he lost his cherry or how he met Windom Earle?
Some of the stuff on the Teresa Banks murder conflicts with what happens in Fire Walk With Me, but small beef.
Some of the stuff on the Teresa Banks murder conflicts with what happens in Fire Walk With Me, but small beef.
I enjoyed this TWIN PEAKS tie-in novel a lot more than the better-known
Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
. Scott Frost does such a good job of capturing Dale Cooper's voice that you can almost imagine him hunt and pecking his way through this collection of transcripts from his tapes (yeah, I know, he totally would have made Diane do the transcribing but it's still a fun image). I was a little shocked by all the unbridled Agent Cooper sensuality, especially in his teen and college years, but despite m
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My current Twin Peaks obsession continues with the reading of this book! My impression of books that are TV show tie-ins is that they're generally pretty crappy, but I liked this one a lot. The author does a great job of nailing Cooper's voice, which means that there's a lot of humor resulting from his dry, analytical analysis of EVERYTHING. I especially love the way he describes his really bizarre dreams. The book starts when Cooper is 13, so we get a lot of his back story, but it ends right wh
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Finally got to read this book, published nearly 25 years ago as a tie-in to the Twin Peaks TV series, and written by co-producer Mark Frost's brother Scott Frost. It is a surprisingly insightful look at the early life and career of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, leading up to his fateful appearance in a certain small town in Washington. Having just re-watched the entire series and prequel film on the recently released spectacular Blu-ray set, I am reading (or re-reading) the Twin Peaks related b
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He's one of the greatest characters ever created for TV so of course I like this book and the insight of the person Dale is before Twin Peaks takes place. That show is my life...
Oh young Dale Cooper from Germantown. A must read for any Twin Peaks fan.
I recommend this book for every Twin Peaks fans.
I LOVED this book!!!
My friend got me into twin peaks the show a few years back (on dvd of course)
I didn't mind the show (I'd give it 3 stars out of 5) am I loved the character of Dale Cooper. Awesome character and loved this book about his life before finding Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic in twin peaks. gives you more insight into the character of Dale Cooper.
awesome read even if you're not a hard core Twin Peaks fan.
Want to read it again...trying to find where to buy it.
My friend got me into twin peaks the show a few years back (on dvd of course)
I didn't mind the show (I'd give it 3 stars out of 5) am I loved the character of Dale Cooper. Awesome character and loved this book about his life before finding Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic in twin peaks. gives you more insight into the character of Dale Cooper.
awesome read even if you're not a hard core Twin Peaks fan.
Want to read it again...trying to find where to buy it.
Surprisingly entertaining and well-written, although will probably only be of interest to Twin Peaks nerds like myself. Written by the brother of show co-creator Mark Frost, this prequel is rich in detail, and provides a backstory that ties in superbly with the overarching TP mythos, and suggests that the occupants of the Black Lodge have been interested in and influencing Cooper's life long before he ever came to that little town in Washington.
If you read The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer you should read this as well, though it's not full of teenage romps and coke parties. I urge all fans of Special Agent Dale Cooper to read this! It provides back stories to Cooper's early training with the FBI and his dangerous obsession with Special Agend Windom Earl. It ends with Cooper on his way to Twin Peaks to solve the murder of Laura Palmer.
Ihan mahtava, yksi parhaista kirjoista hetkeen. Nauroin ääneen useammassa kohdassa ja kirja loi selvän kuvan siitä miten agentti Cooperista tuli sellainen kuin hän Twin Peaksin aikana on. Suosittelen, kevyt ja mukansatempaava!
This was clearly written before Fire Walk With Me was really finalized, and has some serious discongruities. That said, there is a lot of excellent stuff about Coop and Bob in here. It's mostly funny and pretty good and you can certainly hear Coop's voice.
I'm just not used to canon problems with Lynch works. It's more upsetting than it should be.
I'm just not used to canon problems with Lynch works. It's more upsetting than it should be.
I missed Twin Peaks in highschool, so I had to go through my obsessive "Oh my god, you HAVE to watch this!" phase at the end of college. Part of that phase was tracking down things that I would have loved in highschool, but were only moderately diverting as a young adult. This book was fun, scratched that itch for more things Cooper, but nothing more.
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Scott Frost is an American screen writer and novelist. He is the son of actor Warren Frost and the brother of
Mark Frost
and actress Lindsay Frost. He worked with his brother and David Lynch on the Twin Peaks television series, writing two episodes. Among others, he has also written episodes of Babylon 5 and Andromeda. In the early 1990s, he wrote the script for the mystery/thriller TV movie Past
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