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Chuck Palahniuk
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MiracleMan said on December 8, 2003 06:01:
Fight Club
Survivor
Invisible Monsters
Choke
Lullaby
Diary
Sick, so twisted, and oh so very, very wrong, and often laugh-out-loud funny. I love reading his books. Anyone else?
MiracleMan said on December 9, 2003 00:01:
Choke was the first novel by him I read, and I devoured it rather quickly. It was so different from anything I had read last summer, and it made for a nice break from the “normal” stuff I’d been reading. Good reading if you’re not put off by it, but, you’re right, he’s not for everyone. You have to keep with the books to understand what’s going on most of the time.
I loaned Choke to a friend and now he’s bought every other novel.
Fight Club is really just like the film, so if you liked the movie, I’d recommend his books, especially Choke and Invisible Monsters. Lullaby wasn’t bad at all either—good premise. (Diary was alright—just finished it. Survivor started strong but went awry somewhere in the middle.)
His novels are trippy and odd, informational, funny and wrong on so many levels. If you’re looking for something different, I’d say try him.
roxtexanet said on December 8, 2003 19:01:
Can’t stand him! But my girlfriend loves him, I just bought his “Invisible Monsters” for her...
“Fight Club” (the movie) made me physically ill... after awhile I couldn’t watch any longer... something about teeth getting knocked out and bleeding from the mouth really gets to me (-: I didn’t understand the few chapters of “Choke” I read, but it had a similar effect on me...