Chuck Palahniuk

[JimmydaFuzz]

Everyone needs to read Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (he wrote Fight Club, in case ya didn’t know). If you saw / read Fight Club and liked it, you’ll love this. It’s like Fight Club times ten … twice as wierd (if you can believe that) and disturbing but if you understand it, it’s almost <img> enlightening <img>

[wireland]

CP is giving a screening of ‘fight club’ tomorrow afternoon, then a reading (of what, i don’t know) tomorrow 9/16 at U. of Pittsburgh for those in the area (and fans of his work) it should be most excellent….also, his new book "Diary" is out in hardback now…….

[king of carrot flowers]

reading choke now. not bad, haven’t had a chance to finish it off.

[wireland]

chuck’s reading at Pitt was amazing…he read an unpublished story called "Guts"…the subject matter of which was uhhhhh..somewhat disturbing and very hilarious at the same time. 4 people passed out, and a few others puked, hehehe…here is a review from a Pitt paper:

http://www.pittnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/18/3f6955224c46b”>http://www.pittnews.com/vnews/display.v … 955224c46b

[AGAP]

Just finished Diary…it was great!

Lucky so & sos in Portland, the Pahlaniuk documentary Postcards from The Future is being premiered Dec 12-14, Chuck Pahlaniuk will be there for the first night with a Q & A session following the film…info here

Good news is you can also preorder the DVD…here

Can’t get the trailer to work for me though

[crazycloud]

Survivor. this book is erie.. i think it would be a better movie then fight club. i dont like any of his other books though .. i think this guy killed kittens when he wasa child

[AGAP]

Fight Club as a musical…

Ain’t It Cool News

Friday, June 18, 2004
FIGHT CLUB The Musical?!?
Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab…
This is just… weird.
Hello,

I was at tonight’s Chuck Palahniuk reading at the First Unitarian Church here in Portland, OR. During the Q & A, the author mentioned that various parties have met and are discussing the prospect of a BIG-BUDGET, BROADWAY MUSICAL BASED ON FIGHT CLUB. Palahniuk has given it his stamp of approval and David Fincher is somehow involved. He quoted a gleeful Fincher as saying, "Can you imagine people in New Jersey paying $120 to drive to the city and watch a musical about anarchy?"

I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere else on the web so I thought you might be interested in this. As strange as this might sound, it’s not so unusual that the movie/book/future video game would get a shot at the stage. Stephen King’s Carrie enjoyed a brief run and that cats singing on rusty cars thing ran for, what, two decades?

Other highlights:

– Palahniuk read the 19th chapter from his next book, due in 2005. Parts of the book will be appearing in issues of Playboy later this year ala the short story "Guts." He asked that no one in the audience give away the plot so I’ll just say that it involved a CPR dummy, two anatomically correct "Real Dolls" from the former Soviet Union, stuffed animals and several very naughty police detectives.

– On the subject of the Fight Club video game: "I don’t own video games or watch tv. I don’t know much about it. It’s so easy to sign something and have them cut you a check."

– He bought 65 large flowers from an SE novelty shop and passed out a dozen or so to people who asked questions. Going along with theme, he also passed out stuffed animals.

– A highlight for me anyway. I had Palahniuk sign a book for my dad. I figured his travel guide, "Fugitives and Refugees" would make a "great" Father’s Day gift seeing that it contains passages about protestors puking red, white and blue vomit all over the downtown Hilton in the ’80s. I told him it was a gift and, being Chuck Palahniuk, he scribbled a crypitc message about prison rape. I guess I have to get ol’ Dad something else now.

Anyway, I hope this stuff proves useful. I have crappy pictures of the event too.

Yup,

Brandon

Waitasecond… there’s a FIGHT CLUB video game?!
Really?!
"Moriarty" out.

[crazycloud]

oh crap i live three blocks away i didnt even know he was there.. i already have my books signed though… id have to ask him the kitten question thoguh.

[AGAP]

Just picked up Survivor & Invisible Monsters, gotta pollute my mind with anything other than work related reading…think these two should work well

[severedlips]

i read three books by chuck p. while on my adventure: lullaby, choke, and invisible monsters. all three were good, but choke was by far my favorite.

[my name is lisa]

"wireland " wrote:

chuck’s reading at Pitt was amazing…he read an unpublished story called "Guts"…the subject matter of which was uhhhhh..somewhat disturbing and very hilarious at the same time. 4 people passed out, and a few others puked, hehehe…

So, I just started reading Haunted the other day and I’m thinking that "Guts" has become part of this book. I did almost faint after reading that part – I thought maybe it was low blood sugar but…christ

I did like Fight Club and Choke though.

[AGAP]

Quote:

Want to hear from Chuck Palahniuk?

Careful how you answer. The author of "Fight Club," "Diary, "Survivor," "Invisible Monsters," and other twisted tomes can be described as many things, but boring is not one of them. You might want to stress test your mailbox first, but he’s announced that he’s taking fall and winter off to answer fan mail and if you get a letter to him in the month of October you’ll get a response.

I leave it to you to decide if that’s a good thing.

Quote:

The day has finally come! Chuck is allowing you all the month of October to write him letters via his agent at Donadio & Olsen. It’s been about two years since the last fanmail window was opened and Chuck has been very busy inbetween. So many of you probably thought this day would never come again. But Chuck has set aside much of the Fall and Winter to answer every piece of mail sent to him. And I can tell you that he’s already cooking up some new surprises for the reply mail he sends back to each of you.

Now, as always, there are some very important ground rules Chuck has in place that you all must adhere to. The consequences for not following these rules will be Chuck does not reply to your letter… or even worse, it never gets to him and ends up in a trash basket at his Agent’s office.

The Guidelines:

– Letters must be postmarked within the month of October, 2006. I’d encourage people to start writing their letters this last week of September, and then hit the post office the first week of October. Don’t do a mad rush in the remaining days of October the way people did last time. The earlier you get your letter sent off, the quicker he’ll reply to it.
– No packages are allowed. This includes sending him books you want signed. Letters only!
– Please type out your letters in a clear, legible font. No hand-written notes. No oddly colored ink or papers. Chuck will toss these letters for the ones he doesn’t need a map to figure out.
– Return addresses must be made super-clear and be printed on both your envelope AND on the letter itself, and like the letter, be typed out in a legible font. Put it this way, if Chuck can’t read your return address, you’ll never hear back from him.

Last time around, Chuck asked you all to state your goals. This time around, he’d like to hear more about that, but he’d also like to hear about a recent accomplishment you’re proud of. Work, school, a baby…

He also stated that it takes up to four months to respond to some letters — just
because of that inevitable bulk that comes in the last few days of the window. So to make sure someone gets a response, they should use a mailing address that will still
be valid for the next six months.

Important: Also, remember that the way this works is, you write Chuck your letter. He reads it, responds with his own letter/package, and that’s it until the next fanmail window. Every year we do this I get people begging me to let them send a follow-up letter to Chuck to thank him for the reply letter he wrote them. What these people fail to realize is that everyone wants to do that. So you’ll just have to be patient with your Thank You letters, or better yet, tell Chuck in person how much his reply meant to you next time you see him read.

Okay, start your engines. Fanmail window opens on October 1st, 2006. Please address your letters to the below:

Edward Hibbert
Donadio and Olson, Inc.
ATTENTION: CHUCK PALAHNIUK FANMAIL
121 W. 27th St. Suite 704
New York, N.Y. 10001

Have fun!

[severedlips]

Quote:

So, I just started reading Haunted the other day and I’m thinking that "Guts" has become part of this book.

….you are correct, lisa. i just picked up a copy of "Haunted", and that story is indeed "Guts". still makes me squirm in my seat…..

[my name is lisa]

"severedlips " wrote:

….you are correct, lisa. i just picked up a copy of "Haunted", and that story is indeed "Guts". still makes me squirm in my seat…..

yeah, i’m feeling sick just thinking about it

[AGAP]

he’s doing another tour for his new book Rant, includes some Canadian dates…should be a scream, hopefully no one pukes

http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/author/tour.php”>http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/author/tour.php

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