Palahniuk is most notably known for his novel Fight Club. Has anyone here read any of his other novels? In my opinion, he possesses one of the more unique voices within contemporary literature. I found his latest novel, Rant, to be thematically compelling.
Let's discuss!

No one here reads any Chuck?!
:mrgreen:

I'm sure someone has - or perhaps if you give us all a bit more info about him and the books he's written, you'll inspire some of us to give him a try.
Perhaps you'll nominate a book by him for the reading circle next month?

angerball said:Fight Club blew me away when I first read it. It's one of those books that I was so glad I had the chance to pick up. Though it was mainly centered around young/middle-aged men and their dissatisfaction with their place in society, it really spoke to me. I think alot of what Palahniuk says in Fight Club can apply to anyone living today. It's not only the story, but the way it was written. There were so many punchy one-liners in that book! :mrgreen:

Father Author said:Yes! Thank you for your reply. Fight Club was an instant classic. It will absolutely be utilized within classroom settings in the future, although, I've noticed that it has already begun to pop up in some university curriculum's already.

I saw the film Fight Club with my friend Claire and we thought it was AMAZING!
I then brought the book to read and she brought Chuck!
I read Fight Club and thought it was brilliant, and she read Chuck and said that was brilliant!
We have now swapped over the books to read
We will probably buy his others soon too and then do more swaps :lol:

I've only read Survivor so far although i have Diary and Haunted still to read.
I thought it was really good as an introduction to him. A neat attention grabber was the way that chapters were numbered in reverse order as he counted down to the end of his story. Chucks writing style is very short, choppy sentences however i laughed out loud a good few times whilst reading the book. Although i think the actual plot maybe a little more relevant to Americans (home of the tel-evangelist) the book still has a point to make about sanitising religion, making it appeal to the lowest common denominator (albums, action figures, books etc)
I would definitely recommend the book to anyone on the fence about Mr Palahniuk.

Palahniuk is one of my favorite writers.
I think that his books are for strong stomachs, especially "Haunted" (in Italy the title is "Cavie" literally translated in english "Cavy").
I read:
Fight club
Haunted
Survivor
choke
I counsel starting with Fight Club...
Palahniuk is a writer who should be first understood and then read :lol:
He describes our society to perfection!

I really want to read Fight Club but the only edition I can find has the film tie-in cover with a horrible big red star about it being a motion picture or something (and it's not a sticker). I check for it every time I go into a bookshop, and all of Palahniuk's other books look very nice, but I refuse to buy this one until it's released in a nicer edition. Oh well, something to look forward to.

I read Fight Club and found that Chuck possesses a charming style: his minimalistic tone-of-voice is nearly dialogue-like, which gives his writing an informal feel; but still he retains power in his words that makes for dynamic one-liners. In terms of such styles, Chuck's is one of the most enviable around; however my tastes tend to lean towards the more formal and less colloquial, so I can only enjoy Palahniuk to a certain degree.