fight club...

[omega33655]

the first rule of fight club, is you do not talk about fight club!

now i read this book....about 100 times straight...

so if i could fight any celebrity id problably fight the new pope...he looks evil as hell...

any other members of Fight Club? or other fans of Chuck Palahniuk's work?

[Celluloid]

I'm not much of an avid reader, but yes actually, Chuck Palahniuk is one of the very few authors I take the time to appreciate. Survivor, and Invisible Monsters are my favorites of his personally, however Fight Club was very well written. It's funny, he actually admiited he prefers the ending in the movie than the one he wrote in the book, and I think that takes a lot of devotion to admit someone did a more impressive job wrapping things up.

I think Palahniuk is one of the very few genius authors of our generation.

[omega33655]

I'm not much of an avid reader, but yes actually, Chuck Palahniuk is one of the very few authors I take the time to appreciate. Survivor, and Invisible Monsters are my favorites of his personally, however Fight Club was very well written. It's funny, he actually admiited he prefers the ending in the movie than the one he wrote in the book, and I think that takes a lot of devotion to admit someone did a more impressive job wrapping things up.
I think Palahniuk is one of the very few genius authors of our generation.
yes yes, im not an avid reader either but he hooked me with his work...there are many who disagree on whats better..the book or the movie...i like both

[Bloodlust]

I never read the book...but I've seen the movie about 20 times....and I loved it :D

[Nicola]

REVIVE

I tried reading this book, and on my first attempt, I found it too trite, a bit difficult to follow and I couldn't relate to it much. But, I had to read this book for uni, so I cheated - I watched the film instead so I could go into uni and at least have something to say about the masculinities in the book (the module was about masculinities). To my complete surprise, I found myself enjoying the film, and because I hadn't got far into the book (thank goodness) I didn't see the twist coming.

I read the book afterwards, as I was able to visualise what was going on. It makes the split personality a little bit more obvious than it does in the film, and it does it from the beginning without explicitly saying anything, which is why I found it so confusing. I ended up reading the book, but I don't think it was as good as the film adaptation.

I didn't really like the violence, to be honest. If there's one stereotypical trait of men that I really dislike, it is their need to be violent, and this novel played heavily on that stereotype. :/

[Sensi Hawso]

I've yet to pick up the book but the film was such a pleasant surprise for me as I had absolutely no opinion of the movie before watching it. The violence was sometimes a bit much for me but I understood why it was there, but the story and the characters were something I could really enjoy.

Perhaps I'll pick up the book, I haven't read anything new in a while after all.

[zombies[INC]]

I discovered Chuck Palahniuk after watching the movie Fight Club. It instantly became one of my top favourites, and I was compelled to read his novels. Surprisingly, I didn't start with Fight Club. In fact, I have yet to read it! I believe I read Choke (which has recently been adapted to film.) first, Invisible Monsters and Diary followed.

[Ænorexorcist]

Classic book. Far better than the movie, although like most (I'm sure) I saw the movie first, but this actually kind of helped make the book come alive, since the film captured the novel's imagery and feel QUITE well.