Fight Club (The book)

[EnderDove]

How many of you people have read the Fight Club book? I finally got it and am about 1/4 of the way through it and already love it. Im enjoying it more than the movie almost.

[the_narrator]

First one of Chuck's books you've read?

[apoemtothedead]

I forgot how it ended, so I can't ruin it like I normally would.

[FstFtsVsFences]

Such a good writer. If you haven't read any of his other stuff, check out Lullaby and Haunted. Choke isn't as good as everyone was saying I thought and Survivor is pretty good.

[EnderDove]

First one of Chuck's books you've read?

Indeed it is, I will have to check out more soon.

[a typicalcliche]

bradd pitt dies

[the_narrator]

Such a good writer. If you haven't read any of his other stuff, check out Lullaby and Haunted. Choke isn't as good as everyone was saying I thought and Survivor is pretty good.
I really liked Choke. I think the anal beads secured its spot in my heart. But yeah, everyone says Lullaby is one of his best.

[EnderDove]

bradd pitt dies

I always thought Brad Pitt played that role. My bad.

[a typicalcliche]

I always thought Brad Pitt played that role. My bad.
who?

[apoemtothedead]

I'm reading Invsible Monsters again. For english class.

[EnderDove]

who?

Brad Pitt.

Bradd Pitt's older brother, duh.

[AreTwoKay]

I enjoyed the book better then the movie. And the movie is one of my favorites.

[a typicalcliche]

Brad Pitt.

Bradd Pitt's older brother, duh.
aww i see

[FstFtsVsFences]

I really liked Choke. I think the anal beads secured its spot in my heart. But yeah, everyone says Lullaby is one of his best.
I dunno, I think the main character was just too much of a jerk and I didn't care at all for him or what happened to him. Some really good parts, but I liked Lullaby and Haunted better. In fact, Haunted is probably one of my favorite books now even though it's his newest one. It's so innovative and just so gosh darn good.

[volume+volume]

Check out Diary, I liked it almost as much as I liked Fight Club.

[Bishop]

I think I'm the only person left who hasn't read any of his books.

I don't think I ever will.

[EnderDove]

I think I'm the only person left who hasn't read any of his books.

I don't think I ever will.

You fucking rebel you.

[chaoticXpunk]

I think I'm the only person left who hasn't read any of his books.

I don't think I ever will.
Nope, I haven't either.

It's on my to-do list.

[EnderDove]

Nope, I haven't either.

It's on my to-do list.

You have a to-do list??

[chaoticXpunk]

You have a to-do list??
Would it creep you out if I told you that you were on it?

[Bishop]

You fucking rebel you.

I try.

[EnderDove]

Would it creep you out if I told you that you were on it?

Not at all. As long as im before Billy, I dont want your sloppy seconds.

[chaoticXpunk]

Not at all. As long as im before Billy, I dont want your sloppy seconds.
Deal.

[the_narrator]

I dunno, I think the main character was just too much of a jerk and I didn't care at all for him or what happened to him. Some really good parts, but I liked Lullaby and Haunted better. In fact, Haunted is probably one of my favorite books now even though it's his newest one. It's so innovative and just so gosh darn good.
That was because:

1) He was a dick to his mother.
2) He was sexually-addicted, and was a dick to that girl.
3) He lied and prayed on others' good will.

I think Chuck said that the main character in that book was one he truly enjoyed writing because he was so flawed. He was not the actual protagonist, he was a dick. I think Chuck thought that made him more real.

I thought the "mapping" part of that book reminded me of the Days Away CD title.

[AshesAshes]

Lullaby is my favorite book by chuck.

[EnderDove]

Deal.

Dont lie to me.

[chaoticXpunk]

Dont lie to me.
Wouldn't dream of it. :bigsmile:

[EnderDove]

Wouldn't dream of it. :bigsmile:

*shudders*

[chaoticXpunk]

*shudders*
:shake:

[EnderDove]

:shake:

I'll give you something to shake your head at.........:sex:

[Andy]

It really is le classic.

You also need to read American Psycho, so much better than the film, apart from Bale.

[btbam > you]

i loved it as much, if not more than the movie. fight club, choke, and invisible monsters are my favorites.

[InvisibleNinjas]

chuck can most def write an intriguing, intelligent tale

[btbam > you]

chuck can most def write an intriguing, intelligent tale


agreed.

[Northstar1245]

This was the first book of his I read and I really liked it...it was WAY better than the movie...

[Tanooki Suit]

I really liked Choke. I think the anal beads secured its spot in my heart. But yeah, everyone says Lullaby is one of his best.
Who's this "everyone" you speak of? It is generally held amongst critics that his later work (i.e. Lullaby, Haunted) has paled in comparison to a lot of his earlier work. I like what I've read (Fight Club was great, I enjoyed Lullaby, and the short story Guts was good), but there is only so many times you can do the "shock" vibe and get away with it. Plus, the man has an egregious lack of subtlety in his writing. Yeah, I know he's supposed to be blunt, but the themes shouldn't be so goddamn obvious (like in Lullaby). Here's a look at what people think of Haunted. (http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/palahniukchuck/haunted)
You also need to read American Psycho, so much better than the film, apart from Bale.
I am a huge fan of Ellis's work. I read American Psycho this summer before I ever saw the movie, and I must say that the movie is pretty far off. I wouldn't exactly call the book a "page-turner" (it took me a little longer than it should have), but I found it to be an amazing satire on the consumerist culture of the elite in the late-80's (and, by extension, today). My favorite work by Ellis is his first, Less Than Zero, but I thought Rules of Attraction was very good as well. I have yet to read Glamorama or Lunar Park, but I do want to read the latter because of the supposed cameo of Patrick Bateman. If you go to my myspace, you'll see my favorite quote from American Psycho.

By the way, what's your take on the murders? Real or imagined?

[Andy]

It's really hard to say, I can go either way. But what I was gonna say was that I never even finished Glamorama, so don't get your hopes up. And I need to somehow find time to read Lunar Park.

[Tanooki Suit]

It's really hard to say, I can go either way. But what I was gonna say was that I never even finished Glamorama, so don't get your hopes up. And I need to somehow find time to read Lunar Park.
Yeah, I think it can go either way as well, but mostly I lean towards the murders being real. I think that anything less than that takes away from the punch of the book, merely boiling it down to "madness" or "imagination".

[Andy]

Yeah, I think it can go either way as well, but mostly I lean towards the murders being real. I think that anything less than that takes away from the punch of the book, merely boiling it down to "madness" or "imagination".
That's a good point. Ellis doesnt seem like one who would shy away from being brutal and thus getting his point through.

[Tanooki Suit]

That's a good point. Ellis doesnt seem like one who would shy away from being brutal and thus getting his point through.
Yeah, but I've read in an interview with him that he said he wasn't even sure which was the truth. Here's the quote:
Amazon.com: Perhaps you want to leave it up to the reader, but do you care to set the record straight on the "was it all just a dream" interpretation of the book.

Ellis: Right, right, the "was it all a dream thing." [laughs] Our old friends Mr. Loose and Mr. Reality. I don't know. When I was writing the book I kind of thought I knew but I really didn't. I liked leaving it open. Because it is left open purposely in the book. And depending on who you are as a writer and what you desire from the book, you're going to go either way. And the movie doesn't answer that question. It's fine. Why answer it? Is the book more meaningful? Does it make it more interesting? It's probably a much more interesting book when you're left hanging and you decide on your own.
(full interview here) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/571852/104-2542433-6003963)

[Andy]

Haha, if it's up to me, he killed them all.

Im gonna have to read that interview when I get home.

[the_narrator]

Who's this "everyone" you speak of? It is generally held amongst critics that his later work (i.e. Lullaby, Haunted) has paled in comparison to a lot of his earlier work. I like what I've read (Fight Club was great, I enjoyed Lullaby, and the short story Guts was good), but there is only so many times you can do the "shock" vibe and get away with it. Plus, the man has an egregious lack of subtlety in his writing. Yeah, I know he's supposed to be blunt, but the themes shouldn't be so goddamn obvious (like in Lullaby). Here's a look at what people think of Haunted. (http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/palahniukchuck/haunted)
Hmm. By everyone, I simply meant a great deal of people I've spoke with who've read his books. I'm sorry for not clarifying and stating, "every person I've spoken with." You're right, his works have the same vibe, and to be honest, I can only read so much at a time. I get bored with his pseudo-intellectualism and the "shock" vibe. Perhaps that is why the critics said Lullaby and Haunted were so weak, they wanted him to evolve. The themes were obvious in Fight Club also, its just that the plot twist was not.

[seconds]

I read Fight Club, and enjoyed it. Then i saw the movie.
I have read Choke, Fight Club, Survivor, Haunted, and I am reading Invisible Monsters.