Chuck Palahniuk

I've seen Fight Club and Choke, although I havent read any of his books. Which of his books should I start on?

Start with Fight Club, get it over with.  You know you're going to want to read it anyway.

Im not very interested in reading either Fight Club or Choke, it just seems weird to read a book that i've already seen the movie version of it.

Not the same experience, trust me.

>>3

They are probably his best books. At least in my opinion they are. Just read Fight Club. Or you can read Survivor.

I'll second Survivor

The books are a lot different from the movies. I haven't seen Choke but the book is a good read. I know that with Fight Club the ending of the book is ridiculously not the same as the movie ending. The only other book of his I've read besides those two is Haunted, which is a short story collection but framed with another story altogether and pretty fun to read, especially if you like the more grotesque aspects of his writing.

OP here, thanks.  Im gonna start with survivor, then ill probably eventually read choke and fight club, haunted seems pretty cool too, as i've read Guts on /b/ like, 2 years ago.

Lullaby is pretty accessible.

Diary was terrible and predictable.

Rant is terrible and surprisingly clever, but I'm only halfway done atm.

>>10

Prepare to have your mind fucked.

I also have a feeling the Carlyles were more important than the book initially lets on.

Fight Club, Lullaby, Rant and Haunted are his best.

I'm reading Fight Club right now and I'm really digging it.
Snuff looks pretty interesting as well, opinions?

snuff is absolutely horrible.

Snuff was really bad.  I didn't bother finishing it, and I never do that.

Yeah, Snuff was shit.  Not quite as bad as Diary, but still...

>>13

If anything, rent Snuff from a library. It's a very short read and definitely Palahniuk's weakest. I liked it a bit more than others it seems, but I can agree that it's down at the bottom.

Lullaby is good.
Rant is fantastic once it picks up.
Pygmy can become somewhat irritating, what with the "broken english" that it's written in.
Invisible Monsters is enjoyable.
Haunted is great as well, and if you care about length it's his longest.

>>17
rent ... library
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Don't read his shit, it's awful.

I just finished Diary, and can agree with the others that it's a steaming pile of ass. Fight Club was good and had less plot holes than the movie. The first few pages of Survivor were good, and I should get around to reading that.

Generally though, Palahniuk spends most of his time trying his golly gosh darndest to shock you, which can get pret-ty tedious.

>>18
Sorry for my mixing of words there.

Looks like I forgot to mention Diary....

It sucked royally. It was just fucking boring.

He's a faggot. As in, he chokes on cocks IRL. If you read what a faggot writes, you eventually become one.

I read Survivor when I was an impressionable underageb& and was sad for a week.

Just checked out his newest book at the library, Pygmy, and it's written as if the whole thing was translated through Babelfish because it's narrated by some asian terrorist who doesn't speak English well.

I couldn't get through the first chapter, I hate it when I have to read each sentence three times just to figure out what the fuck is going on.

When Fight Club first came out and I was still in High School, I would suck Palahniuk's cock for the longest.  Then I read Diary...  That had to have been the worst thing I ever read.  The beginning tells you it's shit.  It might not have been that bad, but it wasn't good.

Anyway; Survivor was great, Invisible Monsters was too, Lullaby was the best.  Fight Club was good for a first novel (you can tell he's just getting there).  Choke was alright, I can't really remember too well.  Granted I haven't read any of those in years.

But, I kinda got caught up a couple years ago.  Rant was his best so far and makes you want to see the sequels.  Snuff was utter shit and if you're not a fast reader or have time to kill, don't bother.  Pygmy was alright, a little hard to tell what was going on if you lose track of thinking in broken English.  Not to mention it brings up a giant plot-hole.  (If they were such great spellers; why can he not spell?  Then again, a lot of what they know isn't exactly true...)

Long story, short; if you're gonna do Palahniuk - Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Lullaby, and Rant.  IF you like those, then Survivor and Choke.

I read this story when I was 11 years old. I reread it at the begining of last year and it blew my mind at how good it still was. I just turned 24 years old 3 days ago (on the first, yeah i'm a newyears baby) and i spent all day today/last-night rereading it again and holy shit it rocked my world!!! better than the first time, better than seeing the movie when i was 9, better than rereading it WAAAAAY later when I was older. its like an amazing scotch that just keeps getting better and better the longer you let it set. Holy shit!!!!

I wish more books were like this! I hate fantasy (and I know books, I work at a book store and read nonstop. Last fantasy book i liked beside this one was On a Pale Horse and Good Omens, both funny and not serious!)

Goddamn this book is sooooooooooooo good. I cant stop thinking about it and what to talk about it!