Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

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feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:07:35 GMT

Kimbob the Magnificent wrote:
Of his last two, I really loved Rant. His latest, Snuff, was ridiculously lame, though.

Sorry, I like his stuff. He's this generations Tom Robbins, with a little less talent and a lot more disturbed wackiness.

Kimbob the Approving

I was in a bookstore like three days ago and read the summery of Snuff and seriously considered getting it, but had no...

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Us Kids Know) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:04:20 GMT

lol @ the title of this thread and then every Will post is "well, [insert novel or story] is good, but all the others.....notsomuch"

Loved Fight Club, loved Survivor, didn't care much for Choke. That's all I've read.

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feeds@yuku.com (Hamdingers) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:54:49 GMT

Choke = not bad at all. The others I have little to no use for.

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feeds@yuku.com (hwamf) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:41:00 GMT

I wish Dr Will Hatch two point oh would let us know his opinion on this. His 8 posts in this one page thread are so vague.

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Kimbob the Magnificent) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:37:29 GMT

Of his last two, I really loved Rant. His latest, Snuff, was ridiculously lame, though.

Sorry, I like his stuff. He's this generations Tom Robbins, with a little less talent and a lot more disturbed wackiness.

Kimbob the Approving

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:30:36 GMT

Exactly. I loved Fight Club, and his non fiction is good, but everything else is middling or junk

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (sadllama) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:15:48 GMT

he is highly overrated and if you've read one of his books you've basically read them all.

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feeds@yuku.com (BeaKiddo) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:36:05 GMT

'Haunted' was incredibly disturbing. I couldn't stop reading it. I won't read another one of his books. I will go see that movie though.

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feeds@yuku.com (GrenadeJumper85) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:37:32 GMT

I just bought "Lullaby" by him, but haven't gotten a chance to read it. Fight Club was awesome though!

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:33:29 GMT

I think hes one note. Sure,he has a lot of interesting ideas, but the way he writes makes everyone sound the same. They all pontificate about the same things over and over again in a circle until some weird shit happens which breaks the chain.

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (hwamf) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:27:34 GMT

So, you've read Fight Club, Survivor, Haunted, Choke, and Stranger than Fiction and you think he's a lousy writer?

Thats queer.

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feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:24:58 GMT

Maus>Everything Is Illuminated

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feeds@yuku.com (Gregoire) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:19:11 GMT

You know what else sat in the garbage can with Chuck Palhueynuk?

'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Jonathon Safran Foer

A one note author if ever one existed on this planet.

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:13:00 GMT

I didn't hate it that much, it was pulpy and I liked that. It's a lot better then when hes pretentious

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feeds@yuku.com (Gregoire) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:47:19 GMT

I literally threw Haunted into the trash..

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feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:44:49 GMT

The only thing I really liked from him was "Stranger then fiction", I'm ging to go to that Testicle festivel sometime

Re: Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Shagnanigans) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:42:52 GMT

Unsettled is a good word for it. He starts well and ends well, but most of his stories' middles are pretty boring.

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feeds@yuku.com (Man Eatter00) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:41:27 GMT

I like his writing, but it always leaves me feeling "unsettled" after I read his books.

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feeds@yuku.com (Pseudo Propaganda) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:10:22 GMT

I don't care about his writing. He's hot.

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feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:56:36 GMT

I actually liked Haunted, but thats because its a collection of quirky horror stories rather then a story with no plot at all with no "real" human beings but quirky caricatures just for the sake of being quirky

Chuck Palahniuk is a lousy writer-Discuss

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Will Hatch two point oh) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:40:05 GMT

Fight CLub was awesome, and some of his non fiction is pretty good too, but his fiction is repetitive and dull. Is anyone going to see Choke?