my love affair with the unreliable narrator
Only recently have I realized that my favorite books have unreliable narrators. Perhaps it’s the additional puzzle that is involved in the novel or maybe I just like complex people. I think it’s more...
View Articlefirst rule is chuck palahniuk is really that cool
Chuck Palahniuk is cool. He’s the guy people read if they’ve only read two books out of school. He’s famous. He wrote Fight Club. Yes, it’s good, and the movie is really pretty. Brad Pitt is great....
View ArticleBecoming an Invisible Monster
The most horrifying stories, according to Chuck Palahniuk, are those that could happen. And the greatest monsters are the invisible ones living within us. He explores this in the reincarnation of his...
View ArticleExploring a ranch to find places to read and feeling like Frodo in Sky City,...
So sometimes, soifollowjulian goes on vacation. And I never travel without a few books to read. Because that’s the greatest vacation of all: immersing yourself in a book in another state. I visited my...
View ArticleChuck Palahniuk with the Cacophony Society at the Castro Theatre
Chuck Palahniuk released a sequel to Damned. It’s called Doomed. And he’s touring to support the launch of his book. Last month Palahniuk spoke in conjunction with the Commonwealth Club at The Castro...
View ArticleEveryone wants to be a savior in Chuck Palahniuk’s Doomed
Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk is the second book in a trilogy. Damned being the first; it’s about a young girl (whose parents are celebrities) who dies and is sent to hell. Doomed is about the same girl...
View ArticleChuck Palahniuk: Changing the Culture of Author Readings
I saw Chuck Palahniuk speak again. Presented by Booksmith, Chuck was speaking at the DNA nightclub to promote his latest book, Beautiful You. I was going with my friend Gib and as we approached the...
View ArticleChoking with Excitement over Chuck Palahniuk @ Inforum
Chuck Palahniuk spoke through the Commonwealth Club’s Inforum group at San Francisco’s Castro Theater. If you are familiar with Chuck’s writing, you’ll understand that he doesn’t do anything like...
View ArticleChuck (Palahniuk) in SF? Check, I was there.
Chuck Palahniuk was in San Francisco again. This time he was signing comics at Comix Experience. This was probably my seventh time seeing him. He’s one of my favorite writers (but also one of my...
View ArticleChuck Palahniuk Gets Meta and Looks at the Legacy of Tyler Durden in Fight...
Chuck Palahniuk‘s Fight Club 2 begins ten years after Fight Club the novel ends. The artwork by Cameron Stewart is amazing: at times I feel I’m experiencing a movie. The set up scenery is dizzying. The...
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