Chuck Palahniuk's 'HAUNTED'

[Taki Soma]

Just finished reading this book last night.

Anyone else read it recently? What a strange book... I didn't much enjoy the overall arc of the story, I thought it was boring and I couldn't wait for them to dive into the 'poem' parts of the story -- some of those 'poems' were freakin' genius!

[Fake Pat]

it seems to be a pretty unpopular book, even among palahniuk fans, but i absolutely loved it. easily my favorite book he's written.

and you're definitely right about the poems. they are fantastic, especially the last one.

[Jonny Z]

i gotta finish this book... i might take it with me on my next trip.

[Cth]

I think I'm halfway through it.

I've got his next book on reserve at the library.. hopefully I can finish Haunted before then :D

[Taki Soma]

it seems to be a pretty unpopular book, even among palahniuk fans, but i absolutely loved it. easily my favorite book he's written.

and you're definitely right about the poems. they are fantastic, especially the last one.

the one about Venus and the goth boy? yea, that was great. I also love the first one, the one about masturbating in the pool.

he's got such a way of describing things/situation that I just can't compare to anyone else (in a good way)

[Taki Soma]

i gotta finish this book... i might take it with me on my next trip.

where are you going?

[Fake Pat]

the one about Venus and the goth boy? yea, that was great. I also love the first one, the one about masturbating in the pool.

he's got such a way of describing things/situation that I just can't compare to anyone else (in a good way)

i honestly can't remember which poem it actually was (the book's at my house and i'm back up at the dorms), but it's the one that has the "let us all be haunted" line in it.

[Taki Soma]

I think I'm halfway through it.

I've got his next book on reserve at the library.. hopefully I can finish Haunted before then :D

which book was that?

[Taki Soma]

i honestly can't remember which poem it actually was (the book's at my house and i'm back up at the dorms), but it's the one that has the "let us all be haunted" line in it.

yes, i think that's the one.

[Jonny Z]

where are you going?

i'm goin to argentina in february woooooo

[Cth]

which book was that?

http://www.amazon.com/Rant-Oral-Biography-Buster-Casey/dp/0385517874/sr=1-8/qid=1169055945/ref=sr_1_8/104-5966832-0044725?ie=UTF8&s=books

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey



Rant takes the form of a (fictional) oral history of Buster "Rant" Casey, in which an assortment of friends, enemies, admirers, detractors, and relations have their say on this evil character, who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time.

Buster Casey was every small kid born in a small town, searching for real thrills in a world of video games and action/adventure movies. The high school rebel who always wins (and a childhood murderer?), Rant Casey escapes from his hometown of Middleton for the big city and becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing, where on designated nights, the participants recognize each other by dressing their cars with tin-can tails, "Just Married" toothpaste graffiti, and other refuse, then look for designated markings in order to stalk and crash into each other. It's in this violent, late-night hunting game that Casey meets three friends. And after his spectacular death, these friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short life. Their collected anecdotes explore the charges that his saliva infected hundreds and caused a silent, urban plague of rabies....

Expect hilarity and horror, and blazing insight into the desperate and surreal contemporary human condition as only Chuck Palahniuk can deliver it. He's the postmillennial Jonathan Swift, the visionary to watch to learn what's —uh-oh—coming next.

[Taki Soma]

i'm goin to argentina in february woooooo

wooo!

[Taki Soma]

http://www.amazon.com/Rant-Oral-Biography-Buster-Casey/dp/0385517874/sr=1-8/qid=1169055945/ref=sr_1_8/104-5966832-0044725?ie=UTF8&s=books

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey

nice. reminds me of the poem of miss sneezy

[PeteL]

I'm still reading through it. I recently rediscovered it in paperback. I like the glow in the dark cover.

It's not my favorite of his, but it reads well enough. I like the story with the bouncing bowling ball of death.

I wish I had a knack to write like him.

[Tabraz]

I've read this book, my sister is a big fan and insisted I read it! If I am honest, I didn't really like it that much, but I guess thats cause I like different types of books to what she does!

[Fake Pat]

http://www.amazon.com/Rant-Oral-Biography-Buster-Casey/dp/0385517874/sr=1-8/qid=1169055945/ref=sr_1_8/104-5966832-0044725?ie=UTF8&s=books

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey

i can't wait.

[Michael John Wheeler]

Haunted is the one Palahniuk book that I couldn't finish. I hated it. I have all of his other books and adore his writing, but this... First Diary, then Haunted... I'm really hoping Rant reverses this trend.

[Taki Soma]

I'm still reading through it. I recently rediscovered it in paperback. I like the glow in the dark cover.

It's not my favorite of his, but it reads well enough. I like the story with the bouncing bowling ball of death.

I wish I had a knack to write like him.

pfah! no kidding, me too.

[Fake Pat]

Haunted is the one Palahniuk book that I couldn't finish. I hated it. I have all of his other books and adore his writing, but this... First Diary, then Haunted... I'm really hoping Rant reverses this trend.

i definitely agree with you on diary. i hated that one.

but what was it that you disliked so much about haunted?

[Taki Soma]

I've read this book, my sister is a big fan and insisted I read it! If I am honest, I didn't really like it that much, but I guess thats cause I like different types of books to what she does!

yeah, different flavor for different people.

[c. page]

probably my least favorite of his books (favorite being invisible monsters). that said, i picked it up at the airport before going to WWC last summer, and read it during the delay. one of the few books (aside from american psycho) that has gotten me to audibly gasp while reading it.

[Taki Soma]

probably my least favorite of his books (favorite being invisible monsters). that said, i picked it up at the airport before going to WWC last summer, and read it during the delay. one of the few books (aside from american psycho) that has gotten me to audibly gasp while reading it.

nice. I kept saying out loud "what.the.fuck" :scared:

[Mark Mavro (kryptic6)]

the one about Venus and the goth boy? yea, that was great. I also love the first one, the one about masturbating in the pool.

he's got such a way of describing things/situation that I just can't compare to anyone else (in a good way)

Hearing him tell that pool story live was definitely a highlight of my life.

[c. page]

Hearing him tell that pool story live was definitely a highlight of my life.

i still shudder when i think about that story.

[Taki Soma]

Hearing him tell that pool story live was definitely a highlight of my life.

you did? lucky.

or... unlucky, I dunno... I haven't been able to eat corn since.

[Mark Mavro (kryptic6)]

It was funny. He mentioned how before he had a chance to get the stories down on paper, he would pray before going on a plane and say "Please, God, let me make it through this flight so I can get these 3 masturbation stories published."

[trevor hale]

I got about 30 pages in to HAUNTED before giving up, and I tried to read DIARY twice, but couldn't get past page 50 either time.

Both really surprising, because everything that came before those two I absolutely loved. I haven't picked up his Stranger than Fiction book, and I may give the new one I heard about a few pages ago a shot, but man, DIARY and HAUNTED I hated.

Oh well. No one bats 1000 forever.

[Robert A.]

I never finished it. I read about half of it, but I got so bored with the main story that it made me just stop caring about any of it.

[Jonny Z]

Hearing him tell that pool story live was definitely a highlight of my life.

yeah i've seen him live a couple of times when i was living in boston... great experiences. the pool story was definately a highlight. the man's an awesome public speaker and storyteller.

[Taki Soma]

It was funny. He mentioned how before he had a chance to get the stories down on paper, he would pray before going on a plane and say "Please, God, let me make it through this flight so I can get these 3 masturbation stories published."

that's golden

[Taki Soma]

I never finished it. I read about half of it, but I got so bored with the main story that it made me just stop caring about any of it.

yeah, I wasn't thrilled with the main story.... you should just leaf through and just read all the 'poems', you'll be delighted!

[Robert A.]

I really loved Choke. I liked Fight Club from what I read of it, but I lost my copy and I really don't want to have to buy another copy.

[Tabraz]

just a question.... but how do you pronounce his surname?

[c. page]

just a question.... but how do you pronounce his surname?

paul-ah-nik, IIRC.

[Tabraz]

paul-ah-nik, IIRC.

thankee kindly!

[Robert A.]

paul-ah-nik, IIRC.

Yeah, that's it. It took me weeks to figure out how to pronounce it.

[Tabraz]

Yeah, that's it. It took me weeks to figure out how to pronounce it.

My sister has liked him for years, and she was still uncertain! :)

[c. page]

Yeah, that's it. It took me weeks to figure out how to pronounce it.

couldn't figure it out either. i think the only reason i learned the right way is the paper was covering a reading he was doing in seattle, and listed how to pronounce his name.

[Taki Soma]

couldn't figure it out either. i think the only reason i learned the right way is the paper was covering a reading he was doing in seattle, and listed how to pronounce his name.

I learned how from listening to an audio book of his.

[c. page]

I learned how from listening to an audio book of his.

ooh. was he the one reading?

[Robert A.]

couldn't figure it out either. i think the only reason i learned the right way is the paper was covering a reading he was doing in seattle, and listed how to pronounce his name.

I learned from a podcast interview. :)

[Taki Soma]

ooh. was he the one reading?

it wasn't him, but another voice actor, but he mentioned his name as the author at the beginning and the end.

[changingshades]

it seems to be a pretty unpopular book, even among palahniuk fans, but i absolutely loved it. easily my favorite book he's written.

and you're definitely right about the poems. they are fantastic, especially the last one.

Says who? I love it. Palahniuk is best when he goes full out. It's books like lullaby when he plays it middle of the road that sucks.

[Michael John Wheeler]

i definitely agree with you on diary. i hated that one.

but what was it that you disliked so much about haunted?

There was nothing to the stories. They seem as though they were written to intentionally shock and one-up-another on disgustingness. The characters and plots aren't as developed as well as short stories should be. He also relies so heavily on his usual writing methods that all the stories sound the same and don't feel original.