"Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk

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Permalink Reply by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on February 25, 2010 at 3:00pm

Havent read it yet, just finished (in one night) "snuff" which was excellent! Cant wait to read Choke!

Permalink Reply by Secular Forces 2013 on February 25, 2010 at 6:22pm

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Permalink Reply by Ariel on February 25, 2010 at 10:00pm

My clipboard must have gotten the copy-and-pastes crossed. I'll fix the link.

Permalink Reply by TNT666 on February 25, 2010 at 7:12pm

I often get my reading list from my movie list. But I missed this movie and the reviews aren't anything special. I usually prefer reading a story in the movie--book order, as opposed to the book--movie order. Usually the book ruins the movie, because it's so much better.

Did you by any chance see the movie?

Permalink Reply by Randy Rose on February 25, 2010 at 8:09pm

I have read all of chuck's books up through rant. I need to read snuff and pygmy yet (and his new one that is coming out) but Choke is my second favorite, after fight club, of course. if you haven't read it yet, read invisible monsters, which is fucking phenomenal and after which the band Panic! at the Disco based nearly their entire first album.

Perhaps my favorite thing about chuck's writing is the whole double agenda: the plot plus the "do-it-yourself," "learn-at-home" writing. In FC it was how to make homemade explosives; in choke, it was all medical knowledge; survivor's tips revolve around how to clean blood, urine, or semen from any surface or material imaginable, etc.

The dude is a genius.

Permalink Reply by Josh Butterfield on February 28, 2010 at 12:49pm

One of my favorite Authors!