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From: TigerPaw9/25/2004 8:49:07 PM
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I went to an interesting reading
by Chuck Palahniuk. He is most known for
writing the book "Fight Club". He read a
story which was crafted to make people faint,
or lose bowel control, or other disturbing
physical effects. I didn't really realize
that such effects could be planned and executed.
It was an eye-opener, but I can't say it was
very pleasant, I was quite chilled and faint by
the end and would have left except it was crowded
and I was not near the door. This is the story:

seizureandy.com

I don't think that it has the same effects when it
is read instead of listened. He explained later
that when you read the story you have some control
over the pace and can fight off nausia. When you
listen to the story you are drawn in and trapped. It
was an amazing demonstration of the power of words.
There was one fainting at this reading.

BookMagazine.com Reports on Chuck Palahniuk's Body Count

An article on BookMagazine.com cautions that attending one of Chuck Palahniuk's readings of his short story, "Guts," can be hazardous to your health:

9/12/03 Surgeon General's warning
For the better part of this century, book tours have been rather sober affairs. Chuck Palahniuk, the iconoclastic author of Fight Club is inadvertently changing that one reading at a time. The grotesque imagery in "Guts," the short story he is reading aloud on his tour to promote his new book Diary, has knocked four people unconscious. This happened most recently at Cody's in Berkeley, California, when a man and woman simultaneously collapsed. The other faintings occurred at readings in Portland and Seattle.

books.guardian.co.uk
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