Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk (ISBN:0385722222)

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		Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
	
				(132 reviews)			
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			Chuck Palahniuk		
	
Chuck Palahniuk’s world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. In his first collection of nonfiction, Chuck Palahniuk brings us into...more
 Chuck Palahniuk’s world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. In his first collection of nonfiction, Chuck Palahniuk brings us into this world, and gives us a glimpse of what inspires his fiction.At the Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival in Missoula, Montana, average people perform public sex acts on an outdoor stage. In a mansion once occupied by The Rolling Stones, Marilyn Manson reads his own Tarot cards and talks sweetly to his beautiful actress girlfriend. Across the country, men build their own full-size castles and rocketships that will send them into space. Palahniuk himself experiments with steroids, works on an assembly line by day and as a hospice volunteer by night, and experiences the brutal murder of his father by a white supremacist. With this new direction, Chuck Palahniuk has proven he can do anything.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This book is a collection of non-fiction from the author of Fight Club. It ranges from celebrity interviews to observations of cultural events like a combine demolition derby in Washington State to descriptions of his own use of steroids. The interviews aren't as affecting as the other essays, maybe because Palahniuk's approach is to leave his point of view out of the interview, so the the...more
 This book is a collection of non-fiction from the author of Fight Club. It ranges from celebrity interviews to observations of cultural events like a combine demolition derby in Washington State to descriptions of his own use of steroids. The interviews aren't as affecting as the other essays, maybe because Palahniuk's approach is to leave his point of view out of the interview, so the the article is only as interesting as his subject. Definitely a must-read for any fan of Palahniuk's work.   hide

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							Mark
						
							few weeks ago						
A collection of short stories, a fun read.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Funny but the stories dragged a bit at times.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Good as far as non-fiction goes.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Starts off boring and slow. Little stories of interesting people doing interesting things, eg, building castles, wrestlers, dog owners etc. Then it moves to a more personal view. Chuck semi-interviews celebrities, Marilyn Manson, Julitette Lewis. Then the best part of the book, about himself. The murder of his father, fight club being filmed and meeting brad pitt. i good read for any chuck...more
 Starts off boring and slow. Little stories of interesting people doing interesting things, eg, building castles, wrestlers, dog owners etc. Then it moves to a more personal view. Chuck semi-interviews celebrities, Marilyn Manson, Julitette Lewis. Then the best part of the book, about himself. The murder of his father, fight club being filmed and meeting brad pitt. i good read for any chuck palahniuk fan. In Australia it is called non-fiction with a dog/man on the cover that i might get tattooed!   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
i bought my copy while i was interning in london and it was called simply, "non fiction," but i almost bought it again at home in the us because i thought it was another compilation of palahniuk essays.  regardless of how weird some of the topics are (the first one definately doesn't hold back), chuck's way of explaining the extraoridinary is something i one day hope to rival.  exceptional read...more
 i bought my copy while i was interning in london and it was called simply, "non fiction," but i almost bought it again at home in the us because i thought it was another compilation of palahniuk essays.  regardless of how weird some of the topics are (the first one definately doesn't hold back), chuck's way of explaining the extraoridinary is something i one day hope to rival.  exceptional read that will open your eyes to what is out there.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
не зацепила меня.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Chuck's lead an interesting life to say the least, and his real world essays can often make for just as engrossing a read as his increasingly outlandish fiction. However, I said 'often' - the main problem with this is that some of the stories do ramble, and some are frankly not all that interesting. Good, brain-widening stuff it may be, but to be honest it could have been a little shorter and...more
 Chuck's lead an interesting life to say the least, and his real world essays can often make for just as engrossing a read as his increasingly outlandish fiction. However, I said 'often' - the main problem with this is that some of the stories do ramble, and some are frankly not all that interesting. Good, brain-widening stuff it may be, but to be honest it could have been a little shorter and thus more focused and enjoyable.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Not bad. Some of these essays are fascinating––particularly the ones about men who build their own castles, the "Rocket Guy", and Chuck's own personal collection of stories––while many others tend to fall short of the book's title. Overall, I'd say about half the stories are variously interesting, while the other half are bland and unimpressive. Not his best, not his...more
 Not bad. Some of these essays are fascinating––particularly the ones about men who build their own castles, the "Rocket Guy", and Chuck's own personal collection of stories––while many others tend to fall short of the book's title. Overall, I'd say about half the stories are variously interesting, while the other half are bland and unimpressive. Not his best, not his worst.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Intro alone is worth the price.

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