NEWS: Chuck Palahniuk Vs. the Wizard of Ass

CELEB: Chuck Palahniuk Vs. the Wizard of Ass

The SG community is no stranger to the works of Chuck Palahniuk. The term "Suicide Girl," after all, is credited to one of Palahniuk's books, Survivor. "Thank God someone has benefited from the Internet," Palahniuk said of SG. "It's not just eBay and Amazon. Somebody has made a name that's not just monetary but a cultural icon."

Cultural icon has a nice ring to it, and surely Palahniuk himself falls into the same category. For the generation that came of age and entered adulthood during Fight Club's choke hold on popular culture in the late '90s, the book was a sounding board for everything we hated about middle class complacency. It was more than a book, it was a call to arms, inspiring a whole new crop of Marla Singers and Tyler Durdens.

But for those already deep within the pages of Palahniuk's world before Brad Pitt entered into the equation, books like Survivor and Invisible Monsters were the cult favorites we devoured with an insatiable curiosity for the disturbing, twisted lives Palahniuk brought to print.

After the success that David Fincher's film adaptation of Fight Club brought Palahniuk in 1999, the author went on to release Choke (2001), Lullaby (2002), Diary (2003), Haunted (2005), and Rant (2007) to mixed reviews. Some loved 'em, some hated 'em, but certainly no one could ignore them.

Palahniuk's newest offering, Snuff, is of a pornographic nature and hits shelves May 20.

According to Random House, Inc:

To get you in the mood, the fine folks over at Palahniuk's official site have released a new promo video for the book.

Some of you already have the Snuff release date marked on your calendar. For the others, what do you think about the "under-acknowledged presence of pornography in contemporary life"?

*calender marked*

I hated the first few enough to ignore the rest.

Did someone say butterflies from an ass?

Haunted is one of my favorite books EV-AR. Can't wait for this one. it sounds exceptionally fucked up.

That trailer was pretty damn funny

Hey!!! A new author to read!

Oh, man. Does anyone know of a Wizard of Oz-themed porno out there? I want it, if so.

Wow. Someone is clearly not a fan.

I'm so excited I can barely stand myself. I will definitely be going to the book release party here in Portland.

The closest thing I can think of are the parts of Alan Moore's Lost Girls that focus on Dorothy. But I daresay that's not precisely what you're looking for.

Uh, can't some of us be both?

Anyhow, I think it's emblematic and a symptom of a culture that was mired in Puritan principle for far too much of its inception. American culture as it relates to the sex industry is one big Madonna/Whore complex and if you can't blame the Church I'm really not sure where the finger should be pointing.

It's telling that any reported rate of pornography use among US Christian men is 20 to 30 per cent higher than the reported rate among the general US male populace.

oooo... Source please

Wizard of Ass video > any novel written by Chuck Palahniuk