Choose Your Own Erotic Adventure 16: Chesty LaRue and the Mystery of the Penis Plant.

"Invisible Monsters" by Chuck Palahnuik

Case said:

great book

cborgman said:

Have you read his short story "Guts?" It's at Chuck's Web site. It may very well be the grossest, most stomach-churning piece of writing I've ever read. Apparently, people have passed out from reading it.

jonylawson said:

Relax man....everyone doesn't share the same tastes...what you call populist shit is entertaining reading to others.



AND VISE VERSA!

jonylawson said:

you gotta be careful when you make these kinds of statements - i used to be all mr. "cultural elite and proud of it", but then i came to claim that part of myself that sometimes just plain wants to enjoy something big and splashy with lots of explosions and fake boobs. as long as i keep a perspective on what it is i'm taking in, i have no problem with enjoying "populist" media on its own terms.

It's really goooooddddd!!!!

DexMSR said:

I just finished The Da vinci code... I liked it...it wasn't great but I liked it....the really cool thing about this book is that it has a lot of people I know who never would pick up a book to save their sorry lives.... reading....I give Dan Brown major respect for doing that!

I started reading Love in the Time of Cholera and I can't put that shit down.

He's got storytelling skills like Dumas.

2the9s said:

I keep saying I'm gonna pick that up.

Sweeny79 said:

It's one of those books I've kept meaning to read. He's an incredible storyteller.

2the9s said:

That's what I hear the title is so icky though....

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I LOVE Koontz!!! But I dropped this book on like chapter 7

Maybe I'll pick it up again.

kisscamille said:

Stephen King is phenomenal. I am in the middle of the Dark Tower Series, gonna start Wolves of Calla sometime in the next month or two.

i changed my choice of reading material yesterday after renting 'i heart huckabees' - now i'm reading 'the basic kafka'.

Sweeny79 said:

I like Koontz too, until I pick up the next book of his...only to find that "so and so is really not so and so at all, but unspeakable evil. Bobby Jo now must find a way to get to so and so before the lurking powers take over (name the city or person) and eventually the world. Secrets are discovered, but will their discovery destroy Bobby Jo (or other name, or a dog's name) in the midst of the struggle?

HobbesLeCute said:

Can I read that after you? Please?

2the9s said:

Sounds interesting.....

charlottegelin said:

Sticky pages and all?

bluesbaby said:

I know what you mean. I was a big John Saul fan back in my day. In his stories the children were the evil ones....IN EVERY BOOK. I was never a fan of Koontz but I'm digging FRANKENSTEIN. It's the first book in a trilogy. I was also a huge Stephen King fan. I've reading everything until he started getting kind of "fantasy". I love his humor. My favorite Stephen King has to be SALEM'S LOT. As lame as it may sound I even liked the original made for TV mini-series. It scared the hell out of me. They have a new version out with, god help me, Rob Lowe. I'm tempted but I don't know.

Anxiety said:

LOVE that movie!

cborgman said:

i was very impressed with it, though i notice it's one of those where people either really love it or completely hate it.

Speaking of books with good narratives, if anyone ever gets hold of a copy of Fup by Jim Dodge, read it.

2the9s said:

Love in the time of cholera is one of my top 10 favourite books. It's a beautiful love story and so well written. I've read it 3 times and I never stop loving it.

Comic books count? Then the last episode of Andreas's Capricornus...

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Ooh, that's what I want to read next! I LOVED The Virgin Suicides! Right now, I'm reading Gone With the Wind for the very first time, and I can't get enough of it.

cborgman said:

That's a great book!

Just finished Run For Home by Sheila Quigley.. now starting Land of The Living by Nicci French

theVelvetRoper said:

I recommend it. I'm going to see if I can finish it today!