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The book is infinitely better.

Damn right the book is better. Chuck Palahniuk is a fantastic artist. Not the best technical writer on the planet but I have never read a man who can so accurately solicit desired emotions in his readers. There's a group of short stories that he wrote that he compiled into a frame-novel called Haunted.

One of the short stories is called Guts:

While on his 2003 tour to promote his novel Diary, Palahniuk read "Guts" to his audiences. It was reported that over 35 people fainted while listening to the readings. On his tour to promote Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories in the summer of 2004, he read the story to audiences again, bringing the total amount of fainters up to 53, and later up to 60, while on tour to promote the softcover edition of Diary. The last fainting occurred on May 28, 2007, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where 5 people fainted, one of which occurred when a man was trying to leave the auditorium, which resulting in him falling and hitting his head on the door . Palahniuk is apparently not bothered by these incidents, which have not stopped fans from reading "Guts" or his other works. (via Wikipedia)

If you've never read him I'd suggest his novel called Diary, it will quite simply stun you. I read that book while I was stationed in Iraq. After I finished it I had to put it down and sit quietly on my bed for about an hour. My roommates were actually concerned for me for a bit. "Hey, are you OK Adam?" "No, no I'm not. But I will be in a minute..."

Fight Club is a great flick, I've seen it a million times, and can quote it extensively. The best thing about that movie was the fact that it turned me onto one of my favorite authors.

The movie is great. I own it on DVD and I can't say that about many movies. I didn't read Fight Club until after the movie came out, but I realized quickly that a) the book is better than the movie on so many levels and b) that Chuck Palahniuk is my favorite author.

Speaking of him, he has a new book coming out in May called Snuff. I'm super excited about that.