2009

Great NY Times Article About The 10 Yr Anniversary of 'Fight Club'

Dennis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:15:17 -0500

Check out this great article from the NY Times on the legacy of Fight Club. The article interviews David Fincher, Edward Norton and Chuck Palahniuk with small snippets and looks back at the crontrovery surrounding the release of the film. It also looks at its lasting appeal and the factors that made it into such a cult hit.

Read the NY Times article here

Save Mr. V! - Support The Teacher Suspended For Assigning 'Guts' To His Students

Dennis — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:49:42 -0500

It's taken us a little while to officially report on this story, and for that we apologize. It's a big story that a couple of reporters have already tried to call and contact me about. The site has no comment on this matter at this time except to say that you can show your support for this issue by joining this Group:

Save Mr. V. Group On Facebook

To recap, about 2 weeks ago, a popular high school English teacher named Greg Van Voorhis was suspended for handing out copies of Chuck Palahniuk's ground-breaking short story Guts out to his 11th grade students. According to the Gothamist:

That didn't go over so well with school administrators at the Bronx School of Law and Finance in Marble Hill, where the seven-year veteran was quickly reassigned from his classroom duties while the Department of Education investigates.

As most of you know, Guts is a short story which was featured in the March 2004 issue of Playboy and is included as a chapter in Chuck's best-selling novel Haunted. The story was read live on Chuck's 2003-2004 tours and is so far responsible causing over 75 people worldwide to faint. We featured such an incident in our 2003 documentary on Chuck Postcards From The Future, and you can read the full story of Guts here.

To read the full article on Mr. V's suspension, go here.

And if you'd like to show your support, check out the Save Mr. V. Group On Facebook.

Fight Club Blu-ray 10 Year Anniversary DVD Now Out

Dennis — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:08:14 -0500

This is a big day for all you Fight Club fans. The movie is finally available on Blu-ray in a special.... correction.... a "You Are Not Special" edition DVD.

Order it here!

The set includes all the features of the previous version, including:

NEW: A Hit In The Ear: Ren Klyce and the Sound Design of Fight Club
- Welcome To Fight Club
- Angel Faces Beating
- The Crash
- Tyler's Goodbye
NEW: Flogging Fight Club
NEW: Insomniac Mode: I Am Jack's Search Index, Commentary Log, Topic Search
Behind the Scenes Vignettes: Production, Visual Effects, On Location
Edward Norton Interview
Commentary by David Fincher
Commentary by David Fincher, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter
Commentary by Chuck Palahniuk and Jim Uhls
Commentary by Alex McDowell, Jeff Cronenweth, Michael Kaplan and Kevin Haug
Seven Deleted Scenes and Alternate Scenes
Trailer Farm – Theatrical Teaser, Theatrical Trailer, The Eight Rules of Fight Club
12 TV Spots
Public Service Announcements
Music Video
Five Internet Spots
Promotional Gallery
Art Gallery

Most of these above features we've seen already. So it seems the main reason to get this disk is to have this awesome movie on Blu-ray finally.

Check out the official site for the DVD

'Fight Club' Tshirts: New Model Pics Posted!

Dennis — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:54:54 -0500

Our brand new 10th Anniversary Fight Club Tshirts are now shipping! If you haven't yet placed your order for one of these amazing shirts...

Order Your 'Fight Club' Tshirt Today!

Many of you were holding off on your orders until we had some modeling shots to show you. Well, as of last week, I got some friends together and we took about 400 pictures of them wearing the 'Fight Club' shirts. To see some of the best pics we captured, check out our Fight Club Tshirt gallery! We purposely photographed people with different body types, so you can get a full idea of how the shirts will look on you.

Also don't forget that we are co-promoting the sale of these awesome Tshirts with the limited edition posters that the designer, Kevin Tong, has put together. The design features the high-rez image from the shirts, which you can see below. These posters are selling out quick, and there will not be another run of them. The poster is hand screen printed, four colors, on 18 x 24 inch Cornflower Blue 100 lb Cover Paper in a limited edition of 200. It costs $30. For more details as well as pictures of the poster:

Order Your Limited Edition 'Fight Club' Poster Here!

Unfortunately, the t-shirt and the poster must be ordered separately as they ship from different locations.

'Fight Club' Tshirts Are Now Shipping! Plus Limited Edition Posters!

Dennis — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:30:54 -0400

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Our brand new 10th Anniversary Fight Club Tshirts are now shipping! Furthermore, as of today, Mirka has already shipped out all the pre-ordered shirts. So if you had already placed your order, you should be getting your shirt(s) within a few days. If you haven't yet placed your order for one of these amazing shirts...

Order Your 'Fight Club' Tshirt Today!

But wait, it gets better! Kevin Tong, the amazing designer of the Tshirt, has a co-promotion with us whereby he's offering limited edition posters of his 10th Anniversary 'Fight Club' shirt design.

The poster is hand screen printed, four colors, on 18 x 24 inch Cornflower Blue 100 lb Cover Paper in a limited edition of 200. It costs $30. For more details as well as pictures of the poster, click here!

Order Your Limited Edition 'Fight Club' Poster Here!

Unfortunately, the t-shirt and the poster must be ordered separately as they ship from different locations.

Pre-Order Chuck Palahniuk's Upcoming Novel 'Tell All' Today!

Dennis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:36:14 -0400

Pre-Order Chuck Palahniuk's 2010 Novel 'Tell All' Today!

Chuck Palahniuk's next novel 'Tell All' just went up on Amazon as a pre-order this week, with completed cover design. I immediately went to the good people at Random House for a blurb about the book, and got these words from Chuck's wonderful editor, Gerry Howard:

“A dark reimagining of All About Eve and a hilarious assault on celebrity. From the absolute master of dark reimaginings and hilarious assaults.”

The book is due out May 4th, 2010. But you can pre-order it now.

Attack Of The Show's Chris Gore Plugs The Chuck Palahniuk Documentary

Dennis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:47:11 -0400

Fight Club T-Shirts Are Finally Here!

Dennis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:39:03 -0400

For years we've been offering Tshirts on this website for all of Chuck Palahniuk's books. You have demanded them and we have delivered. But strangely, the one shirt we never made was a Fight Club shirt.

Well, that all changes today. In honor of the 10 year anniversary of the movie Fight Club, as well as the 10 year anniversary of ChuckPalahniuk.net (yes, it's been that long!), we are finally offering you the shirts you've been wanting for years! But this time we took things up a notch. We wanted this shirt to look different than the rest. We wanted it to not just feel like a 'Fight Club' movie shirt, but also channel the book. So we wanted a design that was balanced. Something hot. Something you'd wear out and not feel like too much of a fanboy. ;)

Order Your 'Fight Club' Shirt Here!

Chuck Reviews The June Workshop Finalists!

Dennis — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:45:35 -0400

After a slight intermission, we return to you with perhaps the greatest feature we have ever offered on our website in 10 solid years of content. Chuck Palahniuk reads and reviews your stories! Hopefully by now you know the drill, but just in case you don't, lemme recap you!

Starting in February of 2009, we began a screening process, whereby about 17 original stories from our Writers' Workshop get nominated and then read by judges every month. The top 6 stories are then sent off to Chuck Palahniuk who reads, reviews and feedbacks them. The selected finalists are then posted here, along with Chuck's in-depth notes. It is Chuck's aim at the end of the year to choose the best stories and publish them in an anthology which he will write the Intro for.

As we are on a three month turnaround, below you will find the 6 stories that Chuck reviewed for June 09. Premium Members can click each story to not only read it, but also see Chuck's feedback.

The Great-God Bird of Arkansas - Wil D. Alton

Invisible Graffiti - Adam Skorupskas

Bike - BH Ebert

Logan Outbreak - J. R. Strohmeyer

The Line Forms On the Right - Amanda Gowin

The Soldier - Phil Jourdan

A big congrats to all the finalists. Chuck seemed to really enjoy every story we sent in June.

For all of you that would like to jumpstart your writing career, quit procrastinating and,

For everyone else, remember, don't miss out,

Join The Workshop Today!

Craig Clevenger Reading in San Francisco: Thursday, October 15!

mirka — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:14:26 -0400

That's right, all you San Francisco/Bay Area locals, here's your chance to attend a reading! Craig will be reading at Litquake next Thursday, October 15 at 7:00 PM.

Details:
SUBTERRANEAN SF: Hard-Boiled Writing With An Edge
This event shall take place at an undisclosed location.
Seating is limited and by invitation only.
21+

"An evening of darkly inspired readings exposing San Francisco’s sinister underbelly. Join a hard-hitting roster of literary and crime fiction masters as they delve into the shadowy realms of mayhem, murder, and much, much more."