The Da Vinci Code
I definitely admit that the book was cool,
but i have to say that it was a bit gimmicky.
By that, I simply mean that the chapters always ended with
some sort of cliffhanger. Just got old after a while...
Anyways, my real reason for posting here today is this:
I recently attented a public reading by Chuck Palahniuk at the University of Michigan.
He was touring in promotion of his book
Diary, which was being released on paperback, and read a short story called
Guts.
Guts was originally released on his website and has been published in Playboy and other magazines.
Let me first say that it is one of the sickest stories I have ever heard! But the odd thing is, I found myself laughing at most of it. To truly understand read it yourself:
http://www.seizureandy.com/stuff/guts.html
As Chuck read the story some redheaded kid passed out. After that happened, Chuck explained that many people have passed out or thrown up during the many readings of the story. Later on, during the book signing session, I overheard the kid denying that he passed out. He could have been faking it, but he did look like a little bitch of a kid.
Anyways, here's more on the "pass out" phenomena:
http://dotavery.com/blog/archive/2004/01/27/371.aspx
