Chuck Palahniuk reading "Guts" - incomplete

Chuck reads "Guts" from Haunted in Victoria on May 28, 2007. The story is kinda on the disturbing side. As seems to be the norm, one person did pass out (with a thud) and others were queasy. Sorry it's incomplete...I had to put the camera down and squirm a bit myself. As a result, the "guts" part of the story isn't there...guess you'll just have to get Haunted to see how it ends.

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[phxsns1]

Do people faint from trying to hold their breath, or from the content of the story?

[theplanman]

@phxsns1 - content I believe...I get a bit woozy when I read it or hear it read, and I ain't holdin' my breath

[207tj]

This story is included in the book Haunted.

[theplanman]

Really?? Maybe that's why I wrote it in the description...

[207tj]

Oh, sorry. He wrote Guts years before he wrote Haunted though.

[theplanman]

Yes, you're right about that. He was waiting for the right book idea to be able to include it for a while. He reads it very well.

[snothammer]

I actually, somehow, never got nauseated from this story. I laughed the first time, and every time, I read it. I love telling people about because they get so disgusted. Then I try to convince them to read the book, and they won't. That's even funnier to me, despite the fact that they're missing out on such a great book.

[KiwiManoCornuta]

This part didn't bother me at all! I can't believe he's actually had people faint at readings of it!

[HoCuSXPoCuSXMCR]

I'm so excited I'm reading this story to my friends this weekend to see their reactions. =]

[pickells]

I read the book ages ago and I thought guts was funny and absolutely disgusting, but I listened to it on YouTube and had to force my mum to turn it off as suddenly felt very lightheaded and sick, thought it wouldn't bother me, but clearly it did

[00bilz]

@ProRanting

Agreed, the imagery he uses there makes it feel like it's you.

[buttersyrupnpancakes]

@Slide2671 i'm glad if it didn't happen to him lol. but certainly if it had it would explain how he wrote such viscerally riveting books.

[buttersyrupnpancakes]

i couldn't hold my breath that long but the story defo made me a little lightheaded lol. Chuck is awesome.

[broadwaymelody33]

I didn't faint when I read this, but I felt an overwhelming urge to grab my butt and make sure everything was in tact.

[Slide2671]

Palahniuk? No it never happened to him, the book never names the narrator. I went onto The Cult, and saw that he did this to completely put you in the narrator's shoes. It's like he's telling you the story exactly how he would in real life.

[Slide2671]

The thing is, I'm a huge fan of minimalism, but a lot of people don't do it right. I think that minimalism is very connecting, and gets the message across pretty quickly. This is why I like Chuck Palahniuk's novels, he doesn't go into fucking pointless details and overly long chapters. Each character talks in a way he/she would in real life, the book moves along at a fast pace, and the story always remains sharp.

Thank you Mr. Palahniuk. Excuse the trolls.

[redmangoose182]

LOL fucked up story.