Kingslayer Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 This entire story: Guts by Chuck Palahniuk. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Oh, fuck. I'll never look at carrots the same way again. Ewww... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 ...That is one fucked up man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 The one who posted the link, the writer, or the character in the book? Or all of the above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I no longer have a copy of it, but when I was a teenager I started reading "The Godfather" which I assumed would be a great classic like the movie (I was already a huge movie buff by that age). Well, I got to the scene very early on where Sonny is screwing one of his sister's Bridesmaids, banging her against a door and I remember the description of the moment was something along the lines of, "fireballs of lust thrusting from his loins." At that point I realized the book was total trash, put it down and have never tried to read it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 The one who posted the link, the writer, or the character in the book? Or all of the above? Chuckieboy. Fucked. In. The. Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Agree with you, Max. Godfather I've never read, but 'fireballs of lust thrusting from his loins'? Ouch. That must burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Joergensen Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I no longer have a copy of it, but when I was a teenager I started reading "The Godfather" which I assumed would be a great classic like the movie (I was already a huge movie buff by that age). Well, I got to the scene very early on where Sonny is screwing one of his sister's Bridesmaids, banging her against a door and I remember the description of the moment was something along the lines of, "fireballs of lust thrusting from his loins." At that point I realized the book was total trash, put it down and have never tried to read it since. Arggg, I don´t know what you are thinking. I can´t remember that particular sentence because i read the books in danish. But it is a great book. Much better than the films, I would say, evn though I fell asleep during the films, and have never finished any of them. But give the book another try. It is a all time classic. How could you think otherwise. But again you can´t judge the book until you have read it all, and i can´t judge the movies until having seen it all. It just seemed wrong to see the story on film, after reading the book so many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back_packn Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 This entire story: Guts by Chuck Palahniuk. Oh hell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deornoth Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Oh hell... Oh my God... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 You'll never look at carrots and swimming pools the same way again. I also know someone who actually 'fucked' the pool's 'pipe' or whatever you call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back_packn Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I also know someone who actually 'fucked' the pool's 'pipe' or whatever you call it. Yeah... I could have went without knowing that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S John Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 This entire story: Guts by Chuck Palahniuk. Enjoy. I've read things by Palahniuk before, I knew it was going to be fucked up and I read it anyway. Goddamnit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deornoth Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I've read things by Palahniuk before, I knew it was going to be fucked up and I read it anyway. Goddamnit. It's like picking a scab, you know it's gonna hurt but you do it anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Will Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I hate to break up the gross out with a serious question, but I am kind of curious as to what is important in judging scenes of horror? Is it just the content or does quality of writing also play a part? I only ask because, while just about everything posted here is... well... revolting, some of the writing is actually quite wonderful. Indeed, I will go a step further and declare that a well written scene is generally more disturbing than a poorly written one, since the imagery is usually much stronger. Take Wolf Maid's first offering for example, it does roil the stomach slightly, but if you can get past the meaning the images are actually quite clever and parts of it actually made me smile. Also Guts (and I'm going to admit now that I'm a big Palahniuk fan so I'm bias), it is possibly one of the most disturbing things I've ever read (and I own a copy of the book) but it is also funny and... kind of insightful, I think. Am I just more disturbed than most people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S John Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Also Guts (and I'm going to admit now that I'm a big Palahniuk fan so I'm bias), it is possibly one of the most disturbing things I've ever read (and I own a copy of the book) but it is also funny and... kind of insightful, I think. I agree with you. It is pretty compelling, and if his goal was to have me thinking about that story for the rest of the day then he did his job. It was well written which made it difficult to stop reading even though it was one of the most disturbing things I've ever read. I still wish I hadnt read it though, I'd like to eat later on today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Monkey Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I agree with Will to some extent that well-written disgusting scenes are more powerful than poorly-written ones, but I hardly think that Wolf Maid's first offering was 'well-written'. It was mostly correct technical-wise but the author clearly hasn't figured out that 'less-is-more' when it comes to dialect and the word choice left much to be desired ('corrugation' instead of 'fold' or... anything else?). And I didn't even bother looking over that 'guts' story. I'm not the brightest monkey in the jungle but I'm not stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S John Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 And I didn't even bother looking over that 'guts' story. I'm not the brightest monkey in the jungle but I'm not stupid. You're missing out dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Monkey Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 You're missing out dude. I'm not stupid, you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 I mostly look at the content when judging if a scene is horrible. That first example I put up actually had good reviews from the critics (the author is the one who wrote Trainspotting). Good prose or not, it's still an icky scene. The idea of using phlegm as lubricant is enough to distract me from the prose and get me focused on the whole phlegm thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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