myra and cheryl

sidekick · #1 (**permalink**) Jan 25, 06

douglas coupland and chuck palahniuk are both coming to do a talk at the Freddy Wood theatre at UBC on (edit: february) monday the 27th at 7:30pm. i thought you guys might be interested.

i have already got my ticket, but it's general seating so you can grab a ticket and still sit together.

i do have one extra ticket if either of you want to buy it. they cost 12 bucks.

hope you both can come!

Goat · #2 (**permalink**) Jan 25, 06

Sounds like it'll be a blast.
Is there any particular theme goin on or is it a free for all or what?

That's a hell of a clash in writing styles, wonder when they hooked up.

charly · #3 (**permalink**) Jan 25, 06

monday or friday?

the 27th is friday..

anyways, i'd be down for going. sounds like fuuuun. plus, i could return your dvds and give you your birthday card! :P

Grapes · #4 (**permalink**) Jan 25, 06

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That's a hell of a clash in writing styles

How do you figure?

sidekick · #5 (**permalink**) Jan 26, 06

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Originally Posted by charly

monday or friday?

the 27th is friday..

anyways, i'd be down for going. sounds like fuuuun. plus, i could return your dvds and give you your birthday card! :P

damn, i got the date wrong. it's FEBRUARY 27th. well, i'm still going. i'll post the number you can call to get tickets to this.

charly · #6 (**permalink**) Jan 26, 06

WAY TO MESS IT ALL UP!!@#$%

:P

well as of now, i have nothing planned for february 27. i should be able to go. we'll see how this whole moving thing plans our first though, before i say yes for sure. :)

thanks for letting me know though.. i'll mark it in my calendar! (and yes, number would be good)

Goat · #7 (**permalink**) Jan 26, 06

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How do you figure?

I'll back peddle a bit and replace the original statement with content.
They're not all that different at all and tend to share similar topics. It's how they choose to express those topics I find the clash.

/end of back peddle

Grapes · #8 (**permalink**) Jan 26, 06

I've only read Fight Club, Girlfriend in a Coma and Hey Nostradamus so I might not be quite up to speed enuff to really put in my opinion (plus fight club was a long time ago and I can't remember much of it).

But to me they are similar authors.. both very hip, fingers on the pulse of modern society, dark undertones, confused complex characters.. and a penchant for merging the mundane with the surreal/supernatural.

Hey, what do you know, I'm enough of a smartass to comment after all.

Goat · #9 (**permalink**) Jan 26, 06

I'm not arguing with any of those points.
Their presentation are completely different though. You have one describing the unity, disfunctionality and quirks of main or side characters stressed through out a book with happenings of real life events (family, breakups, relationships, affairs, travel).
The other shows the stresses people exhibit when pushed to limits involving unreal or unlikely events contstrued together with enough 'logic' to make someone question, "What the fuck?!".

I can see how a fan base could be divided between someone as 'everyday' Coupland while hating the works of a guy who talks about eating dismembered genitalia, though they both discuss similar subjects.

sidekick · #10 (**permalink**) Jan 27, 06

palahniuk is definitly a lot darker and more pessimistic about human nature than coupland.

but yeah, they are both very modern and smart in their writing.