They changed the cover of Stranger than Fiction

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old[img]http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/stranger/strangerthanfiction.jpg[/img] new [img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385504489.01._PE30_PI_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img]
[url]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385504489.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg[/url]

I don't like the fringes on the new one.
I sure do love to nitpick.

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Posted May 20th, 2004 by angusbeef123

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lets you know its a bed

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:36

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[QUOTE=Tad R. fitzsimmions]lets you know its a bed[/QUOTE]
oh.
I get it now. Thanks.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:37

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if you didn't know chucks background then you wouldn't ge the reffence. that why they did it.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:37

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why didn't they have the shotgun barrel carving a scratch into the wooden floor? that would have been better, hehe - if not too forward


Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:38

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thats slightly extreme for a book cover.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:38

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i would love that. the normal-joe-douche-noozle wouldn't like it.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:39

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[QUOTE=Tad R. fitzsimmions]if you didn't know chucks background then you wouldn't ge the reffence. that why they did it.[/QUOTE]
I do know all about Chuck's grandpa. I thought the fringes were supposed to be a curtain, like he's standing on the stage. But now I know. And knowing is half the battle.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:40

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there were other ways they could have went about let everybody know he was under abed but this is ok.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:41

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...but true to the story if you read the interview with chuck about looking from under his bed at his grandfather's shoes - and teh shotgun barrel being dragged across the floor...


Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:46

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that would mess me up for life. plus my grandpa was very very creepy as is, a shot gun and dirty boots would make his image even worse.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:52

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[QUOTE=Tad R. fitzsimmions]that would mess me up for life. plus my grandpa was very very creepy as is, a shot gun and dirty boots would make his image even worse.[/QUOTE]

or it could make you a great minimalist author


Thu, 05/20/2004 - 04:56

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just so i can sleep easier tonight, some one please tell me that white border around the new cover is just a background and [b]not[/b] on the actual cover ?

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 05:11

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[QUOTE=karbunkle]just so i can sleep easier tonight, some one please tell me that white border around the new cover is just a background and [b]not[/b] on the actual cover ?[/QUOTE]
The white border is the backround and won't appear on the actual cover. The 30% off sticker isn't a part of the cover either.

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 16:21

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sheeeeeew
i was beginning to break out in nervous sweats there for a moment

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Thu, 05/20/2004 - 16:22

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[QUOTE=kasey_carpenter]...but true to the story if you read the interview with chuck about looking from under his bed at his grandfather's shoes - and teh shotgun barrel being dragged across the floor...[/QUOTE]
It wasn't him looking and his bed. It was about his father lying under the bed and seeing his father with the shotgun and all.

But I don't like the cover.


Thu, 05/20/2004 - 16:35

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[QUOTE=angusbeef123]
I don't like the fringes on the new one.
I sure do love to nitpick.[/QUOTE]
at least i can look at it now and not think its a picture of someone taking a shit in a bathroom stall
heh heh heh

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[QUOTE=karbunkle]at least i can look at it now and not think its a picture of someone taking a shit in a bathroom stall
heh heh heh[/QUOTE]

I still thik it looks like a bathroom stall. I'd like to think the best place to read and relax at the same timeis taking a shit and reading till your legs go numb.

this is the way I read most of his books.

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[QUOTE=izzy's_inflamed_sense_of_rejection]I still thik it looks like a bathroom stall. I'd like to think the best place to read and relax at the same timeis taking a shit and reading till your legs go numb.

this is the way I read most of his books.[/QUOTE]
I read this way too. most people think it's revolting. there's something about the new cover. I don't like it nearly as much.


Tue, 05/25/2004 - 01:31

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lol.. i read guts last night. i know the story isnt in this book but the story is pretty damn strange. a swimming pool would be a good cover also

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Tue, 05/25/2004 - 03:02

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Guts isn't in Stranger than Fiction, it's in Haunted coming out next year.

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Tue, 05/25/2004 - 03:15

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[QUOTE=angusbeef123]Guts isn't in Stranger than Fiction, it's in Haunted coming out next year.[/QUOTE]

thank u for proving u didnt read my post. i said i KNOW its not in that book

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Tue, 05/25/2004 - 03:27

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Oh.

At first I thought the original cover was someone in a bathroom stall. Since there's no toilet, my mind went to glory holes.

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Wed, 05/26/2004 - 22:07

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That cover is deep. I cannot wait to buy the book.


Thu, 05/27/2004 - 08:26

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I prefer the original, now its gone all frilly on us!


Sat, 05/29/2004 - 10:57

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I cant wait for the new book, Ive only just heard about Chuck P. about a year ago but since then Ive read everything I can with his writing in it (aside from the hometown thing). I cant wait for Stranger.

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Sun, 05/30/2004 - 19:03

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woah.
I didnt see the reference till they put the frills.
now I feel like a idiot for not seeing that before.


Mon, 05/31/2004 - 16:22

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i really didnt connect that story about his grandfather and the cover up till i read this thread, who designs the covers anyways?


Tue, 06/01/2004 - 01:42

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[QUOTE=Tad R. fitzsimmions]i would love that. the normal-joe-douche-noozle wouldn't like it.[/QUOTE]
The normal-joe-douche-noozle would be too busy reading the fucking da vinci code to read a chuck book.

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Tue, 06/01/2004 - 01:56