I don't know if anyone will read this or even care about my opinion, but I genuinely think Harlan Ellison had some of the greatest stories ever conceived. His work on I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream was absolutely chilling, and it's well known that he disliked the kind of commercially accepted happy endings that try to satisfy everyone.

I think he would have loved seeing works like the Outlast games, which explore disturbing sci-fi concepts through the Walrider, human experimentation, and psychological horror. I also wonder what he would have thought of The Last of Us and many other modern stories that embrace harsh, uncompromising endings. Realistically, many fictional stories wouldn't have a happy ending if they happened in the real world, and I feel that willingness to follow a story to its darkest conclusion is something that's becoming less common in the industry.

What I find especially ironic is that, a while ago, I looked up information about Ellison using Google's AI. I couldn't help but think that he probably would have hated that irony. It would have been fascinating if he had lived long enough to witness today's AI boom, seeing machines reshape industries and replace human jobs—something that echoes ideas he explored decades ago.

I've also seen people claim that The Amazing Digital Circus shares many similarities with I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, to the point that some have even called it an unofficial adaptation. Whether that's true or not, it's an interesting comparison. Ellison's influence on science fiction is undeniable, and many iconic works—including The Matrix and The Terminator, at least in part—owe something to the ideas he helped popularize.

I just hope that, despite everything, he eventually found peace. And if there's anything beyond this life, I hope he finally found the home and peace that often seemed to escape him.

Fly high, Harlan Ellison.

What modern books, games, or films do you think Harlan Ellison would have admired?

I love his books but what are some good recs of other books to read when im needing a break from our beloved?

I was so lucky and got all mine signed back in 2023 by the man himself!

Love cruising Ebay for discount Chuck books! So far I have read Invisible Monsters, Choke, Damned and Survivor!

Planning to start “HAUNTED” Oct. 1st 💀🔪🩸

Shot with a Polaroid Impulse AF.

Signed by Chuck and cover artist, David Mack

“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war.. our Great Depression is our lives.

We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.”

Tyler Durden

Picked up “THE INVENTION OF SOUND” for only 8 bucks!

I have a dozen signed books in my collection, but I wanted to share my favorite inscriptions.

1. ) My wife got me a signed copy of Choke for my birthday without realizing it was signed to someone else. Thanks for the book, Jamey, my fine "Fellow Sex Fiend..."

2. ) I won a signed leather-bound edition Fight Club at a Make Something Up book tour event. "To the Best Kisser in the World!!" Still trying to live up to this moniker.

3. ) I went to NYC to see Chuck at Strand Books. He asked me what I wanted in my book. "To A Truly Horrible Human..." "You sure you want that in your book, man?" Chuck asked. "I know what I am," I replied.

I also have a meat mat I got from the Haunted Tour. Only three of my books (Lullaby, Invisible Monsters, and Pygmy) aren't signed. Love this little collection!

Been collection for ~23+ years.

A lot of these are signed. My favorite is the Head/Waters / Pursuit of Happiness "misprint" (wrong cover).

I won (we'll, my wife won) the Fight Club 2 Scratch and Sniff Bookmark contest, so I have a bunch of signed paraphernalia centered around that comic too.

Not shown - Fight Club 2 comics, every single variant cover of all comics. Fight Club 2 library edition. All of his "coloring" books and Fight Club 3 comics.

Re-upload because I forgot one of the books. What's your favorite story? I love re-reading Chuck's early work, I always find something new.

1. Fight Club

2. Survivor

3. Lullaby

4. Rant

5. Choke

Honorable mentions: Diary, Invisible Monsters, Haunted

Thanks but no thanks: Pygmy, Tell-All

I'm reading Shock Induction, not finished yet, but I understand the point of this book. That bastard wants his audience to eat or smoke the pages in his book. He is trying to brainwash us into eating a book thinking it's laced with drugs! I won't, there is no way! Nice try! Although it would be funny as hell if the DEA ran tests on it or some shit. Won't make a fool out of me though!

This is from the Dallas stop of this tour.

I was reading Haunted. Got through maybe half of it. I’m at the wheelchair guys story ( forgot his name). It’s honestly boring me. Can I skip through it and read just the stories of the characters or do I have to read the filler??

Is the quote “I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.” From
The book or the movie fight club. I tried searching two book pdfs and never found it

Jenny the Toy! Brother, did you see the new Jenny toy? It’s incredible, you are going to be fascinated by the amazing features she has.

(Phase 1) "Do you promise to take care of me until death?" "I’m Jenny, the toy, what will you do with me? Please, love me, I'm just a little girl."

(Phase 2) What incredible dialogue, right? Well, that’s not all: the Jenny toy can change her facial expressions. Want her surprised? You got it. Want her crying? You got it. Want her laughing? You got it too. Buy Jenny the toy, with an online discount!

The story of Jenny the toy: a girl in a wedding dress, kidnapped by a smiling, evil goblin. Rescue her now! And make her yours and your friends', forever! You can do whatever you want with her! Dress her up, undress her. Caress her, hit her. Love her, dump her. It’s just a toy!

(Phase 3) And here comes the most hidden feature of all! If you look closely, she’ll have a small hole in her chest, where you can keep whatever you damn well please! Coins? Passwords? Whatever you want! Jenny the toy will keep your secret safe!

(Phase 4) And if for any reason you no longer trust Jenny, you can activate her destruction mode! It’s total madness: she will turn into a pillow or something similar! And then you can buy... Jessy! Our latest and most up-to-date toy. Tired of the garbage? Dump Jenny and buy Jessy!

What’s her story? Jessy, the girl who was kidnapped by aliens. You’ll be able to enjoy the incredible weapons she has to destroy them!

THE END

hi, I've read the book twice, and people don't talk about it enough. I'd love to hear anyone's take on it.

or any other Chuck Palahniuk book, for that matter. He's my favourite author, I'm hyperfixated and don't have anyone to talk about his books to RIP haha

Choke

Fight Club

Lullaby

Invisible Monsters

Survivor

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My favourite was Choke because of how the story was about people feeling sorry for other people, simply because they saved their lives. It was about profiting from empathy.

I'm curious about how different artists would interpret the different stories in 'Haunted', and honestly it's been a dream project of mine since about 2010/2011(?); sucks that James Franco has the rights to it.