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Chuck Palahniuk
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Digital CultureWho is Chuck Palahniuk in the Agency editorial?
Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist, known for Fight Club, published in 1996 and made into a film in 1999. Issue.25 names him once, in the credit of a quotation block: "The things you own, end up owning you." The author introduces the line by saying that Tyler Durden said it first.
In short
Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist, born in 1962, author of Fight Club (1996). In the Agency editorial he appears only in Issue.25, the edition about interfaces, in the credit of one quotation block. After describing platforms that make people perform for a reach they cannot measure, the author tells the reader that Tyler Durden said it first. The block that follows reads "The things you own, end up owning you." and is credited to Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club. The name does not occur in the author's prose.
Key facts
- Who is Chuck Palahniuk?
- An American novelist, born in 1962. He wrote Fight Club, a novel published in 1996 that became a film in 1999.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Chuck Palahniuk?
- Only in Issue.25, once, in the credit of a quotation block, which reads Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club.
- Which line does Issue.25 quote?
- "The things you own, end up owning you." The sentence before the block attributes the saying to Tyler Durden, the character of Fight Club.
Who is Chuck Palahniuk?
Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist, born in 1962. His novel Fight Club was published in 1996 and adapted into a film released in 1999. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Chuck Palahniuk appear in Issue.25?
Issue.25 names him only in a quotation credit. The author has been writing about interfaces that were made to remove friction and now charge a price for their use, and about platforms that monetize a reach the user cannot measure. He then writes that he is sorry to break the news, but Tyler Durden said it first. The quotation block reads "The things you own, end up owning you." and its credit is Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club. The edition says nothing else about the writer.
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