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Hey I thought everyone would be interested in this. The Cult is Chuck Palahniuk's official website (for those of you who may not know). The book club is discussing TRST this month and Steven has graciously agreed to head up the discussion. Check it out here.
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thanks mars! the following is from steven's first post on the discussions:
Okay, some things to think about/discuss on The Raw Shark Texts:
1) How much do you trust The First Eric Sanderson, how much do you trust the second? Are they telling the whole story. Can they? Are there points in the story where the reader might see something that Eric hasn’t, or maybe that he doesn’t want to talk about/face up to/deal with? Who is Eric Sanderson?
2) Why do some characters appear in the book and then disappear? Why do some characters never appear at all? Are there reasons for this, or are these simply plot holes? Can plot holes ever be justified? What’s going on with all the holes in Raw Shark Texts anyway? How many holes can you spot? Why are they there?
3) Symmetry, doubles and reflections crop up again and again in the story, any theories as to why? It’d be fun to see how many examples people can spot of these too.
4) Why does the Second Eric speak the way he does? Can we learn anything about him from his voice?
5) Why a conceptual shark?
6) So the ending – happy or sad, neither or both?
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more recent stuff from the discussions: \"Steven Hall wrote:
1. If you take a look again at the first chapter you'll see that Randle tells Eric that with every recurrence he lost a little more of his memory, not that each one caused a total amnesiac break. With each recurrence he lost a little more of himself until, after the 11th, he woke up completely empty - as the Second Eric Sanderson. Anyway, that's what Randle tells him, but there's at least one big something in the book which suggests that this might not be completely true...
2. If you wanted something to ponder within the text, I might suggest the theme of 'doorways'.
also, there's this.
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