Posted by amanda22 at 208.187.67.2 on September 23, 2003 at 00:09:22:
In Reply to: The kind of people who would be bothered... posted by VioLenT BoB (Dr.J0nes) on September 22, 2003 at 23:50:00:
But, in all honestly, Palahniuk *does* attract a different crowd at his readings than the usual tweedy literary sort. Most of the guys who show up at his readings have never been to a literary event before -- I remember hearing a story that at one signing, some guy criticized Palahniuk, and a fan asked Palahniuk if he wanted him to beat the guy up for him out in the parking lot.
From what I've been reading on the Palahniuk boards, his fans (and yep, I'm one of them) pretty much don't care about his personal life -- we all just like the books.
Myself, I think if anyone should be bothered about anything having to do with Palahniuk's sexuality, they should be bothered by the vicious way that bitch at EW outted Palahniuk after soliciting his trust.
Eh, I suppose it just doesn't matter anymore.