Diary is on my list of tngs to read. I find Palahniuk's work to be fun, though I don't think he's nearly as 'insane' as many of his proponents make him out to be. While he's clearly in the descent from Pynchon (and in a good way), I think that many of his fans could bnefit from reading much of the speculative fiction of the last 30 years thats also in the same tradition. Some of which is as strongly written and probably more amazing in its cncepts.

For example, Paul DeFillippo is as good a writer as Palahniuk. Unfortunately he hasn't written a book that got Hollywood's attention and made him a multi-millionaire. Ah, the joy of being trapped in a genre-ghetto.