Editing Chuck Palahniuk (section)

===''Fight Club''===
After his first novel – ''[[Invisible Monsters]]'' – was rejected by all publishers he submitted it to, he began work on his first published novel, ''[[Fight Club (novel)|Fight Club]]''.<ref name="chuckpalahniuk.net">{{cite web |author=Dennis |url=http://chuckpalahniuk.net/news/the-invisible-monsters-remix-is-now-out |title=The 'Invisible Monsters Remix' Is Now Out! &#124; The Cult |publisher= | website= Chuckpalahniuk.net |date=June 22, 2012 |access-date= December 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013002320/http://chuckpalahniuk.net/news/the-invisible-monsters-remix-is-now-out |url-status=dead }}</ref> Palahniuk wrote this story in his spare time while working for Freightliner. After initially publishing it as a short story (which became chapter 6 of the novel) in the 1995 compilation ''Pursuit of Happiness'', Palahniuk expanded it into a full novel, which, contrary to his expectations, a publisher accepted.<ref>Tomlinson, Sarah. "[http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/10/13/palahniuk/index.html Is it fistfighting, or just multi-tasking?]". ''Salon''. October 13, 1999.</ref> While the original hardcover edition of the book received positive reviews and some awards, it had a short shelf life.{{fact|date=January 2023}}

Initially, Palahniuk struggled to find a [[literary agent]] and went without one until after the publication of ''Fight Club''.<ref name= agent>{{cite web| website= chuckpalahniuk.net| url= http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/author/faq#How%20did%20he%20land%20an%20agent | title= Author FAQ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029072017/http://chuckpalahniuk.net/author/faq#How%20did%20he%20land%20an%20agent |archivedate=October 29, 2015 | quote=How did he land an agent? Believe it or not, Chuck had to go through hell and back to land an agent...| accessdate=}}</ref> After he began receiving attention from [[20th Century Fox]], Palahniuk was signed by actor and literary agent [[Edward Hibbert]].<ref name= agent/><ref>{{cite web| website= chuckpalahniuk.net| url= http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/author/faq | title= Author FAQ| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029072017/http://chuckpalahniuk.net/author/faq |archivedate=October 29, 2015 | quote= Who is his agent? Edward Hibbert of Donadio & Olson, Inc. is Chuck's book agent. Check out Edward's double life as an actor...| accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Glitz|first=Michael|title= Hibbert on: out actor Edward Hibbert talks about the Noises Off revival, his side career as an agent, and the best antidote to anthrax|publisher= | work= The Advocate |date=December 25, 2001| url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_Dec_25/ai_83451277|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101100455/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_Dec_25/ai_83451277 |url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2007|access-date=May 23, 2008}}</ref> Hibbert eventually guided and brokered the deal that took ''Fight Club'' to the big screen.<ref name= agent /> In 1999, the [[Fight Club|film adaptation]] by director [[David Fincher]] was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Bullet Train': Two decades after 'Fight Club', is Brad Pitt approaching the twilight of his career? {{!}} MEAWW |url=https://meaww.com/brad-pitt-bullet-train-retirement-assassins-action-movies-angelina-jolie-gwyneth-paltrow |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=meaww.com|date=August 4, 2022 }}</ref> The film was a [[box office bomb|box office disappointment]] (although it was No. 1 at the U.S. box office in its first weekend) and critical reaction was mixed, but a [[cult film|cult following]] soon emerged as the DVD of the film became popular upon release.{{fact|date=January 2023}} Three editions of the novel have been published in paperback: in 1999, in 2004 (with a new introduction by the author about the success of the film adaptation), and in 2005 (with an afterword by Palahniuk).{{fact|date=January 2023}}