'Pygmy' Is Now Out!

Posted May 5th, 2009 by Dennis

Pygmy, Chuck Palahniuk's latest novel, is now out!Pygmy is now out in bookstores across America.  Chuck usually doesn't need our help doing this, but let's try and get him in the bestseller list again.  In otherwards, don't wait to get your copy.  Rush down to your local bookstore and scoop one up today!  Or, order a copy from Amazon and get your good friends at The Cult a small commission while you're at it:

Order "Pygmy" Today!

I'd like to use this thread as a place to gather reviews that begin appearing online, so if you want to help us out, go ahead and link any reviews you're able to find.  We'll then begin updating the actual Pygmy section on the site with them.

For today, check out this awesome article the Baltimore Sun did on Chuck recently.  Yours truly was interviewed for the piece, and I think it's a great read.

Chuck Palahniuk writes novels with punch

Also don't forget that Chuck's Pygmy tour starts today in Boston, MA!  I'll be doing a separate news post for this soon after.  But if you want the details early...

Chuck Reading in Boston, MA tonight!

Also, don't forget that we have new Pygmy tour Tshirts available for sale.  Shirts will begin shipping this Wednesday. 

Check out the Pygmy shirts here!

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:48
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41 Not bad!

Also, we will be reading and discussing PYGMY for this month's book club selection, please join us at the Official Cult Book Club.

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:05
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Mine just came in!!!!!!! YAY!!

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:15
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Wait... did it hit hit stores yet or did the people who pre ordered it get there copy today?

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:26
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this is the release date. and i'm so glad this is the discussion this month !!

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:28
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garg.

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:29
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STOP SIPPIN ON ETHER !

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:34
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sorry I feel like an idot.... So wait.... If I went out to my local book store (Barnes and Nobel) would they be selling Pygmy there?

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 16:03
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i preordered mine through amazon. but yes! b&n should have it in their new release section! gogogo!

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 16:08
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Yea i am gonna go get it after dinner.

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 16:26
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Got mine at lunch. :]]

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 16:30
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anyone with a twitter, throw up the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Pygmy-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0385526342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=...

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 17:50
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THIS is the link to toss up on Twitter:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385526342/officchuckpalaha/

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 21:14
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Pre-ordered mine on B&N, but it hasn't shipped yet. If I don't get it in time for the Philly reading, I'm just going to buy it in store and send the pre-order back.

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 23:16
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got mine this morning..only 4 chapters in and its already so messed up..i love it so far

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 23:17
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( dammit, clicked the buy your shit here link and copied the url. i thought i did. thought i was so original.. )

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Wed, 05/06/2009 - 00:18
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i got mine before school which made me 5 minutes late but i didn't care!

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Wed, 05/06/2009 - 01:19
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why isn't there a los angeles tour date?

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Thu, 05/07/2009 - 08:54
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Just hit my bookstore, now I must scrounge up 25(truly insane how much publishers are selling these books for) dollars.

Can't wait to dive in.

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Thu, 05/07/2009 - 09:03
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Chuck's fans, in fact, call themselves The Cult. Many are young, blue-collar males, and for some, these novels are the first books they've read for pleasure. These fans occasionally engage in excessive displays of enthusiasm, such as burning Chuck's signature onto their arms with lye.

who did that to their arm? i need names.

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Thu, 05/07/2009 - 09:37
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dom0134 wrote:
why isn't there a los angeles tour date?

In an interview, Chuck said he needed to keep this tour shorter due to a death in the family last year that he's still coping with.

On the plus (?) side, he wrote three books.

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Wed, 05/13/2009 - 10:41
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What does it take for a book to actually be called a "bestseller"

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Wed, 05/13/2009 - 11:41
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big S wrote:

Chuck's fans, in fact, call themselves The Cult. Many are young, blue-collar males, and for some, these novels are the first books they've read for pleasure. These fans occasionally engage in excessive displays of enthusiasm, such as burning Chuck's signature onto their arms with lye.

who did that to their arm? i need names.


there's some thread, "Anyone do the Chemical burn with lye?" somewhere on here with a ridiculous amount of posts.
It sounds like their getting the lye burn mixed up with people getting his autograph tattooed on them. Seems like it would be very tricky to use lye to burn/spell out a specific name.
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Wed, 05/13/2009 - 12:56
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i can't bring myself to look through that thread.

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Wed, 05/13/2009 - 13:08
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it's very facepalm inducing, but still, there's some funny in there.

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