Recently, I read Shampoo Planet. And as I went through the book, I was often broadsided by the apparent homages I saw Fight Club (the movie) making. It made my read-through all the more fascinating.

So naturally, the next book I picked up was Fight Club. And what I found in the pages of Pahlanuik's first novel was not exactly what I was expecting. In the process of reading, what I initially viewed as homages, turned into satire as between the lines of Fight Club, I saw a somewhat sardonic response to Shampoo Planet.

Now I am left with so many thoughts, that I'm taking notes to write an essay-- a paper.

I am left with so much to say, that I have nothing to say. Intimidated by everything that might come out if I do so.

So I leave you with this: Shampoo Planet and Fight Club taste great if taken in the context of one another.