Chuck Palahniuk agent, Edward Hibbert, Hibbert eventually guided and brokered the deal that took "Fight Club" to the big screen. In 1999, three years after the novel's publication, the film adaptation by director David Fincher was released. The film was a box office disappointment (although it was #1 at the U.S. box office in its first weekend) and critical reaction was mixed, but a cult following soon emerged as the DVD of the film became popular upon release. Three editions of the novel have been published in paperback, in 1999, in 2004 (with a new introduction by the author about the success
Chuck Palahniuk are mistakenly seen as nihilistic because they express ideas that others do not believe in. Laura Miller of "Salon" wrote a scathing review of "Diary", saying that Palahniuk's books "traffic in the half-baked nihilism of a stoned high school student who has just discovered Nietzsche and Nine Inch Nails" and that "everything even remotely clever in them has been done before and better by someone else." In response, Palahniuk (who previously never responded to a review) sent an angry e-mail to "Salon"'s "Letters" section. Palahniuk observed: "Until you can create something that captivates people, I'd invite you to just shut