What is a fanlisting?
A fanlisting is a website created by a fan of a particular subject (such as an actor, a TV show, a song, etc.), with the aim of gathering together a list of other fans of that particular subject. It is free to join a fanlisting and the only requirements are are your name and country.
For more information visit: theFanlistings.org/ and the Wikipedia article on fanlistings.
Why 'Survivor'?
Survivor just so happens to be one of my favourite books of all times. When I read it, I just couldn't put the book down. I don't know how to explain it, I felt uncomfortable, constricted, but the whole idea is just amazing and geniously written. I already liked Chuck Palahniuk, but after reading this book he became one of my favourite writers and I now want to read all of his books.
Why 'Our Messiah'?
Maybe not very immaginative, but I wanted something of the kind... I considered many other names, like the ones under the title (Hypothetic Lover, Failed Messiah) and Everything that went wrong, No. 641 and Testing, Testing - One, Two, Three... My favourite was actually Hypothetic Lover (Stairmaster To Heaven was pretty close too) but for who isn't familiar with the book it would be a little difficult to understand, I think.
No, I couldn't help myself with the layout. Yes, it is a bullet hole. The kind you can cover up with tooth paste, etc. And a fake rose. And YES, the index of the Book of Very Common Prayer. ;)
About 'Survivor'
WARNING! Contains spoilers!
Tender Branson - last surviving member of the so-called "Creedish Death Cult" - is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the plane, which will shortly reach terminal velocity and crash into the vast Australian outback. Before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah, author of a best-selling autobiography, Saved from Salvation, and the even better selling Book of Very Common Prayer (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll even share his insight that "the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Landfill - a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography. Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant.
(in The Cult)
