I love to read Hunter S. Thompson, Pahlahniuk's "FIght Club", Tom robbins, poetry, etc- any suggestions?

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I want to discover some new authors. I also love reading David Sedaris, Dorothy Allison, poetry by jim morrison, ginsberg, whitman, sandra cisneros, rimbaud, adrienne rich, e.e. cummings, kerouac, saul williams.... any ideas on other authors I might like?

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Here are some ideas in no particular order:

anything by Vonnegut (especially "Breakfast of Champions," "Sirens of Titan" and "Mother Night" and "Cat's Cradle") - very dry and witty and deliciously cynical with a good dose of optimisitc humanism (his work can get a little predictable and repetitive after awhile, but certainly enjoy the ride while it lasts)

anything by Alain de Botton - very funny and very intelligent reading

anything by Italo Calvino - very cool post-modern stuff

"The Stranger" by Albert camus - metaphorical exploration of the relationship between man and the indifferent universe (or is it?) - very cool book and at less than 150 pages it is amazingly succinct

"The Trial" by Kafka - same existential romp as above, but a little more in-depth

"Nothing Like the Sun" by Anthony Burgess - awesome book, first person rambling fictionalized account of the imagined love-life of Will Shakespeare (of course, "A Clockwork Orange," too)

David B. Feinberg can be pretty funny

Peter S. Beagle's "The Last Unicorn," - funny and well-crafted

The whole delicious Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series - funny, spot-on examination of human foibles

Maybe some Updike

Maybe some classics like "Tom Jones" or "Candide"

"The Princess Bride"

anything by Tom Robbins - very, very cool


A little non-fiction? "Lies My Teacher Told Me" is an amazing look behind the sorry state of history textbooks - a look at real American history - it is truly enlightening and fun to read and it is without a real agenda beyond education

Happy Reading !!! :)

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thanks! I am going to head to the bookstore and try some of these authors out!