Active Users:683 Time:03/08/2025 05:14:39 AM
People who say use the phrase "on acid" have rarely tried acid Ouranid Send a noteboard - 29/09/2009 03:07:45 AM
Try The Etched City by K. J. Bishop, which has a wonderfully hallucinatory feel to it, not least because the protagonist is often on hallucinogens. Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney is trippy to the point where I have no idea what it's about. The aforementioned Illuminatus Trilogy is brilliant as well, and The Invisibles, a comic series by Grant Morrison.

If, however, you mean "bizarre and random", you might like Carlton Mellick III, whose books have titles like Razor Wire Pubic Hair, Satan Burger, and Electric Jesus Corpse, and whose contents reflect and supercede the titles, though I've only read Razor Wire, about a prostitute robot in the future.

Here's an extract from Satan Burger:

God hates you. All of you. He closed the gates of Heaven and wants you to rot on Earth forever. Not only that, he is repossesing your souls and feeding them to a large vagina-like machine called the Walm - an interdimensional doorway that brings His New Children into the world. He loves these new children, but He doesn't love you. They are more interesting than you. They are beautiful, psychotic, magical, sex-crazed, and deadly. They are turning your cities into apocalyptic chaos, and there's nothing you can do about it ...

There's also Steve Aylett, whose Atom is fantastically weird and imaginative.

Also there's books that defy description, like House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, a postmodern horror story (maybe) The Book of All Hours By Hal Duncan, a sci-fi fantasy epic (perhaps), and The Raw shark texts by Steven Hall, about amnesia, love, and aquatic conceptual predators.

The entire body of work of Samuel Beckett falls under the absurdist tradition. I love Waiting for Godot, about to tramps trapped in a barren landscape and also, possibly, in time. And while we're at the classics, the Prophetic poems of William Blake read like the Book of Revelations, but with, in my opinion, a better moral grounding. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is his most accessible and fun work, I think.

Finally, to answer your question; Phillip K. Dick.
*MySmiley*
Indeed, I marry them in their unlawful bed, with an open heart I affirm the true right of any man and woman to their dark slobbering nights which are rare enough, and against which too many laws conspire.
This message last edited by Ouranid on 29/09/2009 at 03:12:45 AM
Reply to message
So you've read X and you want to read more books like it: Part Two - 30/08/2009 06:35:01 PM 3162 Views
Janny Wurts has a couple of epic fantasy series. - 30/08/2009 06:57:52 PM 1495 Views
I like The Cycle of Fire. *NM* - 08/09/2009 02:15:04 AM 802 Views
Well, here are a couple I don't think have been mentioned: - 11/09/2009 09:46:21 AM 1493 Views
Historical fiction. - 30/08/2009 07:00:35 PM 1399 Views
Patrick O'Brian - 30/08/2009 07:03:35 PM 1329 Views
You know - 30/08/2009 07:08:50 PM 1295 Views
REally? - 30/08/2009 07:11:06 PM 1558 Views
Re: REally? - 30/08/2009 07:19:38 PM 1363 Views
Did you read the Horatio Hornblower series? - 02/09/2009 12:17:00 AM 1272 Views
Oh, there are Hornblower books? - 02/09/2009 12:24:31 AM 1267 Views
They're very enjoyable. *NM* - 02/09/2009 01:10:44 AM 745 Views
I saw the first of the mini-series. Good casting. - 02/09/2009 02:44:48 PM 1484 Views
Tash has it..these books are wonderful. *NM* - 25/09/2009 01:30:34 AM 847 Views
The first half. I've never been able to find the rest of them. *NM* - 02/09/2009 01:10:11 AM 728 Views
It would be worth it to watch for the rest. - 02/09/2009 02:46:21 PM 1526 Views
A couple that I enjoy - 31/08/2009 04:06:52 PM 1606 Views
I've read the Gates of Fire. - 31/08/2009 11:29:42 PM 1454 Views
These two rock. - 31/08/2009 06:15:14 PM 1414 Views
Perhaps not exactly the same... - 08/09/2009 02:16:18 AM 1121 Views
Slash, please! - 30/08/2009 08:13:33 PM 1428 Views
I'm assuming you already know about this one. - 31/08/2009 01:44:39 AM 1516 Views
Oh, and Skin Folk - 31/08/2009 01:52:58 AM 1433 Views
I knew about A Companion to Wolves. - 31/08/2009 03:22:38 AM 1438 Views
I guess I need to broaden my horizons. - 31/08/2009 11:24:07 PM 1369 Views
LOL! - 02/09/2009 03:28:33 PM 1508 Views
So, I've read Shadow of the Wind - 30/08/2009 10:06:30 PM 1424 Views
I haven't read that one yet - 31/08/2009 05:39:52 PM 1443 Views
Re: I haven't read that one yet - 31/08/2009 07:26:16 PM 1326 Views
Which aspect of the book are you talking about in particular? - 31/08/2009 06:34:26 PM 1574 Views
maybe various combinations of all those? - 31/08/2009 07:20:57 PM 1461 Views
The Historian - 05/12/2011 04:56:40 AM 1346 Views
Thanks for your contribution, but not many people are likely to find it here. - 05/12/2011 10:14:04 PM 1369 Views
Then mayhaps a new thread? - 06/12/2011 04:50:33 AM 1362 Views
Re: So you've read X and you want to read more books like it: Part Two - 30/08/2009 10:20:05 PM 1395 Views
The Holy Grail of recommendation requests. - 31/08/2009 12:59:50 AM 1624 Views
give Ken Scholes a shot - 31/08/2009 05:37:11 PM 1501 Views
Will do. - 31/08/2009 11:26:57 PM 1478 Views
I didn't think the characters were particularly week or one-dimensional - 01/09/2009 03:42:06 AM 1453 Views
That's good to know. *NM* - 02/09/2009 01:20:40 AM 718 Views
Well, Kay is very distinct... - 31/08/2009 11:37:45 PM 1420 Views
I've read the first one. - 02/09/2009 02:15:38 AM 1361 Views
Well, it depends on which aspect of Kay you are looking at. - 08/09/2009 02:19:42 AM 1237 Views
comedic sci-fi mystery? *NM* - 31/08/2009 03:57:52 AM 739 Views
Dirk Gently - 31/08/2009 05:34:55 PM 1388 Views
Be careful with Rankin though - 31/08/2009 08:19:00 PM 1423 Views
I'd have said John Zakour and Lawrence Ganem *NM* - 03/09/2009 10:16:06 AM 674 Views
Something like Michelle West's Sun Sword? *NM* *NM* - 31/08/2009 04:49:51 AM 714 Views
Re: Something like Michelle West's Sun Sword? *NM* - 31/08/2009 11:36:31 PM 1388 Views
The Cast In series... - 01/09/2009 03:28:12 AM 1357 Views
i've always kind of wanted to make a website that does this sorta thing - 31/08/2009 10:12:26 AM 1459 Views
that would be awesome. *NM* - 03/09/2009 10:17:36 AM 654 Views
Librarything does it - 21/09/2009 04:02:54 PM 1416 Views
Their system isn't great. - 26/09/2009 10:14:30 PM 1369 Views
Re: Their system isn't great. - 27/09/2009 10:07:53 AM 1449 Views
Yeah, but the accuracy is way off.... - 27/09/2009 04:34:07 PM 1323 Views
Something with a good magic system. *NM* - 31/08/2009 01:57:00 PM 738 Views
gotta be more specific - 31/08/2009 05:35:47 PM 1381 Views
Something in-depth, and well used. - 31/08/2009 07:16:54 PM 1257 Views
Have you read Coldfire? - 31/08/2009 11:33:18 PM 1354 Views
Re: Have you read Coldfire? - 31/08/2009 11:41:36 PM 1470 Views
Re: Have you read Coldfire? - 01/09/2009 12:15:48 AM 1343 Views
Ah, yes, now that you mention it. - 01/09/2009 12:17:41 AM 1503 Views
Re: Something with a good magic system. - 01/09/2009 01:23:07 AM 1457 Views
I really liked the magic in: - 08/09/2009 02:23:50 AM 1220 Views
I like what Sanderson did in the Mistborn series *NM* - 26/09/2009 02:01:55 AM 684 Views
Re: Hi, I want a book that seems like it was written on acid? - 01/09/2009 12:24:01 AM 1425 Views
Re: Hi, I want a book that seems like it was written on acid? - 01/09/2009 07:08:23 AM 1325 Views
Not really sci fi or fantasy - 01/09/2009 08:30:45 AM 1444 Views
Try M. John Harrison. *NM* - 01/09/2009 01:49:43 PM 678 Views
Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas - 02/09/2009 12:21:32 AM 1403 Views
Meditations in Green by Stephen Wright - 03/09/2009 10:20:45 AM 1304 Views
Have you read any William S. Burroughs yet? - 07/09/2009 11:12:42 PM 1359 Views
People who say use the phrase "on acid" have rarely tried acid - 29/09/2009 03:07:45 AM 1407 Views
Stand-alone novels - 01/09/2009 02:31:07 AM 1375 Views
Master of Whitestorm ~ Janny Wurts - 01/09/2009 01:52:27 PM 1415 Views
Lavinia by Ursula LeGuin. *edit* - 02/09/2009 01:19:54 AM 1269 Views
Here are a few that I enjoyed - 03/09/2009 03:09:35 AM 1470 Views
Re: Stand-alone novels - 03/09/2009 10:53:46 AM 1387 Views
Well, yes and no and sequels - 03/09/2009 12:46:50 PM 1332 Views
Re: Well, yes and no and sequels - 03/09/2009 02:18:40 PM 1608 Views
Regarding Tigana (spoilers) - 03/09/2009 03:33:08 PM 1718 Views
Re: Regarding Tigana (spoilers) - 04/09/2009 01:09:04 AM 1422 Views
Pretty much. *NM* - 04/09/2009 03:22:26 AM 706 Views
By definition almost all of Kay's books are standalones. - 03/09/2009 11:54:16 PM 1283 Views
All except for these. *looks amused* *NM* - 04/09/2009 01:09:57 AM 652 Views
Various Recommendations - 03/09/2009 06:00:39 AM 1496 Views
hehe, so you like Lois's fantasy too eh? *NM* - 03/09/2009 10:57:37 AM 603 Views
Yep yep! *NM* - 03/09/2009 01:46:53 PM 706 Views
Have either of you read her Vorkosigan/Barrayar series? *NM* - 04/09/2009 09:20:59 PM 619 Views
Nope. Have you? - 05/09/2009 12:39:14 AM 1547 Views
~Forces self to remain calm and understated~ - 05/09/2009 03:22:37 AM 1863 Views
~holds out library card~ - 05/09/2009 03:34:25 AM 1861 Views
~Grins like a fool~ - 06/09/2009 01:54:22 AM 1107 Views
Hehehe - 06/09/2009 04:15:48 AM 1283 Views
I remember you!! - 08/09/2009 03:58:53 AM 1258 Views
Re: I remember you!! - 08/09/2009 02:37:11 PM 1258 Views
- 08/09/2009 07:33:17 AM 1201 Views
You are interesting now that you have finally answered. - 08/09/2009 11:20:50 PM 1126 Views
I've read Diplomatic Immunity... - 08/09/2009 07:30:52 AM 1191 Views
No, no, no. You have to read them in order! - 08/09/2009 11:18:47 PM 1227 Views
Anything similar to Neil Gaiman's American Gods? *NM* - 07/09/2009 10:34:45 PM 639 Views
Ekaterina Sedia, The Secret History of Moscow - 07/09/2009 11:03:18 PM 1308 Views
Kate Griffin, A Madness of Angels - 19/10/2009 11:23:43 PM 1579 Views
Since I'm now a big fan of Angela Carter's work... - 07/09/2009 11:04:30 PM 1412 Views
Well... - 08/09/2009 02:26:31 AM 1204 Views
No, I haven't read anything by her. - 23/09/2009 08:53:27 PM 1417 Views
Horror - 08/12/2009 03:07:00 PM 1336 Views
Thomas Ligotti! - 11/12/2009 05:32:31 AM 1419 Views
Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes is excellent. - 05/06/2010 04:07:26 PM 1189 Views

Reply to Message