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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 237 reviews William S. Burroughs
Grove Press, 2004
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+ Beyond Good & Evil + "The man is never on time." + Brilliant
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Cities of the Red Night: A Novel 25 reviews William S. Burroughs
Picador, 2001
A true vision of the future or past
+ Untramelled Genius + Bleeding Gums + Vivid Imagination Or Was It All The Drugs?
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Jesus Freaks 9 reviews Andre Duza
Eraserhead Press, 2006
Brutality Chronic intrigue
+ A UNIQUE ZOMBIE STORY + Intense ride
Detective Philip "Kane" McKane is a hard nosed cop in Philadelphia who is dealing with a few new things these days besides the common garden variety thugs he has chased down through his career. The dead have come back to life and everyone is trying to cope with that. Add to this little tidbit ...
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Wall of Kiss 4 reviews Gina Ranalli
Afterbirth Books, 2007
Emotional and Sexual Obsession with a Wall...
+ The Wall of the Wild + A great book! + Very original tale
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Some Things Are Better Left Unplugged 8 reviews Vincent W. Sakowski
Eraserhead Press, 2001
An excellent satire about our society's nee for spectacles and useless consumer goods
+ Scra(m/b)bled Future + Much better than Grape City + This book surprised me
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The Troublesome Amputee 3 reviews John Edward Lawson
Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2006
A Bizarro Genius
+ Cuts like a knife... + Opened my eyes to poetry's possibilities
I never considered myself a fan of poetry until my clammy hands groped the pages of John Edward Lawson's collection, The Troublesome Amputee. His voice is unique, unlike anything or anyone. Lawson has a vast comprehension of humanity, an understanding of its morbid normality, which can be found ...
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The Haunted Vagina (Avant Punk Book Club) 16 reviews Carlton Mellick III
Eraserhead Press, 2006
Doesn't get much better than this...
+ Another great read from Mellick.
The book is called THE HAUNTED VAGINA!! ..what more could you want? It will make you laugh until you pee your pants and cringe until you bite through your lip. You have not lived until you have read a book about a hanunted vagina.
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Shall We Gather at the Garden 15 reviews Kevin L. Donihe
Eraserhead Press, 2001
The End is Nigh... but You Already Knew That
+ Shall we midgets at the midgets? + Shall We Gather...Well, We Certainly Should. + Good Bits + Kevin is Sweet like Candy!!
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Haunted: A Novel 101 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2006
A fantastic reading experience!
+ yikes!
I LOVED this book. The writing is excellent. The author managed to bring out a different voice for each story. There was not a false moment in the narration--it all rang true. By the end I felt like I knew these characters. In our "reality show" culture where there are so many vivid examples of how ...
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Dr. Identity (Scikungfi Trilogy) 6 reviews D., Harlan Wilson
Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2007
D. Harlan Wilson's flawless transformation into a novelist
+ Well if it isn't Dr. Identity.... + Dr. Identity by D. Harlan Wilson + D. Harlan Wilson shows us the world...and you need to see it. + Like...wow
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13 Thorns 1 review Gina Ranalli
Afterbirth Books, 2007
Amazing collection of bizarro horror...
(aka Ash Lomen)
This book takes horror to a new level... a surreal... freaky...funny level. Hilarious, truly terrifying, and with pitiable characters/victims... I put this collection up there with "Books of Blood".
"Death Pitt" and "Scarecrow" are my favs...
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Slaughterhouse-Five 696 reviews Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999
Essential Vonnegut, still relevant today...
+ The Why of Tralfalmadore + A great book + Complex and Compelling + Great book....
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 81 reviews Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998
It's hard to critique Vonnegut
+ Another take on "How to be good"
Vonnegut is one of those genius writers that you can't help but love. "Slaughterhouse 5" was my first venture into the realm of Vonnegut, but I have to say that I think I enjoyed this tale much more. Perhaps because the topic is closer to my heart, or perhaps I was able to identify more closely ...
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Jitterbug Perfume 179 reviews Tom Robbins
Bantam, 1990
wonderful
+ jitter bugaboo + Favorite Tom Robbins book
If you like tom robbins you will love this. If you like smelling things you will like this.
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Siren Promised 3 reviews Jeremy Robert Johnson, Alan M. Clark
Swallowdown Press, 2006
A Grisly Tale of Redemption
+ A haunting tale that stares up at you from the bottom of life + not for the squeamish
Angie is a drug addict. Thanks to her sadistic, drug dealing boyfriend she's spent most of the last decade hooked on various narcotics and hallucinogens. She ran away from the (......) long enough to clean up her act so that she can get home to her daughter, Kaya. Angie dreams about her constantly. ...
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Lullaby 264 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
Best book I've read to date
+ Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist? + A killer lullaby and a vegan road-trip
This book is so relevant!
I've read some of his other work, and this by and far is the best. He hits on so many things that relate to the world today.
Yes, it has dark dark humor in it, but that is what really opens your eyes to the other comments in his book. The shock factor is what makes ...
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Still Life with Woodpecker 163 reviews Tom Robbins
Bantam, 1990
Sheer Genius
+ Love it + Never too late to have a happy childhood + My introduction to Robbins
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Harlan Ellison's Watching 4 reviews Harlan Ellison, Leonard Maltin
M Press, 2008
This is how it's done
+ If you've got the hardcover, don't bother. + Explain for a bit.... + Movie reviews from an insider, fan and master storyteller
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Muffy: or A Transmigration of Selves 5 reviews S.T. Gulik
AuthorHouse, 2007
awesome book
+ I'm not David Bowie... I'm God + Demented Characters and an Unforgettable Story + excellent book
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Chemical Gardens 3 reviews Gina Ranalli
Afterbirth Books, 2006
If Lloyd Kaufman directed the Wizard of Oz . . .
+ Ideal for beginners to bizarro + Not without its flaws
This is the book to get if you loved the Wizard of Oz during your childhood and your tastes have become intensely more deranged since then.
The book is a heck of a lot of fun. Along with me, Ranalli is part of the bizarro movement in fiction. It's comprised of authors doing some very strange ...
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