To go along with Kyle’s thread of homegrown writing, who are your favorite writers?
I have just rediscovered a hibernating love for reading and have devoured several great books during my hours at work (night receptionist at sloooow business).
Bill Bryson: A good one to mention because he transends cultural boundaries. An American turned Brit turned American again. By far the funniest and most enjoyable writer in my experience. Favorite books by him are “A Walk in The Woods” and “Neither Here nor There”.
Douglas Coupland: I hope Chuck and Corbin are reading this… Microserfs sparked my love for Coupland followed by many other quirky books that make great use of typography. Microserfs is about a few Microsoft employees in the early 90’s. Something about the Silicon Valley and Apple’s “Inifnite Loop” make me drawn to Cali hardcore!
We’ll that and its nutso concentration of unicyclists.
Irvine welsh,
whoever Translated Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale,
Buck 65
Busdriver
There are a few other MC’s that I really like but they are usualy pretty hit or miss and its usualy just funny stuff they say, its good but nothing THAT groundbreaking.
I just listened to Bryson’s Shakespear and A Short History of Nearly Everything in audio book format during a long drive.
I’d read History before, but figured you’d never take all of that in in one reading and I was right.
I’m a big fan of Hunter S Thompson and Tom Robbins.
Joseph Heller and Norman Mailer.
Mark Haddon and Audrey Niffenegger also warrants a mention.
