Any Christopher Moore fans?

[Laynard]

Hands down my favorite author. Known for Fool, Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Bite Me, Lamb...and many others. He's got a new one coming out two days before my birthday in April. Serpent of Venice, a sequel to Fool. I got to see him speak last year on my birthday. He reminds me of Douglas Adams with his tongue in cheek humor, and attraction to the weirder side of fiction. Check him out for a laugh!

[Ken Gargett]

huge fan.

read pretty much the lot.

lamb by far the standout for me, though heaps of good ones. re-read it again recently. i try and make certain all my, shall we say 'friends with religious tendencies', read it. and most love it.

it is one of my all time fave books.

for me, moore seems a bit like a weird karl haissen or tom robbins. strongly recommended.

[Laynard]

I haven't read any Haissen or Robbins, but will have to now. Lamb is a lot of people's favorite. Maybe mine too. Although I do like the ones set in Pine Cove a lot.

[Ken Gargett]

tim dorsey also worth a look.

also bill fitzhugh, especially 'pest control'. a pest exterminator called bob dillon is mistaken for being an actual exterminator/assassin and becomes the target of every top assassin around the world who think he is muscling in. the real joy is that all through the book are quotes (in context) from dylan, neil young, springsteen and many others. i'm sure i missed heaps but fun spotting them.

and another you should love if you like moore, robert rankin - especially, 'the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse'.

[Laynard]

Thanks for the tips. Looks like my summer reading list is filling up!

[nikonNUT]

Just found this but "A Dirty Job" has been my favorite so far closely followed by "Fool"

A weird Tom Robbins? Tom's a hard act to follow in the weird department. I mean when a soup can, a stick, and a conch shell are main charters in a story... And yes, "Skinny Legs and All" is my favorite by Robbins. Well, that or "Jitterbug Perfume" or maybe "Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas". They're all great!

[Ken Gargett]

Just found this but "A Dirty Job" has been my favorite so far closely followed by "Fool"

A weird Tom Robbins? Tom's a hard act to follow in the weird department. I mean when a soup can, a stick, and a conch shell are main charters in a story... And yes, "Skinny Legs and All" is my favorite by Robbins. Well, that or "Jitterbug Perfume" or maybe "Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas". They're all great!

agree re robbins, though i feel his later ones are a dip after the early stuff. 'still life with woodpecker' my fave.

just started moore's 'sacre bleu'.

[HarveyBoulevard]

tim dorsey also worth a look.

also bill fitzhugh, especially 'pest control'. a pest exterminator called bob dillon is mistaken for being an actual exterminator/assassin and becomes the target of every top assassin around the world who think he is muscling in. the real joy is that all through the book are quotes (in context) from dylan, neil young, springsteen and many others. i'm sure i missed heaps but fun spotting them.

and another you should love if you like moore, robert rankin - especially, 'the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse'.

My favorite author EVER is Tim Dorsey. Not sure what that says about my literary taste or lack thereof but who cares. Sophistication is not my middle name. My profession requires a lot of arduous reading so its not something I do as a hobby but when I must read, Tim Dorsey is it. I have his entire library in paper and electronic media just in case I lose one or the other.

He paints the most vivid mental pictures with his writings and you can really feel the grit and humidity of South Florida. The subject matter is also why I enjoy his books so much. As a criminal defense attorney, I can really understand Mr. Serge A. Storms.