+1 all of his books are fantastic.

 

I like the Dexter books also. The last two not as much as the first two.

I also like Christopher Moore. My favorite has been "A Dirty Job".

"Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story" was also pretty good, as was "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff".

 

I'm kinda surprised about all the chuck fans reporting in.

how about bret eston ellis? philip k dick? robert heinlein? orson scott card?

one of my favorites as of late has been william h gass, but that's probably not what you're looking for....

 

me likey orson scott card too

 

I've only read one thing by Orson scott card, not exactly what the OP had described but it was and awesome read. I just bought 3 of his other books i'm going to start on soon.

 

The last piece of literature I read was, It Feels So Good When I Stop by Joe Pernice.

Pernice started off as a songwriter. Arguably one of the best newer songwriters in the last 10-15 years. . .

. . . the book plays out like one of his songs; utterly depressing, but very satisfying.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKwEODBNq04 [/media]

 

all these authors with the exception of one, i'm afraid to admit i'm not familiar with. any good books to recommend by them?

 

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as far as recommendations, A Scanner Darkly is one of my favorite books...

the only books of ellis I read were American Psycho and Less than Zer0. I kinda view him like I do chuck.... shock authors...

heinlein wrote Starship Troops (yes, like the movie, but more military culture oriented), but his better book was Stranger in a Strange Land (which is more hippy culture, strangely enough).

david sedaris does some great stuff... I like his story structure...

 

Heinlein is a good one.

going to pick up the less than zer0 when i have a chance.

 

I've read almost everything Heinlein wrote but for some reason I can't get TANSTAAFL out of my head from "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."