I don't read as much as I used to
But some I still love and hate are:
'The Jewel in the Skull' one of Michael Moorcock's Hawkmoon series Will always have a special place for me. Aged 10, I was bored and driving my father mad. He threw the Jewel in the Skull at me to keep me quiet and began my long standing affair with sci fi.

William Gibsons 'Neruomancer.' trilogy. Its a question of personal taste but I prefer WG's cyberpunk sci fi to his 'Bigend' and 'Bridge' works. And a honorable mention to 'Snow Crash' Because for a breif while Neal Stevenson makes Pizza delivery look like the coolest most exciting job in the world.

'Head On/Repossessed' by Julian Cope, the meteoric rise and fall of the Teardrop Explodes, a How not to screw up being a pop star by doing massive drugs, and then spend the rest of the 1980's playing with toy cars and annoying his neighbors while releasing such gems as 'Fried.' Though each time I read it, it becomes more and more of a nostaliga trip for the 1980's.

'The Electric Kool Aid Acid Tests.' Shows how the hippy movment tore itself apart due to massive drugs. And how counterculture heroes were in actual fact a bit of a arse.

'American Gods' as a novel its ok, but read it like a series of short stories held together by a central theme and its brilliant.


'Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maitenance.' I couldn't finish it, I got bored of the characters.
'Moby Dick.' Makes Steven King look like someone who skips over the details.
And possibly the most ovverated book of all 'The Dice Man.' I was pressured into reading this book by friends in the early 90's (friends who lived in the same provicial shithole I grew up in and were doing large amounts of Pot). I read about half of it. And came to the conclusion it was about someone who used a die to avoid any responsibility for his actions. 20 years later I still think its crap and those people are still living in bedsits smoking huge amouts of Pot and raving on about how great 'The Dice Man.' is...Says it all really.
(Gru being trolled since 1998, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 9:01, 4 replies)

hah!
Dice Man - never bothered to read it after getting several recommendations from stoner mates back in the 80s. nice one.
(wino.NZ The Ayatollah of rock n' rolla..., Fri 6 Jan 2012, 9:08, closed)

The Dice Man
is a good read, providing you take it as an escapist fantasy, rather than some sort of Bible.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 9:37, closed)

it's just not very well written.
i know it's supposed to be aloof, but it really does leave me cold.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 11:27, closed)

The Dice Man was a massive let down for me
an interesting concept but terrible execution.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 13:27, closed)