greetings, I have totally been neglecting the discussion here, but if we are throwing our own favorites lists, here's mine... OK, I have to start with the book I've read 27 times, the obvious choice : Catcher In the Rye. Sorry to be so predictable... "Rum Diary" - Hunter S. Thompson "Be Cool" - Elmore Leonard "1984" - the man, George Orwell "Noise from the Underground" - Pat Blashill/Levine "Salem's Lot" & "the Green Mile" - S. king "Autobiography of Malcolm X" - Malcolm X & Alex Haley "Stanyan street and Other Sorrows" - Rod McKuen "And the Ass Saw the Angel" - Nick Cave "A Child's Night Dream" - Oliver Stone "Slaughterhouse Five" - Vonnegut "Fight Club" (seriously!) - C. Palahnuik "Tortilla Flat" - Steinbeck "Brain Droppings" - George Carlin any Kafka... any Twain... I guess I'm not as intellectual as I thought, huh? Oh well, hope I'm not stepping on any toes coming into the discussion late and out of the loop. For all i know what I've just posted above is useless rubbish! But then, that's not really my problem! Orthodoxy is unconsciousness YourFriendJeff