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I've read and re-read many short and long stories by H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, etc. etc.
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Let me shake your hand! It's rare to meet another Kurt Vonnegut fan these days! My favourite at the moment has to be
Slapstick - or Lonesome No More, with the Church of the Kidnapped Jesus and Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain. I also have to read
Breakfast of Champions every so often - it's always guaranteed to have you laughing (sometimes sadly) at the absurdity of life!
Gormenghast is just amazing - I can't figure out whether it is fantasy, gothic horror or
what! Maybe it just
is. That's how I feel about LotR too - it doesn't 'fit' into any category, it just
is.
I do tend to re-read certain things according to my mood. If I'm feeling at odds with the world I tend to immerse myself in Philip Larkin, if I'm feeling vaguely cynical I like Kurt Vonnegut, and when I want to exercise the old grey matter I go for some Blake or some other complex stuff (in contrast to watching Rentaghost and things like that...
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