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Looking for more surreal/weird/quirky recommendations (lemmy.world)
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I have a decent library filled with authors like Palahniuk, Ryu and Haruki Murakami, Vonnegut, P. K. Dick, and Thompson.

I'm looking for more modern/contemporary authors who share that absurdism, surrealism, and just plain weirdness.

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[โ€“] danglydong75@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're not already familiar with Christopher Moore, I really liked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_the_Sequined_Love_Nun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb:_The_Gospel_According_to_Biff,_Christ%27s_Childhood_Pal

[โ€“] the_radness@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"Tucker (Tuck) Case is a pilot for a cosmetics company, who crashes the company plane while having sex."

Perfection.