Not sure if there's already a thread for this, but I'm looking for really really weird books. I already know all the Burroughs, Ballard, and tons of bizarro stuff (though I'm going to list some less obvious "bizarro" stuff below).
First of all, the weirdest book ever is probably THE ZEN OF FARTING, which is a book about the spiritual lessons of flatulence by a Buddhist teacher...
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Farting-Re..._tit_1_russss0 ... exactly what you think it is, dudes.
The second weirdest book ever is I'M BARACK, NOT BORAT (
http://www.amazon.com/Barack-Not-Bor...tit_29_russss0) .. it's 139 blank pages. That's it. Seriously...
That book... is 139 pages.
139 blank pages.
Lemme reiterate: That book, with the weirdass title and lame/weird cover image, is made up of 139 pages WITH NO TEXT WHATSOEVER ON THEM. Is that brilliant? I think so. By namedropping Barack Obama, Sadam Huddein, all Borat (all people who get a hundred billion google searches a second), he's already sold a million dollars worth of books before he even makes the book. And so... the blank book comes out and well.. I'm guessing he has done just that. There's people who will buy it just for the absurdity, just because they don't know any better, and will buy for others as gag gifts... either way, this dude is probably fucking rich. From 139 blank pages. AMAZING... why didn't I think of that?
I have a great book by Tim Drage called CENTIMENTAL, which is about 350 pages of print defects. Just random lines. It's the book equivalent of noise, basically. I highly reccomend it. Go on facebook, add tim drage, msg him and he'll hook you up with it.
NATURAL HARVEST: COOKING WITH CUM is pretty ... interesting.
http://www.cookingwithcum.com/
PERSONAL DEPT by Dylan Sparrow is worth checking out. He's a modern-day Burroughs, imo. You know how a bunch of authors are namedropping Burroughs and they got the weirdness down, but not the brilliance? Dylan has the brilliance. His descriptions of things are unreal.
I am really curious about the book HOW TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO DEPRESSION: IF YOU CONSTRICT ANUS 100 TIMES EVERY SINGLE DAY! MALARKEY?! OR EFFECTIVE WAY?! by Hiroyuki Nishigaki? It's here:
h...ttp://www.amazon.com/How-Good-bye-Depression-Constrict-Everyday/dp/0595094724/ref=cm_lmf_tit_30_russss0 ... will probably buy it soon.
Look these up on amazon... I put links to some of the weirder ones:
OTHER WORD BOOKS:
- CHOOSE YOUR OWN MINDFUCK FEST # 3 (insane/fun choose your own adventure type book; brilliant beyond words -- that's why there are pictures!)
- THE ULTRAFUCKERS
- SATAN BURGER
- RAMPAGING FUCKERS OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY SHITTY PLANET OF THE VOMIT ATMOSPHERE (haven't completed this one yet, but what I've read of it is amazing --
http://www.amazon.com/Rampaging-Fuck.../ref=pd_cp_b_1)
- THE DEADHEART SHELTERS (""The literary equivalent of an Alejandro Jodorowsky film." a famous review intones)
- ANGEL DUST APOCALYPSE
- EGG MAN (my favorite Carlton Mellick book, and I love 'em all)
- CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN
- FOOP!
- SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNPLUGGED
- APESHIT!
- RANT
- MENSTRUATING MALL
- LIZARD WINE
- STEEL BREAKFAST ERA: DECADENT RETURN OF THE HI-FI QUEEN AND HER EMBRYONIC REPTILE INFECTION
- GEEK LOVE
- CHEMICAL GARDENS
- TALES FROM THE VINEGAR WASTELAND
- HOW TO DATE A WHITE WOMAN: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ASIAN MEN
- HOW IN THE WOODS
- HOW TO PEE STANDING UP: TIPS FOR HIP CHICKS
- WHO CUT THE CHEESE: CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE FART
- MULLET: HAIRSTYLES OF THE GODS
- PORNOGAMI: A GUIDE TO ANCIENT ART OF PAPER FOLDING FOR ADULTS (
http://www.amazon.com/Pornogami-Guid...tit_25_russss0 .. it is what it says it is.. make dicks out of torn out pages! ... I don't own this but am buying a copy soon)
- THE BIG COLORING BOOK OF VAGINAS (
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Coloring-B...tit_26_russss0)
- COMPLETE ASSHOLE'S GUIDE TO HANDLING CHICKS
- ENGLISH AS A SECOND FUCKING LANGUAGE: HOW TO SWEAR EFFECTIVELY, EXPLAINED IN DETAIL WITH NUMEROUS EXAMPLES TAKEN FROM EVERYDAY LIFE
- DIY COFFINS (FOR PETS AND PEOPLE)