Books are another one of my favorite diversions....although I cannot read most of them
after getting stoned.....This thread has triggered a flood of memories....
Some of my favorite authors come to my fogged mind:
Elmore Leonard---Maximum Bob, Stick, Gold Coast, Get Shorty, The Moonshine Wars....this guy writes great dialogue for his crisp and luminous "crime" novels
If you like Leonard, check out John D McDonald's Travis Mcgee series....about 21 books or so, all good....
Ross Macdonald also wrote some great detective novels with Lew Archer....
Jim Thomson is quite a disturbing noir writer...The Killer Inside me, Pop 1280,
The Getaway and many others....creepy!
Atlas Shrugged is a book that changed my life....The Fountainhead is quite excellent also!....Thank You Ayn Rand....
Waaaay toooo many more come to mind, but I gotta go now!