Nice. I haven't thought about WSB in a long time (used to be a big favorite in college).
I used to listen to a bit of Phillip Glass and Laurie Anderson who were inspired by / collaborated with Burroughs on a number of pieces. I think I still have Home of the Brave on VHS tape around here somewhere. (Tape == :lol
My favorite book is "The Neverending Story" simply for nostalgic reasons.
Othere faves include:
-any Dean Koontz (for contemporary).
-"Factotum" by Bukowski
-"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
-"Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
-"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
-any of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories
-pretty much any Poe
-some Whitman