I bought a trio of Jonathon Carroll novels in a single volume, and just haven't made it to it yet, even though John Clute says they're spectacular.
Sometimes these things happen. I'll probably try again in six months or a year and wonder what stopped me before.
On the other hand, two posts in, and I find Jonathon Carroll's blog absolutely fascinating. For instance, the post on 2/9 (you have to go to the February page and then scroll down).
Contrast this, most amusingly, with Warren Ellis' explanation of where his ideas come from.
And then contemplate the notion of:
…and suddenly you understand what it would be like if Einstein's brain was placed into the body of a young tyrannosaur, stuffed full of amphetamines and suffused with Sex Radiation.