Chaos Reading discussion

In trawling the "Readers' Advisory For All" Group (which the lovely Karen Brissette runs, and which you should totally check out), I came across her pretty much exhaustive list of all RA resources online.
Here it is: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

So I thought I'd test a few out.

Experiment #1 - Gnooks>Gnod's Suggestions: http://www.gnooks.com/faves.php
Enter 3 authors you like, it'll spit out suggested authors to try.
Experiment = Success! I've just discovered a new author. It also spat out other authors I do, in fact, enjoy.
Result = Ruby's Stamp of Approval

If you've tried any of these kinds of resources for book/author suggestions based on the things you know you like. Post 'em here...

Ruby wrote: "In trawling the "Readers' Advisory For All" Group (which the lovely Karen Brissette runs, and which you should totally check out), I came across her pretty much exhaustive list of all RA resources ..."

HAHAHA! I just tried for three of my favorites in wildly disparate genres: J.R.R. Tolkien, John Sandford, William Gibson and got Hubert Selby Jr.: author of Last Exit To Brooklyn, which you just rated highly! I guess I gotta read it now (I've actually played with Gnooks before, but never gone beyond that)

Derek wrote: "Ruby wrote: "In trawling the "Readers' Advisory For All" Group (which the lovely Karen Brissette runs, and which you should totally check out), I came across her pretty much exhaustive list of all ..."

LOL - I got Sandford on my first try, and Selby on my second play around with it!

I'm going to have to play around with this some more! I put in Margaret Atwood, Philip K. Dick, and David Mitchell, and got a whole bunch of authors I'd never even heard of. Of course, I kept clicking "I don't know it" to get to the next one without writing any of them down or researching them on goodreads, so now I'll need to try again.

ETA: Oh, I see, it gives you a list of the authors at the end when it runs out of recommendations! Cool.

I have tried the Literature Map before and not found it super accurate or helpful. It's fun to play around with if you're bored and looking for new authors, though.