I read Naked Lunch after I read somewhere that Steely Dan got their name from a "device" in that novel, not knowing what the device was. I couldn't get through the book because of the stream of consciousness/drugged up writing style, but it was interesting to learn what a Steely Dan is.
Anyone checked out
http://steelydan.com/siteguide.html?
This "Steely Dan" dictionary to their lyrics is great!
http://members.aol.com/danomalley/steelydan/