I'm looking for a book for geeks that's also riddled with humour and wit...
2006-08-06 12:22:07 · 32 answers · asked by Jim Jones 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Have you read "Microserfs" by Douglas Coupland? It's a bit dated now, but it seems to fit the description you provide...
2006-08-06 12:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by -j. 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I recommend anything by Terry Pratchett - he writes humorous fantasy which sounds ghastly but it very funny and, since he writes about a complete new universe which is weird, wonderful and consistent throughout, there's a lot of fun working out what in this world he is satirising.
I'm a geek and I like them a lot. They run in a rough order and, while it doesn't really matter where you start, one or two in the middle aren't quite as good as the rest, so starting at the beginning will get you well and truly hooked by the time the odd poorer one turns up. Besides, the less good ones are still a riot.
2006-08-06 13:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by UKJess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would go for books by Tom Holt; very funny and have a bit of a cult status.
I have read; Divine Comedies, Little People and Snow White and the Seven Samurai and found them very humourous. I hear his new book, You Don't Have to be Evil to Work Here, but it Helps is also very good.
I also like Christopher Buckley; Thank You for Smoking and Little Green Men. Very witty books.
2006-08-06 12:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by Robert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Necromancer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
(oops I forgot the humor part)
oh yeah... try the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
or Quozl by Alan Dean Foster
2006-08-06 12:31:20 · answer #4 · answered by Blah Blah Blah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
It's hilarious. It's touted as "an old-fashioned science-fantasy space opera."
Or the more readily available sequel by Mercedes Lackey, The Wizard of Karres.
Ahhhh! The answer below me is perfect!
2006-08-06 12:26:56 · answer #5 · answered by fleekyone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. The author , a white man temporarily darkened his skin to experience what it is like to be black in the deep south of the USA . One of the few books that do more than just take us across the familiar and arid landscape of generalisations and statistics, but convey the feel, sight, sound and sweat of the life of the American Black man.
2006-08-06 18:43:35 · answer #6 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koontz is a great author, and I think any of his books would be a good start for you.
Try this book for something fun and different:
This Book Will Change Your Life Again
www.thiswebsitewillchangeyourlife.com
2006-08-06 12:42:02 · answer #7 · answered by steffy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guardening 4 beginners
by
Don T Readis
circa nineteen oh plonk
2006-08-06 12:40:21 · answer #8 · answered by Paul Dalby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2006-08-06 12:31:58 · answer #9 · answered by not at home 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carl Hiaasen has very good books, he's a columnist for the Miami Herald and his articles are full of sarcasm. He writes mystery novels and he uses the stories he sees in the newspaper for his novels. If you haven't read any of his stuff you should.
2006-08-06 12:28:25 · answer #10 · answered by GC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Short History of Nearly Everything - by Bill Bryson.
Informative, fascinating, well written and funny too.
I LOVE that book.
2006-08-06 12:30:41 · answer #11 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋