The top three in my list would Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Can you suggest any more authors? These three are just effortless fun and funny. I'd like to expand my horizons.
And I have to agree with Douglas Adams that the only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare.
Any recommendations, then?
2007-03-01 21:13:29 · 7 answers · asked by ficklefeather 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Robert Rankin? Tom Holt?
2007-03-01 22:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much anything by Tom Robbins:
"Even Cowgirls get the Blues"
"Another Roadside Attraction"
"Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climes" etc.
2007-03-02 01:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although not fantasy/sci-fi I find The Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison are laugh out loud funny. They are the stories of a British teen and her trials in life, love, family and school.
2007-03-02 01:44:09 · answer #3 · answered by DemonBookLover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by P.G. Wodehouse, the "Red Dwarf" novels by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, "The Road to Mars" by Eric Idle, anything by John Sladek, "The Wild Blue and the Gray" by William Sanders.
2007-03-01 23:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Sedaris comes to mind, though he doesn't do much fiction. Jonathan Franzen can be quite funny. I hear Jonathan Ames is a riot, but I've never read his stuff.
2007-03-02 03:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by Bud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are books with complilations of Dave Barry's articles. It reads like a book of short stories. Dave Barry is laugh-out-loud-while-your-reading material.
2007-03-02 03:19:48 · answer #6 · answered by gerberdaisy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Rankin I think...
2007-03-01 22:42:48 · answer #7 · answered by Mogli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋