Similar Authors???

Question

Hey, can someone name some authors similar to PG Wodehouse or Douglas Adams? Preferrably NOT AMERICAN.

Answer 1

Niel Giaman is a bit dark, but his novel "Neverwhere" is as close to an Earth-bound version of "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" as you can get. A Londoner helps a teenaged homeless girl and is pulled into a world he never suspected. The only way to describe it is a fairy-tale land within London with real monsters. The Londoner instantly becomes the Arthur Dent persona, fumbling to get a grasp on the situation, but without the Monty Python-eques humor (although there are a few glimpses of it, here and there).

Terry Pratchett has taken Douglas Adams' universe and consolidated it down to one world. Discworld is a large slab of earth and water sitting on the backs of four great elephants, who in turn are standing on the back of a giant space wandering turtle. The humor is very much like Adams'; but the stories are set in a more Dungeons & Dragons type setting and magic abounds. Do not panic, there are about 30 or so books in the series, but they are easily divided into sub-groups base on the chacters featured. I particularly like the Night Watch stories and would recommend reading "Guards! Guards!" as an introduction to them.

Oddly enough, Giaman and Pratchett worked together on one book entitled "Good Omens" and you would think that Douglas Adams actually wrote it. The world is about to end. The Son of Satan has been born and will be raised to be evil incarnate. Too bad the hospital accidently switched babies...

Tim Dorsey is pretty wild and crazy, but also American. Dorsey sets his books in Florida, which you can just barely classify as "America." His hero, Serge A. Storms is a good mix of Hunter S. Thompson and Zaphod Beeblebrox (minus the extra body parts). "Cadilac Beach" is a riot and definitely worth checking out. Warning this book contains strong drug use and lots of vulgarity and violence. Definitely not for the under 18 crowd, but we won't stop them from reading from cover to cover.

Answer 2

I agree with everything Kevin K said (though I personally thing Terry Pratchett is closer to to Adams than anyone, but that's a matter of opinion), but I'd like to point out that the author of "Neverwhere" is spelled Neil Gaiman - this should make him easier to find for you. :)

Also check out Tom Holt, he has a similar kind of humor, and is also English.

Answer 3

If you're looking for humor, I would suggest James Thurber, (although he is American). And, though I am not a fan of Dickens's works, I laughed aloud when reading Pickwick Papers.

Answer 4

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