12-22-2009, 08:06 PM | #61 | |
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12-22-2009, 08:22 PM | #62 |
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12-23-2009, 12:12 AM | #63 | |
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The Discworld series is the reason I had to buy an ebook reader. I own all the books, but they are the only books I consistently re-read, and they were in danger of falling apart. Now they can sit happily on my shelves, to be taken down only occasionally and lovingly caressed... Also agree with the poster who suggested Good Omens (Gaiman/Pratchett) - a great read. |
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12-23-2009, 02:22 AM | #64 | |
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He is a cad and a coward; hardly likely to behave chivalrously if he catches a glimpse of a well-turned ankle. |
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12-23-2009, 03:52 AM | #65 | |
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(And no, I still don't think they are - but I want to see what it's about Research and all that...) Last edited by Ea; 12-23-2009 at 03:55 AM. |
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12-23-2009, 06:25 AM | #66 |
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12-23-2009, 07:43 AM | #67 |
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hmmm ... porn with words ... must check out!!
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12-23-2009, 09:05 AM | #68 |
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I'd recommend some of the books by Robert Sheckley, Mindswap particularly, if you like a somewhat surreal sci-fi based humour (translation: his writing may well not be to everyones taste!).
And, of course, Douglas Adams to add to Terry Pratchett. I would also add the Isabel Dalhousie Sunday Philosophers Club books by McCall Smith; its not that they're funny, it just I grew up in Edinburgh and they are some cuttingly observed that I can't help laughing. From time to time. |
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12-23-2009, 04:23 PM | #72 |
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Thanks for the tip. I just downloaded the first in the series from the DC Public Library (love borrowing eBooks), and will read it on vacation.
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12-23-2009, 05:28 PM | #73 | |
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I joined (ReadWithoutPaper) and have downloaded the last two books which you mentioned. Very subtle English humour, which are a hoot. Now if I could just get some Erma Bombeck in ebooks. Cheers. |
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12-23-2009, 05:44 PM | #74 |
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A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.
The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens. And if you are intelligent on top of having a great sense of humor, you can also appreciate the human and philosophical depths of these books. |
12-23-2009, 06:15 PM | #75 |
Which book will be next ?
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Keeping in mind my mother language is french, I found "Undead and unwed" (by MaryJanice Davidson) pretty funny. I laughed out loud several times, even publicly !
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