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wayspooled · 01-07-2009, 11:59 AM

I've enjoyed a lot of the books and authors posted in this thread but I don't remember anyone laugh out loud funny except Pratchett (and Pratchett + Gaiman in the case of "Good Omens"). I guess I consider the rest not so much actually "funny" but "amusing". Love Robert Asprin and Douglas Adams and Piers Anthony (Xanth anyway). Couple more names I haven't seen in here yet that I'd consider equal to those would be - Craig Shaw Gardner (A Malady of Magics and A Difficulty with Dwarves) and Lawrence Watt-Evans (The Misenchanted Sword). I also remember a very funny Dragonlance novel by Mary Kirchoff and Douglas Niles called "Flint the King". Mostly I wouldn't call the Dragonlance books amusing but maybe 1/3 of the probably 100 different ones by various authors are excellent. Many have amusing moments and "Flint the King" is a funny story.

01-07-2009, 11:59 AM	#37
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	I've enjoyed a lot of the books and authors posted in this thread but I don't remember anyone laugh out loud funny except Pratchett (and Pratchett + Gaiman in the case of "Good Omens"). I guess I consider the rest not so much actually "funny" but "amusing". Love Robert Asprin and Douglas Adams and Piers Anthony (Xanth anyway). Couple more names I haven't seen in here yet that I'd consider equal to those would be - Craig Shaw Gardner (A Malady of Magics and A Difficulty with Dwarves) and Lawrence Watt-Evans (The Misenchanted Sword). I also remember a very funny Dragonlance novel by Mary Kirchoff and Douglas Niles called "Flint the King". Mostly I wouldn't call the Dragonlance books amusing but maybe 1/3 of the probably 100 different ones by various authors are excellent. Many have amusing moments and "Flint the King" is a funny story. Last edited by wayspooled; 01-07-2009 at 12:20 PM.