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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think you're describing the difference between "humour" and "wit". I think it was W.B. Yeats who said "The funny man makes me laugh, but the witty man makes me think."
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Sort of. But I'm OK with laughing out loud at humor in books, too. I do appreciate sharp wit, it's just that sometimes I want simple humor, as well. With SFF, though, it seems (to me anyway) that humor is either left out completely (which is a huge turnoff), or it's relegated to either slapstick zaniness or snark between badasses. I've found very little middle-ground.