Looking for Comedic SF/ Fantasy

grzy7316 · 01-03-2009, 01:28 PM

I am looking for some kind of good comedic sci fi and fantasy to read. Heres a list of the stuff I already read that I feel falls in that category-

Robert Asprin's MYTH series
Pratchett's Discworld
Dave Freer- Rats, Bats and Vats series
Piers Anthony- Xanth series

So, any recommendations?

pilotbob · 01-03-2009, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by grzy7316

So, any recommendations?

Hello? Douglas Adams... Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy stuff.

BTW: I thought the Myth stuff was hilarious.

BOb

tompe · 01-03-2009, 01:39 PM

Most of Connie Willis' books but not all. Some books by Robert Sheckley.

ErwinOtten · 01-03-2009, 03:57 PM

Check out the free ebook of Hal Spacejock.

Free and rather funny

donslade · 01-03-2009, 05:21 PM

"Pyramid Scheme" by Dave Freer and Eric Flint in Baen's Free Library.

There is a sequel, "Pyramid Power", which is not in the Free Library but it is only $4.00.

A. Bertram Chandler's John Grimes Rim Worlds series are also good reads. Keith Laumer's Retief series too.

Go to webscriptions.net. There are others there I probably missed.

Greg Anos · 01-03-2009, 05:46 PM

Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series. Start with the Stainless Steel Rat and go forward (The 3 prequels aren't as good.)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-03-2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Hello? Douglas Adams... Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy stuff.

BTW: I thought the Myth stuff was hilarious.

BOb

Seconded - also the two Dirk Gently novels

kilohertz53 · 01-03-2009, 07:54 PM

How about Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle, etc.) or Christopher Moore (Fluke, A Dirty Job, and many more)?

cmbs · 01-03-2009, 09:01 PM

I'd delete this if it were an option.

cmbs · 01-03-2009, 09:04 PM

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Free ebook, Gone With The Trash

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Greg Anos · 01-03-2009, 09:12 PM

The Retief stories by Keith Laumer. Try the Baen free library.

Elsi · 01-03-2009, 09:24 PM

I'm just finishing Spacial Delivery, which is the first book in The Right to Arm Bears, available at Baen's Webscription site. "Publisher's Note: The Right to Arm Bears has previously appeared in parts as Spacial Delivery, Spacepaw, and 'The Law-Twister Shorty.' This is the first unitary edition, and those are the bear facts." And the unitary edition sells for a paltry $4.00 for all 6 DRM-free formats.

wayrad · 01-03-2009, 09:53 PM

Clifford D. Simak's The Goblin Reservation - a little gem by an author not normally associated with slapstick fantasy.

Liviu_5 · 01-03-2009, 10:18 PM

Some recent ones that made me laugh almost non-stop:

Space Captain Smith and God Emperor of Didicot by Toby Frost
Accidental Sorcerer by K. Mills (aka K. Miller)

Moe The Cat · 01-03-2009, 10:25 PM

How about Glen Cook, the Garret, P.I. series?

Plus, I'd second anything by Vonnegut.

01-03-2009, 01:28 PM	#1
grzy7316 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 182 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505, iPod Touch, Palm Zire m150	Looking for Comedic SF/ Fantasy I am looking for some kind of good comedic sci fi and fantasy to read. Heres a list of the stuff I already read that I feel falls in that category- Robert Asprin's MYTH series Pratchett's Discworld Dave Freer- Rats, Bats and Vats series Piers Anthony- Xanth series So, any recommendations?

01-03-2009, 05:21 PM	#5
donslade Member Posts: 24 Karma: 140 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: El Paso, TX Device: PRS-505, Nook STR, Kindle PW3	"Pyramid Scheme" by Dave Freer and Eric Flint in Baen's Free Library. There is a sequel, "Pyramid Power", which is not in the Free Library but it is only $4.00. A. Bertram Chandler's John Grimes Rim Worlds series are also good reads. Keith Laumer's Retief series too. Go to webscriptions.net. There are others there I probably missed. Last edited by donslade; 01-03-2009 at 05:26 PM.

01-03-2009, 09:01 PM	#9
cmbs non-believer Posts: 384 Karma: 713 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Device: Cybook Gen 3, JetBook Lite	I'd delete this if it were an option. Last edited by cmbs; 01-03-2009 at 09:06 PM.

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