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Old 07-14-2011, 07:40 PM   #31
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Old 07-14-2011, 09:55 PM   #32
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Oooooh, well done! I nearly mentioned both of them earlier, but didn't think anyone would know them. Also Christopher Brookmyre, who is in a very similar vein to Bateman.
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Interesting, shall have to look it up.

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Old 07-16-2011, 01:19 PM   #35
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Old 07-16-2011, 01:41 PM   #36
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The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith is available here at the MR library. I loved it!
Thanks for that. I loved his Topper, and thought the humor to be amazingly contemporary in character even though it was written in 1926. I'll have to check The Night Life of the Gods out as well.
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Old 07-16-2011, 01:45 PM   #37
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Old 07-16-2011, 01:48 PM   #38
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+1 for that also.

And +1 for whoever recommended Douglas Adams. His Hitchhiker series is a hilarious mash up of science, philosophy, and twisted humor.
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Old 07-16-2011, 06:53 PM   #40
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Although not a pure comedy, The Milagro Beanfield War has lots of funny moments and is a fantastic read.
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I loved Milagro Beanfield Wars.... I thought of another book but it is waaayyyy out there. Happy Hour of the Damned. Be sure to sample first.
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Old 07-17-2011, 12:32 PM   #42
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I second on Douglas Adams and T. Pratchett.

I've read the whole Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Actually, I read the Ultimate Hitchihiker's yada yada yada). From the latter, only Mort; which is about an apprentice of Death.

Really enjoyed both, though I enjoyed only the first from Douglas stories (The Hitchhiker's guide) more than the rest... (Restaurant at the End of the Universe, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, etc).
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Old 07-17-2011, 05:49 PM   #43
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M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker. Very far from chick-lit...

The works of Helen Rowland on Project Gutenberg. Still accurate today...
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I love Jonathan Tropper...not all comedy but really good stories. I especially liked 'The Book of Joe' and 'This is Where I Leave You.' You can find him in fiction.
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Dave Barry
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/dave-barry/

Patrick F McManus
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/patrick-f-mcmanus/

Jen Lancaster
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Fannie Flagg
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/fannie-flagg/

If you have an account at your local library and they have an emedia section, you might be able to search by genre there

my library only recently started to feature ebooks, they have new sections like top 100 ebooks, etc; before it was mostly audio books being featured, (overdrives headquarters is nearby but those work too, nothing like a funny book by Dave Barry being read by Arte Johnson or the late John Ritter... and on the advanced search you can always narrow your search result to whats available....

if you find an author you like you can use tools like:

Map of literature, Gnod's suggestions
http://www.gnooks.com/

Similar Authors
http://www.similarauthors.com/

to find similar authors
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