05-21-2012, 11:28 AM | #1 |
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The Funniest Fiction Novel
Post the title and author of the funniest fiction novel you have read.
My first choice is Blood Sucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore. This could change if I remember others that I have read. |
05-21-2012, 12:33 PM | #2 |
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As a teenager, I loved the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
I also thought Catch-22 by Joseph Heller was hilarious until the last 3 chapters, which made me want to crawl up in the fetal position and try to find my happy place. |
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05-21-2012, 12:39 PM | #3 |
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"In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash" and "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters" by Jean Shepherd.
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05-21-2012, 01:07 PM | #4 |
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Barry Hughart's _Bridge of Birds_
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05-21-2012, 01:09 PM | #5 |
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Rex Pickett's Sideways.
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There is a sequel called Vertical, but I've not gotten around to it yet |
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05-21-2012, 02:24 PM | #8 |
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I will check it out, thanks! I did enjoy the movie quite a bit.
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05-21-2012, 05:33 PM | #9 |
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" Experiences of an Irish R.M. " - Somerville & Ross, in a tie with "3 Men in a Boat", Jerome K. Jerome.
Oh, any Wodehouse, then there's........ Impossible..... |
05-21-2012, 07:01 PM | #10 |
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Finally, a useful thread lol!
My votes are for A confederacy of Dunces and White Tiger. |
05-21-2012, 07:35 PM | #11 | |
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It is not available as an ebook but Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father by Roy Lewis is hilarious. |
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05-21-2012, 07:49 PM | #12 |
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Waugh's The Loved One, or Amis's Lucky Jim or....
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05-21-2012, 07:52 PM | #13 |
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... David Lodge's Changing Places or....
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05-23-2012, 06:28 PM | #14 |
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Lots of laughs in Portnoy's Complaint.
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05-23-2012, 07:41 PM | #15 |
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Last book I've read that had me laughing is Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. One of the books in the Discworld series.
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