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04-27-2005, 03:03 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
My old Eng Comp prof used to say that Comedy was the toughest genre. That seems true, as not very many people laugh out loud too often while reading. That being said, I remember being on a packed bus in rush hour through downtown, reading one of the wack off scenes in Portnoy's Complaint. I started spontaneously laughing so hard that the old lady next to me switched seats. I didn't care though. Hadn't had a good laugh in a while.
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04-27-2005, 04:34 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
All of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. These are in a league of their own in the lol department, even if you're not normally a fan of fantasy fiction. The other books in this thread are good but these will have you laughing until you're sore and the best thing is he just keeps writing them each just as funny as the last. And no, you don't have to read them all or in any order, dip in and out as you see fit. In fact I would skip the first few ones until you get a taste for them.
Don't let the Fantasy label put you off. They're as much of a parody of various other things as they are actual fantasy fiction - Phantom of the Opera, organised religion (not in a sacriligious way before all the happy clappies jump on me), Australia, Death, detective fiction, vampires, silent movies, politics, journalism, the opst office, and the list goes on. I like them anyway.
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#33
04-27-2005, 05:09 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
here's a reminder of a hilarious quickie to read between games - http://www.wbrucecameron.com/columns/chilijudge.htm
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04-27-2005, 07:38 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
[ QUOTE ]
All of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. These are in a league of their own in the lol department, even if you're not normally a fan of fantasy fiction. The other books in this thread are good but these will have you laughing until you're sore and the best thing is he just keeps writing them each just as funny as the last. And no, you don't have to read them all or in any order, dip in and out as you see fit. In fact I would skip the first few ones until you get a taste for them. Don't let the Fantasy label put you off. They're as much of a parody of various other things as they are actual fantasy fiction - Phantom of the Opera, organised religion (not in a sacriligious way before all the happy clappies jump on me), Australia, Death, detective fiction, vampires, silent movies, politics, journalism, the opst office, and the list goes on. I like them anyway. [/ QUOTE ] HELL YEAH. Pratchett is hands down the best for laugh out loud. It's amazing how few Americans have read him. Krishan
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#36
04-27-2005, 07:59 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes [/ QUOTE ] I found this had some strange similarities to one of the other suggestions: "Confederacy of Dunces" (John Kennedy O'Toole). If you liked the comedic style of one, you will probably appreciate the other (although they are utterly different books.....)
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#37
04-27-2005, 08:07 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
No one has mentioned Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy? Wow...
That, and the Discworld series by Pratchett.
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#39
04-27-2005, 08:48 AM
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Re: Books that made you laugh out loud.
Anything by Ben Elton,
his early stuff is good (stark, this other Eden) but I loved popcorn. He is English so many of you may not of heard of him, he also co-wrote the young ones.
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