Thank you so much, Todd!!! ~Diana On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 5:45 PM Todd Mason <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If you like Douglas Adams's sfnal humor, it's a good shot you'll like > Sheckley's and Harrison's, too. I'd also recommend John Sladek, Kit Reed > (some more lighthearted, some very gallows-humor), and anthologies such > as Robert Silverberg's INFINITE JESTS. Like Adams (and Vonnegut), usually > some seriousness underlies the humor in the work of all of them, but it > doesn't spoil the fun. And Pratchett is perhaps the only fantastica > humorist in the UK to have consistently outsold Adams in recent decades. > And... > Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker, Jean Kerr and Stephen Leacock for > some of the classics. > > Shall mull about this some more, as I see a number of folks have chimed > in. > A lot of my favorite funny writers are only Sometimes funny, by intent, > such as Joanna Russ, Avram Davidson, Barry Malzberg, Roxanne Gay, Muriel > Spark, Shirley Jackson, Ambrose Bierce. Certainly Samuel Clemens. > > If you love THE GREAT RACE, also such near-contemporaries as THOSE DARING > YOUNG MEN IN THEIR JAUNTY JALOPIES (clearly made to cash in, but I was fond > of it as a child) or IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD? > > TM > > https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2013/06/ffb-funny-papers-humor-and-satire-in.html > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 12:07 PM Diana Tallent <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Thank you so much, Dennis! Copying and pasting it all!!! >> >> ~Diana >> >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 11:04 AM d-lien University of Minnesota < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> An older humor favorite of mine is BAREFOOT BOY WITH CHEEK by Max >>> Shulman. >>> >>> Older but less so: BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO by Harry Harrison, or >>> almost anything by Robert Sheckley or, of course, Terry Pratchett. >>> >>> Dennis Lien // (retired from) U of Minnesota Libraries // [log in to unmask] >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 10:50 AM Diana Tallent <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi ya'll! >>> > >>> > In 26 days, and maybe sooner, if I'm lucky/on top of things, I will >>> turn in my final assignment for my MLIS program at SJSU. (*knocks on wood) >>> At that point, I would like to decompress by spending some time reading and >>> watching fun, funny books and movies, so I am here asking you if you would >>> please recommend your favorite humorous book(s) or movies (or podcasts or >>> whatever), if you're so inclined. All formats and genres are fair game. >>> > >>> > In case you're wondering about titles I have found amusing, some that >>> have tickled my funny bone are: >>> > >>> > Books: >>> > >>> > The Hitchhiker's Guide series by Douglas Adams >>> > Welcome to Nightvale by Joseph Fink >>> > So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter >>> > >>> > Movies: >>> > >>> > Liar Liar >>> > Mrs. Doubtfire >>> > The Great Race — my all-time favorite comedy movie which I quote with >>> my family and re-watch regularly. If you haven't seen it, run to request a >>> copy via ILL if you can find it or watch it on Prime Video or purchase it >>> on Amazon >>> > >>> > I know I can Google it, and I have, but I am interested in what you >>> all may come up with that doesn't show up on the usual lists. >>> > >>> > Thank you in advance!!! 🙂 >>> > >>> > ~Diana >>> > >>> > >>> > ________________________________ >>> > >>> > To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: >>> > >>> http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NTAyIGQtbGllbkBVTU4uRURVIEZJQ1RJT05fTFA6h17uEL5R&c=SIGNOFF >>> >>> ######################################################################## >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: >>> >>> http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NTAyIGRsd3RqckBHTUFJTC5DT00gRklDVElPTl9MIHN2mqbFQ5qq&c=SIGNOFF >>> >> -- >> Sent from Mount Olympus >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: >> >> http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NTAyIGZveGJyaWNrQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBGSUNUSU9OX0wgIBIErlsRu6qe&c=SIGNOFF >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: > > http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NTAyIGRsd3RqckBHTUFJTC5DT00gRklDVElPTl9MIHN2mqbFQ5qq&c=SIGNOFF > -- Sent from Mount Olympus ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: https://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=FICTION_L