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
>>> >
>>> >
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