Humor...

"Laugh it up, fuzzball." -Han Solo

Is there humor after Science Fiction? Yes. Douglas Adams proved it, and others have followed in his footsteps, with lesser or greater success. The key to this genre is the writer's ability to create situations you have never seen before, thus creating truly new jokes. Sure, sure, there's nothing new under the sun, but this Sci-Fi isn't under our sun....

• Denise Little
  • Twice Upon a Time (Not-quite-politically-correct fairy tales)
• Douglas Adams
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The King of Sci-Fi humor's first and best-loved novel in his famous "trilogy")
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (A collection based on the rest of the original radio show)
  • Life, the Universe, and Everything (The End of the Universe is nigh. Does anyone care enough to stop it?)
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Earth has reappeared, with its inhabitants. More importantly, will Arthur get a date?)
  • Mostly Harmless (Arthur's date disappeared. Everyone else is also miserable. Should they just end the whole thing?)
• Harry Turtledove
  • The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump (Puns lace this alternate history mystery in which magic has replaced science in our world)
• Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney
  • Bored of the Rings (Dildo, Frito, Elf girls, and lots of late 1960s references and word puns)
• L. Sprague de Camp
  • The Hand of Zei (A ghost writer searches for his disappeared subject matter- an explorer lost on the planet Krishna. Will Dirk survive his own stupidity?)
• Peter David
  • Q-in-Law (The funniest Star Trek book I have ever read. Q meets Lwaxanna. Need I say more?)
• Terry Pratchett
  • "Discworld" (Hilarious. The Douglas Adams of Fantasy.)
• William Goldman
  • The Princess Bride (An often humerous high fantasy tale that doesn't take itself too seriously- or at least not without a few nudges and winks.)

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