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Postby rocklobster » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:15 am

What is the funniest book you've ever read? For me it's the entire Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.
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Postby Sheol777 » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:25 am

I really liked the Hitchhiker's .......BLAST!

Ha, when I read the title this is the first book to come to mind. So yes, I agree.

Too bad the movie didn't live up to the book.
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Postby Tereya » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:21 pm

Afraid I'll have to second Hitchhiker's. Life, the Universe and Everything in particular was my favorite of the series. I had to fight to keep my seat the entire time I was reading it.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:19 pm

Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

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Postby LadyRushia » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:31 pm

Go Dogs Go
I'm not even kidding. If you still have that book, go back and read it. It's hilarious. There's a certain humor in rereading Dr. Seuss books. . .^_~
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:38 pm

Louis Sachar's "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" collection.
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:21 am

I'd almost be tempted to say the Harry Potter books. Either that or Fractured Fairy Tales.
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Postby Aileen Kailum » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:27 am

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. That, or the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:08 pm

Dave Barry has some excellent books (the real books, not the collections of articles). If you mean fiction, I enjoy Terry Pratchett as well as, like everyone else, Douglas Adams. All of the above succeed in making me laugh on occasion and entertain me sufficiently if not being laugh-inducing.
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Postby Htom Sirveaux » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:55 pm

The Hitchhiker series was good, but the last couple of books all but completely lost me. Funniest book for me though, I'd have to say is Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys.
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Postby Puguni » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:18 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Louis Sachar's "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" collection.


Oh good lord, yes. Yes yes yes yes. I read that series when I was little, and loved it. I read it again because I rented it for my baby sister and laughed even harder. It's so random.
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Postby bigsleepj » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:32 pm

I really laughed out loud with The Man who was Thursday by GK Chesterton. One of my favourite scenes is where the main character wants to challenge an evil Marquis to a duel, and (half drunk) begins to actually write the dialogue that would lead to the duel. He even admits that he gave the most wittiest replies to his foe. "I like to be fair to my enemies."

Also pretty much any book by Terry Pratchett is funny and worth a read. :)
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Postby Doubleshadow » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:20 pm

Wow, and I thought I was the only Terry Pratchett fan around. My favorite is Going Postal. I also want to add Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman and The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas if you can find a good translation or read French.
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Postby bigsleepj » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:20 pm

Doubleshadow wrote:Wow, and I thought I was the only Terry Pratchett fan around.


Nah, Technomancer is a fan too, if I'm not mistaken. :grin: ;)
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Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:31 am

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Louis Sachar's "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" collection.


Dude, you WIN. Plain and simple. I LOVED that series! Now I feel like paying off my massive library debt to check out the entire series!

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Postby GeneD » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:19 am

I totally love the Discworld books esp. anything about the Watch! They always get me giggling into the pages and strange looks from people! Tom Holt is also pretty funny. The Hitchhiker's series too, the end of the series was... interesting and not seen often, but i won't give anything away, go read it!
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Postby ilikegir33 » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:16 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:Dave Barry has some excellent books (the real books, not the collections of articles).


Go UC. I love Dave Barry too. His book "Babies and Other Hazards of S*x" was HILARIOUS.

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Louis Sachar's "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" collection.


That, too. Really, Louis Sachar is funny. Even Holes made me smile.

Also, P.J. O'Rourke's "Modern Manners: Etiquette For Rude People" was funny. Don't even get me started on the "Horrible Weddings" and "Hip Funerals" part. And Captain Underpants...oh Captain Underpants. I read those books when I was a kid. I laughed till my throat was sore.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:36 am

Not a book but O.Henry's classic short story 'The Ransom Of Red Chief'
is one of the funniest stories ever written about two hapless kidnappers and their 'victim'.
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