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comedic novels
Lunchbox:
http://eidolon.net/?book=thevisitants&pagetitle=The+Visitants
If you can manage to get your hands on it, The Visitants is a great book. It's listed as sci-fi rather than comic, but the little details the writer puts into things can be really hilarious.
I can't find my copy at the moment, which is making me feel rather sad.
elcapitan:
--- Quote from: soap ---at the moment im reading the crying of lot 49 - which is covered in quotes saying how hilarious it is, but i haven't found it funny, interesting and a little confusing but not funny.
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Hmm. I haven't read Crying of Lot 49, but Gravity's Rainbow (also by Thomas Pynchon) was hilarious. It was also disgusting, maudlin, inspiring, etc. etc. So maybe don't expect his work to be a-laugh-a-minute. :)
Faker:
--- Quote from: Schmendrick ---Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books of all time!
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I know alot of people will scream at me for this, maybe even stone me. I just don't understand all the Fuss about Catcher in the Rye. It's regularly mentioned among the greatest books of all time but I personally just don't get it. I mean I've read it, and enjoyed it, but not to the level of acclaim it's given.
Sorry
soap:
--- Quote from: elcapitan ---
Hmm. I haven't read Crying of Lot 49, but Gravity's Rainbow (also by Thomas Pynchon) was hilarious. It was also disgusting, maudlin, inspiring, etc. etc.
--- End quote ---
i've finally finished the crying of lot 49 and have decided that it was awesome... might start looking for more of his books :)
tigerlily:
I'm a fan of Douglas Coupland's stuff. Microserfs was pretty good, as was All Family's Are Pyschotic. I'd definitely recommend checking his books out.
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