So, what authors consistently hit your funny-bone?

My top two, in no particular order, are Terry Pratchett (fantasy - primarily the Discworld series) and P.G. Wodehouse (fiction - Jeeves & Wooster, Blandings Castle, Psmith, and assorted stand-alone novels).

Terry Pratchett is a good author, I like his novel 'Mort'.

Douglas Adams :D

Terry Pratchett, Go "JINGO" !!! :D
Erich Rassel (sp?). I read only russian translation, but he kept me 2 hours laughing like idiot while i read his novels.
Henry Kattner-Hogbens, enough said.
Douglas Adams. 42 rules.

Ben Elton :D

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">Honestly I must say I have not come across much humourous novels.

Farley Mowat -
The Boat That wouldn't Float; - Only book I have ever read that caused me to laugh out loud over and over.
Owls in the Family; - A good book with light humor
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be; - A good book with light humor

My favorite book by this author however is not a comedy but a war story

"And No Birds Sang" - Undeniably the best war memoir written by a Canadian who served in the Second World War. The book chronicles Mowats experiences in 1943 as a participant in the invasion of Sicily and Italy, and in classic Mowat style captures both the stark reality and lighter side of his experiences. </font>

[ 07-08-2004, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

I read the comic version of that (Yep, I'm lazy [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). Very good stuff [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] .

Read all of his Discworld. The books involving the witches (Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick, and lately Agnes/Perdita) are great, especially if you've read a bit of Shakespeare. My personal favourites, though, are the Night Watch novels. Nobby Nobbs is the Man, err, ape, err...

"Guards, Guards" and "Jingo" satirize fantasy conventions and political/nationalistic ideas. Absolutely fabulous.

The Dread Portal password sequence in Guards, Guards is itself worth the price of the book.

Terry Pratchett is the only one I can remember right now. Read you later.

"The Confederat Gen.From Big Sur" by Richard Brautigan.This book will have you laughing out loud over and over again.