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hey there.
can you recommend any good humor?
(nothing in the lit.recommends)
as a kid, I couldn't get enough of diana wynne jones, and the hitchhiker's guide. i've read
tom holt
that one book about the two wizards, forgot title
good omens
these were alright.
i've really enjoyed all of the terry pratchetts.
rosencrantz and guildenstern was excellent.
Searching for recommendations on humor I can only find young adult fiction. is there anything for adults, (classics and modern are welcome) in this genre?
i'd really appreciate your opinion

>> No.1806799

Catch-22 was hilarious

>> No.1806801

>>1806799
oh hey i read that one, too. (didn't really click with me, but i was just a kidthing when i dove in, so i'll be sure to reread it sometime soon)
thanks anon

>> No.1806802

op here
just remembered the title for the two wizards one. it wasn't very humorous, but i was sort of introduced to it as it being humor. didn't much like it, anyway. nevermind
(Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)

>> No.1806808

Seconding Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Check out Infinite Jest, Confederacy of Dunces, Fortress of Solitude, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

>> No.1806817

John Dies at the End.

A lot of books have made me feel a funny, but that was the only one to have me grinning like a retard throughout.

>> No.1806834
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1806834

confederacy of dunces.

not fucking kidding here.

>> No.1806839

>>1806817
i love you. i just started the first chapter, i'll be reading this, count on it.
thanks!

[further recommendations absolutely welcome. not as if there's only one book to be read-- i'll read 'em all!]

>> No.1806865

>>1806834
this sounds amazing.
yes yes yes.
thank you!

>> No.1806885

Good Soldier Svejk

>> No.1806887

>>1806865
Be prepared to read the most annoying unfunny shit ever.

>> No.1806900

>>1806887
To be fair, he might be in the 'tolerates annoying characters' crowd.

Imagine your favourite tv series, and that funny character who only appears a few times every season, but outstays his welcome very quickly. He gets his own spinoff. That is Ignatius O'Reilly, for better or worse. You either tolerate him or not. nobody likes him

>> No.1806902

The Time Machine Did It

>> No.1806903

>>1806885
enjoying this.
thanks, anon

>>1806887
oh yeah?
hope not. i'm downloading it as we speak actually. previewed a few pages and holy shit it sounds wonderful. (but maybe they're just taking pains to highlight a better scene? if it's all like this though, swear i'm in for a treat.)

>> No.1806905 [DELETED] 

>>1806885
enjoying this.
thanks, anon
>>1806887
oh yeah?
hope not. i'm downloading it as we speak actually. previewed a few pages and holy shit it sounds wonderful. (but maybe they're just taking pains to highlight a better scene? if it's all like this though, swear i'm in for a treat.)

>> No.1806906

>>1806900
she, and yeah, raised a good point, you did. i actually enjoy [annoying/???] characters like this particularly. in a fond sort of way. so this was actually perfect
appreciation for the follow-up

>>1806902
HNNGH
i will compose songs of sweet love to you.
this one is exactly, exactly right for me.
many thanks