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01 Apr 2007, 7:05 pm

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is probably the most consistently funny book I've read thus far. I'm actually rereading through the Hitchhikers Guide books right now for the first time in like five years, and I'm enjoying them so much I know I'm going to have major withdrawal when I reach the end. Also, the part in the middle of Life, the Universe and Everything with Arthur in the cave had me laughing my ass off for like five minutes straight. What can I move on to afterwards?

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01 Apr 2007, 7:35 pm

I know....love it!

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01 Apr 2007, 7:43 pm

I prefer the Discworld series.

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01 Apr 2007, 7:58 pm

Tucker Max- I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. FUNNIEST BOOK I EVER READ!

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01 Apr 2007, 8:25 pm

I laughed until I cried with the book "Lamb." It's hysterical.

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01 Apr 2007, 10:48 pm

Idiot Letters by Paul Rosa.

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01 Apr 2007, 11:00 pm

You can't go wrong with Calvin and Hobbes comics!

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01 Apr 2007, 11:03 pm

Portnoy's Complaint

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01 Apr 2007, 11:21 pm

Johnny the Homocidal Maniac. Catch 22. Catcher in the Rye. Zombie Survival Guide. Calvin & Hobbes.

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02 Apr 2007, 11:59 am

I hear Discworld by Terry Pratchett is awesome!

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02 Apr 2007, 5:55 pm

Lightning88 wrote:

You can't go wrong with Calvin and Hobbes comics!

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03 Apr 2007, 4:28 pm

Any of the Jeeves books by PG Wodehouse.
Particular favourites are 'Joy in the Morning', 'The Code of the Woosters' and 'Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit'

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03 Apr 2007, 11:32 pm

...I don't laugh very easily , unfortuantely...........
The book , as a child , that I just LAUGHED and LAUGHED and LAUGHED at - hysterically - was a children's book - I was nine . -
Beezus And Ramona " , by Beverly Clearly ! !! !! !! !! !!

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04 Apr 2007, 4:55 pm

I don't laugh at stuff I read much, but I can read a lot faster than usual when I'm reading something that amuses me.

I loved Portnoy's Complaint. I tried another Philip Roth book once, but ditched it after 20 pages. Same subject (talk about a one-track mind) but without the humour.

I liked Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse too. And the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

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05 Apr 2007, 4:36 pm

I read a pop-up book on impotence once.

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05 Apr 2007, 5:30 pm

My favorites
Our Dumb Century by the people who did the Onion.
Dave Barry's stuff (especially Guide to Guys and Big Trouble the latter which is a novel)
Christopher Buckley's A White House Mess, and Thank You for Smoking
I also like some of P.J. O'Rourke's stuff (not his latest stuff though)

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