the boy Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 As above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I enjoyed 'Cider With Roadies' by Stuart Maconie http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cider-With-Roadies-Stuart-Maconie/dp/0091897459 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Are we talking music themed, as we're in General Discussion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1410383063' post='2548936'] Are we talking music themed, as we're in General Discussion? [/quote] Preferably not music themed. I've read enough stories and tales about crazy bands and their antics etc etc... So I'm basically looking for a good laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 'Unreliable Memoires' by Clive James. Don't read it in public - people will wonder why you are laughing. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 In which case.... Puckoon - Spike Milligan Catch 22 - Joseph Heller Without Feathers - Woody Allen Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Early Terry Pratchet stuff. The colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Wow some good recommendations there. I'll post info on my choice and how I got on. I'm not sure about Terry P though, isn't it all a bit ghouls and goblins. Please let me know if I'm wrong as I'm always open to new ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 'The Throwback' by Tom Sharpe immediately springs to mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1410383883' post='2548952'] Wow some good recommendations there. I'll post info on my choice and how I got on. I'm not sure about Terry P though, isn't it all a bit ghouls and goblins. Please let me know if I'm wrong as I'm always open to new ideas. [/quote] Not about Ghouls etc. About a disfunctional wizzard for the first two books. A very humorous take on life in general. Got to be worth a try. First two are fairly short books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1410384162' post='2548961'] Not about Ghouls etc. About a disfunctional wizzard for the first two books. A very humorous take on life in general. Got to be worth a try. First two are fairly short books. [/quote] Ok... The colour of magic it is then. Bought downloaded and soon to be consumed. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1410383419' post='2548945'] Early Terry Pratchet stuff. The colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic etc. [/quote] +1 Mort is a great one, as is any of the night watch series. Actually I might read Mort again (happen to have a paperback to hand!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Of the later books "Small Gods" is my favourite. Off I go to find it and read it again....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paultrader Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Lucky Jim gets my vote every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 For thoughtful laughter and 'humour', I'd suggest '[i]My Life and Hard Times', [/i]by James Thurber (You could look it up... [size=4] )[/size][size=4]. Many other titles of his; that's a starting point.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 'My Family And Other Animals', Gerald Durrell. Not a comedy, but fun to read and funny as well. Second vote for Mr Pratchett's 'Small Gods'. Stella Gibbons, 'Cold Comfort Farm' - a classic, in its class-riddled way. Damon Runyon makes me smile. Also, see if you can find a Best Of Beachcomber. I think I'm showing my age here - most of these are pre-1940... (okay, that does mean I'd be showing someone else's age ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Charlie Brooker's 'Dawn of the Dumb' (non-fictional ranting) has had me laughing out loud on public transport, but it's probably not everyone's cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 A Bright Moon For Fools by Jasper Gibson. Harry Christmas , the main character is a gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1410385245' post='2548978'] Of the later books "Small Gods" is my favourite. Off I go to find it and read it again....... [/quote] It is good, as is anything with Death (or Mort). In the same vein, Good Omens by Terry P and Neil Gaiman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Magic kingdom for sale / sold! Terry Brooks. First in a series, brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1410383357' post='2548943'] Catch 22 - Joseph Heller[/quote] Catch-22 is darkly hilarious and just generally brilliant. In a similar vein you've got your Kurt Vonneguts - Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five are great books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) In a non-fiction vein, I like Tim Bradford's The Groundwater Diaries. It's a sort of travelogue following the lost rivers of London which keeps digressing into ramblings about high-strength lager and the Danish punk scene. For fiction, I'd recommend Magnus Mills' The Restraint of Beasts. It's an extremely dry, deadpan sort of humour in a book which is written in a deceptively simple manner. Edited September 10, 2014 by Beer of the Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbass Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 The Liar - Stephen Fry Gridlock - Ben Elton American Gods - Neil Gaiman Dave Gormans Googlewhack Adventure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1410385767' post='2548994'] James Thurber [/quote] Ah! Great call! Also, IMS, Kinky Friedman's "Greenwich Killing Time" as well as his "A Case Of Lone Star" were funny. If translated to English: Knut Pettersen's "The Patients" (aka "The Pig Farm") had me in stitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1410386284' post='2549003'] 'My Family And Other Animals', Gerald Durrell. Not a comedy, but fun to read and funny as well [/quote] I read that for the first time this year and love it - an utterly charming book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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