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<\/a>You\u2019ve read all of Douglas Adams, Terry Prachett, Piers Anthony and Robert Asprin, so what do you do now? \u00a0I\u2019m glad you asked! Here are a few other authors who wrote very funny fantasy and science fiction books you might also like.<\/p>\nRobert Sheckley<\/b>\u00a0wrote hilarious science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories years before Douglas Adams. In fact, Douglas Adams said, \u201cSheckley is one of the great funny writers.\u201d Read MindSwap<\/em>, a funny SF novel or any of Sheckley\u2019s many other novels or collections of short stories such as, Untouched<\/em> By<\/em> Human<\/em> Hands<\/em>, or, Do<\/em> You<\/em> Feel<\/em> Anything<\/em> When<\/em> I Do<\/em> This?<\/em> Sheckley\u2019s work is witty, surreal, satirical and always funny.<\/p>\n John Collier<\/strong> wrote what might be called magical realism before the term existed. Or maybe he wrote contemporary fantasy, slipstream or fabulist fiction. Don\u2019t worry about the labels just read one of his collections of short stories like Fancies<\/em> and<\/em> GoodNights<\/em>. If you like stories set in our world with magic, all told in a dry but always funny way try him. Neil Gaiman loves his work and you will too. William F. Nolan<\/strong>, the co-author (with George Clayton Johnson) of the science fiction classic, Logan\u2019s<\/em> Run<\/em>, also wrote (and writes) very funny short stories and novels. Check out the Sam Space series. These laugh out loud stories and novels are about a wise cracking private eye that works out of a seedy office on Mars. Imagine Raymond Chandler\u2019s Philip Marlowe in outer space and you get the idea. Try the collection, Seven<\/em> For Space<\/em>, or the novel, Look<\/em> Out<\/em> For<\/em> Space<\/em>. (For more about William F. Nolan read my January 16, 2015 blog post on him at\u00a0www.marcbilgrey.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n Now don\u2019t tell me that you have nothing to read!<\/p>\n Marc Bilgrey is the author of two humorous fantasy novels, And<\/em> Don\u2019t<\/em> Forget<\/em> To<\/em> Rescue<\/em> The<\/em> Princess<\/em>, and, And<\/em> Don\u2019t<\/em> Forget<\/em> To<\/em> Rescue<\/em> The<\/em> OTHER Princess<\/em>.\u00a0 He is also the author\/ cartoonist of, Cubist<\/em> In<\/em> A Cubicle<\/em>, a book<\/em> of<\/em> business<\/em> cartoons<\/em>. All three books are available on Amazon for Kindle. To learn more about Marc\u2019s work go to: www. marcbilgrey.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] You\u2019ve read all of Douglas Adams, Terry Prachett, Piers Anthony and Robert Asprin, so what do you do now? \u00a0I\u2019m glad you asked! Here are a few other authors who wrote very funny fantasy and science fiction … Continue reading <\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Roald Dahl<\/strong>, the children\u2019s book author writes funny novels? Oh, I\u2019m not talking about his books for kids; I\u2019m referring to his short stories for adults. These are humorous in an ironic and sardonic way. Dahl\u2019s stories range from dark fantasy to horror to crime to just plain weird. All his tales are creepy and filled with macabre humor that makes the Addams family look tame. Try his collections, Kiss<\/em> Kiss<\/em>, and Switch<\/em> Bitch<\/em>. These books are definitely not for children.<\/p>\n