Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes [Paperback]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1993

Here are more than 700 of Isaac Asimov's favorite jokes, cleverest limericks and funniest stories.

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About the Author

To list Isaac Asimov's honors, as to list his books, would be excessive. Let it simply be noted that Isaac Asimov was the most famous, most honored, most widely read, and most beloved science fiction author of all time. In his five decades as an author, he wrote more than four hundred books, won every award his readers and colleagues could contrive to give him, and provided pleasure and insight to millions. He died in 1992, still at work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (September 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060924489
• ISBN-13: 978-0060924485
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The master gives us a few more chuckles, May 20, 2006

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Blake Petit "Novelist, columnist & reviewer" (Ama, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes (Paperback)

Not counting his volumes of limericks, this is Isaac Asimov's second jokebook, following Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor. Like that first book, however, this is much more than simply a collection of jokes. Asimov discusses, in his usual prolific style, the nature of jokes and joketelling, what makes some things funny and others fall flat, and why he prefers some jokes to others. Although he intentionally steers away from topical humor, some of the jokes are still outdated simply because of the evolution of language and culture, but the book is still a great read and a full of laughs. It's a lot of fun.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Less jokes, more anecdotes, October 17, 2007

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J. M. Gonzalez Ondina (Santander, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes (Paperback)

Despite what the title suggest, this book is not a collection of jokes as "treasury" was. In this book the anecdotes are the main course. For those who know Asimov's bio in detail, some of these stories are already known; but a different take is always interesting. Those who dislike the way the old doctor talks about himself, probably should avoid this book.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More corn then Oklahoma, shows the heart of the man, July 24, 2000

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James Flavin (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes (Paperback)

This book is more helpful then some of my fellow reviews suggest, as it reflects greatly on who Asimov the man actually was.

He was an unrepentant sexist, as many men of his generation were. He was arrogant, as many successful men are. He was self centred, as most of us are.

However, through this book you can see the pain of the failure of his first marriage and his love for his second wife and daughter. You can see many of the people he liked.

Sure some of it is unfunny, some of it is just plain crude and some of it is rambling. I liked it and return to it every couple of years.

One reason I did like it was it showed how autobiographical much of Asimov's other writings were. If you cross check some of the Foundation series, you can see a reflection in Issac's own life at the time of writing. This makes this volume a worthy addition for any Issac-ophile.