This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction—each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written—presents wildly hilarious accounts accompanied by a preface that offers valuable insight into the authors and their selections. Contributors include David Drake, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, Gene Wolf, Brian Hopkins, Kevin Anderson, and many more, with stories such as, “Tapestries,” “Rattler,” “The Robot Who Came to Dinner,” and “The Acid Test.”
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Many-time Hugo-winner Resnick provides further demonstration that science fiction, fantasy and horror clichés can be turned into rich comedy with just a teensy, absurd twist. Terry Bisson's He Loved Lucy depicts the tragic romance between a man and an underwear-obsessed computerized voice-recognition system. Gene Wolfe and Brian Hopkins's Rattler presents a pickup truck possessed by a canine ghost. Ron Goulart's The Robot Who Came to Dinner is a hard-boiled detective story, but the detective is a human character's ex-husband downloaded into a robot body. Astrophysicist Gregory Benford explains How to Write a Scientific Paper in wickedly sharp detail. Folksinger Janis Ian offers Conversations with a Breeder in revenge for Resnick dragging her into writing science fiction. The real prize may be the Lovecraftian sendup A Study in Scarlet Herrings by M.M. Moamrath (the pseudonym of Joe Pumilia and Bill Wallace). The overall humor quality ranges from mildly amusing to fall-out-of-your-chair, making it a pleasant companion for light reading. (Nov.)
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Mike Resnick is a four-time Hugo Award winner and the author of 9 nonfiction books, 12 collections, 175 short stories, 2 screenplays, and 45 science fiction novels, including Dragon America, A Gathering of Widowmakers, and Starship: Mutiny. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Mike Resnick is the author of numerous science fiction novels and short stories, including Dragon America, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Amulet of Power, Mutiny, Return to Santiago, and Santiago. He is the editor of This Is My Funniest and has won five Hugo Awards and the Nebula Award. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Comedy Fail,
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This review is from: This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (This Is My Funniest series) (No. 2) (Paperback)
I am always looking for funny books in any genre and was happy to give SF a try. It turns out the editors wrote authors and asked for what they thought was their funniest short story. They should have gotten a second opinion. Asking authors to pick what they think is funny turns out to be a really bad idea. There is only one story that was even mildly amusing and the rest were dull and drab. It makes one suspect that SF authors would not be a barrel of laughs at a party. I finished it because I was on a 3 week business trip to Nepal and diversions were scarce. If I was reading at home I would have quit after reading half the stories and skimmed the rest.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Uneven, but mostly hilarious,
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This review is from: This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (This Is My Funniest series) (No. 2) (Paperback)
This is a collection of "funny" fantasy and SF short stories. Many are well written, many are funny, and few are both and a couple are neither.Check out the list of authors, and if any of those are on your list of personal faves, this is worth a try.
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Not Free SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews
This review is from: This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (This Is My Funniest series) (No. 2) (Paperback)
An anthology of science fiction and fantasy humour, complete with infinite cover. Rather good, too, presuming the first is as good as this, it would also be worth reading. The editor says the first one of the publisher's best selling books, and not surprising either, given the quality.Quite of it is very American of course, so won't translate as well for those less familiar with the joint than I am, perhaps. There's even a story that Sarah Hoyt says is not supposed to be funny, but apparently people think is. The genesis of the Flint and Freer Rats and Bats books is also included. A lot of stories here, so room for a wide range of work enough that some of it should make you life. Resnick was right to make Pumilia and Wallace whack one of this in (if there are more?) as some of that was laugh out loud funny. He's also fairly dead on with his pirate queen name probabilities, too. My Funniest 2 : The Robot Who Came to Dinner - RON GOULART My Funniest 2 : Aliens Ate My Pickup - MERCEDES LACKEY My Funniest 2 : Correspondence with a Breeder - JANIS IAN My Funniest 2 : Fairy Tale - JACK DANN My Funniest 2 : How to Write a Scientific Paper - GREGORY BENFORD My Funniest 2 : Frog Kiss - KEVIN J. ANDERSON My Funniest 2 : The Acid Test - KAY KENYON My Funniest 2 : Airborne All the Way! - DAVID DRAKE My Funniest 2 : We Three Kings - ALAN DEAN FOSTER My Funniest 2 : Nord's Gambit - TOBIAS S. BUCKELL My Funniest 2 : A Sword Called Rhonda - D. S. MOEN My Funniest 2 : Rattler - GENE WOLFE AND BRIAN HOPKINS My Funniest 2 : A Soldier's Complaint - ERIC FLINT My Funniest 2 : He Loved Lucy - TERRY BISSON My Funniest 2 : The Frog Prince - LINDA J. DUNN My Funniest 2 : In Search of the Perfect 0rgasm - DEAN WESLEY SMITH My Funniest 2 : Elvis Died for Your Sins - SARAH A. HOYT My Funniest 2 : The Angst I Kid You Not of God - MICHAEL BISHOP My Funniest 2 : Monster Radio - CHRIS ROBERSON My Funniest 2 : Apecon - BARBARA DELAPLACE My Funniest 2 : On the High Frontier - MICHAEL F. FLYNN My Funniest 2 : The Day the Martels Got the Cable - PAT CADIGAN My Funniest 2 : Request for Proposal - ANTHONY R. LEWIS My Funniest 2 : Small in the Saddle - LOUISE MARLEY My Funniest 2 : Ram Shift Phase 2 - GREG BEAR My Funniest 2 : Invasion of the Jack Benny Snatchers - JOHN GREGORY BETANCOURT My Funniest 2 : The Santa Claus Planet - FRANK M. ROBINSON My Funniest 2 : Breeding Maze - LARRY NIVEN My Funniest 2 : A Study in Scarlet Herrings - JOE PUMILIA AND BILL WALLACE My Funniest 2 : Catastrophe Baker and the Cold Equations - MIKE RESNICK Dodgy chain advertising. 3 out of 5 Okies not wasted or stupid. 3.5 out of 5 Writing with a lack of humanity, over time. 4 out of 5 Jewish schtickster marries sidhe 4 out of 5 Make stuff up. 3 out of 5 Croc snack hookup. 3 out of 5 Relationships as viewed by those involved, others and aliens. A bit tedious. 2.5 out of 5 Paragobbies don't quite drop like rocks. 4 out of 5 It was a monster mash A real double skull smash with a triple collar, and xmas leftover turkey sandwiches. 4 out of 5 Monkeying with spacetime can still get you detention. 3.5 out of 5 Skeg chicks are still that, whatever the shape. 3.5 out of 5 If it growls like a dog, maybe you can teach it new trucks. 4 out of 5 Rats, bats, and old jokes. 3.5 out of 5 Call centre cunning linguistic programming. 3.5 out of 5 Batrachian pashfests not as much fun as being a crossdressing illusionist. 3.5 out of 5 Daikaiju diddling a blast. 4 out of 5 New Age King sermon. 3 out of 5 Political decapitation alien retreat ztunner. 3.5 out of 5 Advocacy to scare them pooless. 4 out of 5 Tarzan, mounties, no cheap beer. 3 out of 5 Mosey along before I burn you down, got space critters to deal with. 2.5 out of 5 Remote control hubby. 3 out of 5 Urban nuclear redevelopment. 4 out of 5 Mini-cowboy faerie milking. 4 out of 5 Robot review parody. 3.5 out of 5 Mr. Ed, then daylight. 2.5 out of 5 You better bet your life. 4 out of 5 The Joker gets hunted. 3.5 out of 5 Psychic detectives accented, not italicised. 4 out of 5 Zenobia its going to be warm enough around here. 4 out of 5
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