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This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (This Is My Funniest series) (No. 2)

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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.

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.

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