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TripletDaddy 11-13-2007 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by creekster (Post 149508)
Ted is supposedly Jerry Seinfeld. There are a couple of volumes of these and they are indeed pretty funny.

Yes, I have read that. In fact, it is Jerry who wrote the preface to Letters...so they could be one and the same. I like the romanticized notion of an anonymous author.

However, i think it is fair to say that the humor in LFAN is anything but what you are used to on Seinfeld. LFAN is basically complete lunacy.

SeattleUte 11-13-2007 04:12 AM

Money or London Fields, by Martin Amis. I promise you'll laugh all the way through Money. Agree with Catch-22 and the Book of Mormon, although the D&C is funnier. Although ultimately they are tragic novels The Brothers Karamazov, 100 Years of Solitude, Blood Meridian, The Kruetzer Sonata, The Stranger, and Platform (Michel Houellebecq) all have hilarious moments. Woody Allen has written some funny novels.

Detroitdad 11-13-2007 04:32 AM

Without feathers by Woody Allen is hilarious. I will echo Messrs. Seattle Ute and Waters in recommending Catch-22. Along with Don Quixote it is the funniest fiction that I have ever read. So I recommend Quixote as well.

You know now that I think of it, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were pretty funny books, too. But you've probably already read those.

creekster 11-13-2007 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte (Post 149533)
Money or London Fields, by Martin Amis. I promise you'll laugh all the way through Money. Agree with Catch-22 and the Book of Mormon, although the D&C is funnier. Although ultimately they are tragic novels The Brothers Karamazov, 100 Years of Solitude, Blood Meridian, The Kruetzer Sonata, The Stranger, and Platform (Michel Houellebecq) all have hilarious moments. Woody Allen has written some funny novels.

Cathc 22 is funny, but I have read it and most of the others here and I ma telling you that Confederacy of Dunces is the funniest of the lot.

Really. Plus the publication of the book is an interesting story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces

http://www.amazon.com/Confederacy-Du.../dp/0802130208

SeattleUte 11-13-2007 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by creekster (Post 149549)
Cathc 22 is funny, but I have read it and most of the others here and I ma telling you that Confederacy of Dunces is the funniest of the lot.

Really. Plus the publication of the book is an interesting story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces

http://www.amazon.com/Confederacy-Du.../dp/0802130208

I confess to never having read it. It didn't seem my type. Maybe I'll give it a try. The publication story of course is legendary.

MikeWaters 11-13-2007 05:23 AM

If you are new to reading, I would recommend the Great Brain series by Fitzgerald. They are not LOL funny, but they will make you grin at times.

Jeff Lebowski 11-13-2007 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters (Post 149493)
I was just talking to Marsupial the other day about Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Very, very funny.

I concur with this. Hilarious book.

Archaea 11-13-2007 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by creekster (Post 149549)
Cathc 22 is funny, but I have read it and most of the others here and I ma telling you that Confederacy of Dunces is the funniest of the lot.

Really. Plus the publication of the book is an interesting story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces

http://www.amazon.com/Confederacy-Du.../dp/0802130208



Kennedy O'Toole does a great job in an offbeat sort of way. I liked it.

marsupial 11-13-2007 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster (Post 149492)
A Confederacy of Dunces. Seriously.

I'll second this.

Archaea 11-13-2007 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by marsupial (Post 149631)
I'll second this.

You can't re-second a seconded motion, you must move for a vote.


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