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The Widow's Son is hilarious. Extremely. Doubly so if you've read The Third Policeman.
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Tiggum posted:There are a lot of books called that. Which one are you referring to? The one by Robert Anton Wilson. It's book 2 of the Historical Illuminatus series, but can be read on its own because about half the novel consists of footnotes detailing the disputed theories of fictional Irish mystic de Selby.
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May 27, 2017 07:53
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In my experience any time someone says "it's like Douglas Adams" it means "it's bad and I have no concept of what made Adams great"
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May 30, 2017 09:48
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Groke posted:I can remember when Terry Pratchett was described in words much like those. Didn't take long before that comparison was obsolete. Haha yeah, I started Pratchett when Mort was release in the US and within a couple years he had already blown Adams away, especially since Mostly Harmless was so completely miserable and bad
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May 30, 2017 10:27
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Some of Irvine Welsh's novels throw in a lot of humor with the horror; A Decent Ride is probably the best in that regard. It sheds a lot of the heavy-handed class commentary of the previous Trainspotting books and has the most coherent plot of them. By making Juice Terry the protagonist there are plenty of opportunities for humor.
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May 31, 2017 21:35
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David Sedaris is very hit or miss for me, but when he hits, it's great.
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