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Can get any suggestions for good scifi/fantasy comedies. I've read "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" and current have "Good Omens" and my list. But I haven't found many more. Can you suggest any?
by GreenDecent3059
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If you’ve never read discworld it’s pretty good especially Guards!Guards!
Basically all of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, especially since you already have *Good Omens* on your list.
Id say Space Balls is the clutch classic as a not serious sci-fi fan.
Definitely following!
Edit…didn’t realize this was my book thread, I’m an idiot! 🤣😭🫠
Still following! Gracias!
Disc World Series by Pratchet
Space Opera by Valente
Gideon the ninth I thought had a lot of humor in it, though it certainly was not a comedy. Same goes for the Bobiverse series
The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison
*When the Moon Hits Your Eye* by John Scalzi.
For comedy/fantasy, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman and the Caverns and Creatures novels by Robert Bevan
Anything and EVERYTHING by Terry Pratchett. Murderbot (the series) by Martha Wells is very funny. Check out everything done by John Scalzi and Andy Weir as well.
EDIT: forgot to add Dennis Taylor and Charles Stross!
American Gods!
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells!
Space Team series, by Barry Hutchison
If you enjoyed HHGG, were you aware that it has 4 sequels? Also, Douglas Adam’s wrote another series, which is also great, more fantasy than sci-fi. It starts with “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”.
If you’re a Star Trek fan (especially TOS), then *Redshirts* by John Scalzi is hilarious.
*Dungeon Crawler Carl* by Matt Dinniman could work if you find blatantly over-the-top violence funny.
*Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency* is another Douglas Adams book that’s pretty good.
Rob Grant and Doug Naylor wrote novel versions of the BBC sci-fi comedy series *Red Dwarf*. The first two in the series are great, there are two book #3s (each author wrote one) and they’re okay.
Those are the first ones that come to mind. If you’re open to books that have good humor but aren’t straight up comedies, then you can look at the following:
* *To Say Nothing of the Dog* by Connie Willis
* The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
* *Project Hail Mary* and *The Martian* by Andy Weir
* *Ready Player One* by Ernest Cline