Humorous Fiction

Douglas Adams     Terry Pratchett     Tom Holt     Robert Rankin     Neil Gaiman

Douglas Adams

Bibliography

Hitchhiker Series:
 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
 Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984)
 Mostly Harmless (1992)

 Young Zaphod Plays it Safe (Short Story)

Dirk Gently Series:
 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)

 Last Chance to See (with Mark Carwardine)
 The (Deeper) Meaning of Liff (1990, with John Lloyd)
 The Utterly, Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book (Edited by Douglas Adams and Peter Finchman)

 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Infocom textadventure)
 Starship Titanic (Computer game, novelisation by Terry Jones)

Other Resources

 Don't Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (by Neil Gaiman, Biographie and Bibliographie of Douglas  Adams and his works. Second and revised edition 1993, first edition published as: 'Don't Panic: The official Hitchhiker's Guide to the  Galaxy Companion' 1988)

The Digital Village
Newsgroup: alt.fan.douglas-adams, the FAQ is here

 

Terry Pratchett

Bibliography

 The Carpet People (1971/1992)
 The Dark Side of the Sun (1976)
 Strata (1981)

The Nome Series:
 Truckers (1989)
 Diggers (1990)
 Wings (1990)

Johnny Maxwell Series:
 Only You Can Save Mankind - If Not You, Who Else? (1992)
 Johnny and the Dead (1993)
 Johnny and the Bomb (1996)

 The Unadultered Cat (1989, with Jay Jolliffe)

 Good Omens (1990, with Neil Gaiman)

Discworld Series:
 The Colour of Magic (1983)
 The Light Fantastic (1986)
 Equal Rites (1987)
 Mort (1987)
 Sourcery (1988)
 Wyrd Sisters (1988)
 Pyramids (The Book of Going Forth, 1989)
 Guards! Guards! (1989)
 Eric Faust (1990, illustrated by Josh Kirby)
 Moving Pictures (1990)
 Reaper Man (1991)
 Witches Abroad (1991)
 Small Gods (1992)
 Lords and Ladies (1992)
 Men at Arms (1993)
 Soul Music (1994)
 Interesting Times (1994)
 Maskerade (1995)
 Feet of Clay (1996)
 Hogfather (1996)
 Jingo (1997)
 The Last Continent (1998)
 Carpe Jugulum (1998)
 The 5th Elephant (1999)
 
 The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (1993, with Stephen Briggs, map artwork by Stephen Player)
 The Discworld Mapp (1995, with Stephen Briggs, map artwork by Stephen Player)
 A Tourist Guide to Lancre (1998, with Stephen Briggs, map artwork by Paul Kidby)
 Death's Domain (1999, with/artwork by Paul Kidby)
 
 Disworld Diarys 1998-2000 (1997-1999, with Stephen Briggs, artwork by Paul Kidby)

 The Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs, first edition 1994, updated edition 1997)
 The Pratchett Portfolio (with Paul Kidby)
 The Science of Discworld (1999, with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

 (diverse graphic novels, comics and plays)

Short Stories:
 The Hades Business (1963)
 Night Dweller (1965)
 Twenty Pence With Envelope and Seasonal Greetings (1987)
 FINAL REWARD (1988)
 Incubust (1988)
 Turntables of the Night (1989/1997)
 Hollywood Chickens (1990)
 #ifdefDEBUG + "WORLD/ENOUGH" + "TIME" (1990)
 The Secret Book of the Dead (Gedicht, 1991)
 Troll Bridge (1992)
 Theatre of Cruelty (1993)
 Let There Be Dragons (1993)
 Once And Future (1995)
 The Sea and Little Fishes (1998)

Other Resources

 Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook - The Unseen University Challenge (1996, Compiled by David Langford)
LSpace, the ultimate resource for all Pratchett fans
Newsgroup: alt.books.pratchett, one of the FAQs is here
Newsgroup: alt.fan.pratchett, lots of FAQs are here
Newsgroup: de.alt.fan.pratchett, German language newsgroup, and FAQ

 

Tom Holt

Bibliography

Novels:
 Lucia In Wartime (1985)
 Lucia Triumphant (1986)
 Expecting Someone Taller (1987)
 Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)
 I, Margaret (1989, with Steve Nallon)
 Goatsong (1989)
 The Walled Orchard (1990)
 Flying Dutch (1991)
 Ye Gods! (1992)
 Overtime (1993)
 Here Comes The Sun (1993)
 Grailblazers (1994)
 Faust Among Equals (1994)
 Odds & Gods (1995)
 Djinn Rummy (1995)
 My Hero (1996)
 Paint Your Dragon (1997)
 Open Sesame (1997)
 Wish You Were Here (1998)
 Only Human (1999)
 Alexander At The World's End (1999, sequel to The Walled Orchard and Goatsong; the planned title "Alexander At The End Of The World" sounded better)
 Snow White & The Seven Samurai (1999) [Sneak Preview]

Yet to come:
 Valhalla [Sneak Preview]

Even further down the pipeline:
 The Portable Door
 Falling Sideways

Verse:
 Poems By Tom Holt (1973)
 Bitter Lemmings (1997)

Collected short stories & amalgamated drivel:
 Holt, Who Goes There? (1998)

Short Stories, filk and verse available on-line:
 Igor
 Snow White & The Seven Samurai - Sneak Preview
 Valhalla - World Preview
 The God Who Came to Dinner
 Good Morning Neverland
 The Shoemaker and the Elves
 I Am the Very Model of a Usenet Personality
 Windows on My Mind
 Windows Upgraded
 The Compleat Trekwriter
 Book Signings

Other Resources

Calle's page about the author Tom Holt
Newsgroup: alt.books.tom-holt, the FAQ is here

 

Robert Rankin

Bibliography

Brentford Series:
 The Antipope (1981)
 The Brentford Triangle (1982)
 East of Ealing (1984)
 The Sprouts of Wrath (1988)
 The Brentford Chainstore Massacre (1997)

Armageddon Trilogy:
 Armageddon the Musical (1990)
 They Came and Ate Us - Armageddon II: The B-Movie (1991)
 The Suburban Book of the Dead - Armageddon III: The Remake (1992)

Ultimate Truth Series:
 The Book of Ultimate Truths (1993)
 Raiders of the Lost Car Park (1994)
 The Greatest Show Off Earth (1994, not really part of the series)
 The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived (1995)
 
 The Garden of Unearthly Delights (1995)
 A dog Called Demolition (1996)
 Nostradamus Ate My Hamster (1996)
 Sprout Mask Replica (1997)
 The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (1998)
 Apocalypso (1998)
 Snuff Fiction (1999)
 Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls (1999)

Other Resources

Sproutlore, The Now Official Robert Rankin Fan Club
Newsgroup: alt.books.robert-rankin, the FAQ is here

 

Neil Gaiman

Not quite as funny as those mentioned above, but still a very good read - and a bit of a special dark humour...

Bibliography

The Sandman Series:
 Preludes & Nocturnes (1988-1989)
 The Doll's House
 Dream Country
 Season of Mists
 A Game of You (1991-1992)
 Fable's & Reflections
 Brief Lives
 World's End
 The Kindly Ones
 The Wake
 
 The High Cost of Living (1993)
 The Time of Your Life (1993-1997)

More Graphic Novels:
 The Books of Magic (1990-1991)
 Black Orchid
 Signal to Noise
 Mr. Punch
 Violent Cases
 Spawn - the Angela Miniseries

Novels:
 Neverwhere
 Stardust
 Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett)
 
 The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish

Short Stories and Prose:
 Smoke and Mirrors
 Angels & Visitations

Others:
 Don't Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1989, 1993)
 The Sandman - Book of Dreams (1996, Short Story Collection, edited by Neil Gaiman and Ed Kramer)

Other Resources

Newsgroup: alt.books.neil-gaiman

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