Ask HN: Any book recommendations for Geek Humour?

2 points by sidmitra 17y ago ↗ HN

I loved the sillyness of Douglas Adams, the even more old school sillyness of PG Wodehouse(wasn't geek but still pretty good).

I've searched and read some random sci-fi humour but wasn't blown away. Perhaps I was reading the wrong things. Do you guys have any suggestions?

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RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago ↗

Terry Pratchett.

http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discwor...

Specifically for geeks I would start, perhaps, with "Going Postal".

russell 17y ago ↗

Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives and others in the Laundry series. Not foolishness, but a good sense of humor. For foolishness, try Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures.