For comedy/horror, Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend
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Catch-22 absolutely gave me Hitchhiker vibes, and I loved them both.
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This will be a somewhat unusual recommendation, since it’s independently published: Unsong, by Scott Alexander.
I once described it to someone as “Douglas Adams, if he had lived in the Bay Area in the 2000s, and was into Jewish mysticism.”
It has some of the most groan-worthy puns I’ve ever seen.
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Jasper Fforde!
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The Good Fairies of New York. It opens like this:
>Dinnie, an overweight enemy of humanity, was the worst violinist in New York, but was practicing gamely when two cute little fairies stumbled throught his forth-floor window and vomited on the carpet.
>’Sorry,’ said one.
>’Don’t worry,’ said the other. ‘Fairy vomit is no doubt sweet-smelling to humans.’
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For comedy/horror, Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend
Catch-22 absolutely gave me Hitchhiker vibes, and I loved them both.
This will be a somewhat unusual recommendation, since it’s independently published: Unsong, by Scott Alexander.
I once described it to someone as “Douglas Adams, if he had lived in the Bay Area in the 2000s, and was into Jewish mysticism.”
It has some of the most groan-worthy puns I’ve ever seen.
Jasper Fforde!
The Good Fairies of New York. It opens like this:
>Dinnie, an overweight enemy of humanity, was the worst violinist in New York, but was practicing gamely when two cute little fairies stumbled throught his forth-floor window and vomited on the carpet.
>’Sorry,’ said one.
>’Don’t worry,’ said the other. ‘Fairy vomit is no doubt sweet-smelling to humans.’
Terry Pratchett?
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