This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever

This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction--each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written--presents wildly hilarious accounts accompanied by a preface that offers valuable insight into the authors and their selections. Contributors include David Drake, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, Gene Wolf, Brian Hopkins, Kevin Anderson, and many more, with stories such as, "Tapestries," "Rattler," "The Robot Who Came to Dinner," and "The Acid Test."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933771224
• ISBN13: 9781933771229
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Uneven, but mostly hilarious

This is a collection of "funny" fantasy and SF short stories. Many are well written, many are funny, and few are both and a couple are neither. Check out the list of authors, and if any of those are on your list of personal faves, this is worth a try.

Not Free SF Reader

An anthology of science fiction and fantasy humour, complete with infinite cover. Rather good, too, presuming the first is as good as this, it would also be worth reading. The editor says the first one of the publisher's best selling books, and not surprising either, given the quality. Quite of it is very American of course, so won't translate as well for those less familiar with the joint than I am, perhaps. There's even a story that Sarah Hoyt says is not supposed to be funny, but apparently people think is. The genesis of the Flint and Freer Rats and Bats books is also included. A lot of stories here, so room for a wide range of work enough that some of it should make you life. Resnick was right to make Pumilia and Wallace whack one of this in (if there are more?) as some of that was laugh out loud funny. He's also fairly dead on with his pirate queen name probabilities, too. My Funniest 2 : The Robot Who Came to Dinner - RON GOULART My Funniest 2 : Aliens Ate My Pickup - MERCEDES LACKEY My Funniest 2 : Correspondence with a Breeder - JANIS IAN My Funniest 2 : Fairy Tale - JACK DANN My Funniest 2 : How to Write a Scientific Paper - GREGORY BENFORD My Funniest 2 : Frog Kiss - KEVIN J. ANDERSON My Funniest 2 : The Acid Test - KAY KENYON My Funniest 2 : Airborne All the Way! - DAVID DRAKE My Funniest 2 : We Three Kings - ALAN DEAN FOSTER My Funniest 2 : Nord's Gambit - TOBIAS S. BUCKELL My Funniest 2 : A Sword Called Rhonda - D. S. MOEN My Funniest 2 : Rattler - GENE WOLFE AND BRIAN HOPKINS My Funniest 2 : A Soldier's Complaint - ERIC FLINT My Funniest 2 : He Loved Lucy - TERRY BISSON My Funniest 2 : The Frog Prince - LINDA J. DUNN My Funniest 2 : In Search of the Perfect 0rgasm - DEAN WESLEY SMITH My Funniest 2 : Elvis Died for Your Sins - SARAH A. HOYT My Funniest 2 : The Angst I Kid You Not of God - MICHAEL BISHOP My Funniest 2 : Monster Radio - CHRIS ROBERSON My Funniest 2 : Apecon - BARBARA DELAPLACE My Funniest 2 : On the High Frontier - MICHAEL F. FLYNN My Funniest 2 : The Day the Martels Got the Cable - PAT CADIGAN My Funniest 2 : Request for Proposal - ANTHONY R. LEWIS My Funniest 2 : Small in the Saddle - LOUISE MARLEY My Funniest 2 : Ram Shift Phase 2 - GREG BEAR My Funniest 2 : Invasion of the Jack Benny Snatchers - JOHN GREGORY BETANCOURT My Funniest 2 : The Santa Claus Planet - FRANK M. ROBINSON My Funniest 2 : Breeding Maze - LARRY NIVEN My Funniest 2 : A Study in Scarlet Herrings - JOE PUMILIA AND BILL WALLACE My Funniest 2 : Catastrophe Baker and the Cold Equations - MIKE RESNICK Dodgy chain advertising. 3 out of 5 Okies not wasted or stupid. 3.5 out of 5 Writing with a lack of humanity, over time. 4 out of 5 Jewish schtickster marries sidhe 4 out of 5 Make stuff up. 3 out of 5 Croc snack hookup. 3 out of 5 Relationships as viewed by those involved, others and aliens. A bit tedious. 2.5 out of 5 Paragobbies don't quite drop like rocks. 4 out of 5 It was a monster mash A real double skull smash