false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191079195m/1970139.jpg 3425216 3 Following from his comic-fantasy anthologies <I>The Wizards of Odd</I> and <I>The Flying Sorcerers</I>, Peter Haining presents a third collection of oddities, now with a somewhat wider scope. Besides funny fantasy and SF, these 24 stories include absurdism, allegory, historical tomfoolery, and even offbeat crime fiction. They range from inevitable names like Terry Pratchett--here with an SF riff on the old mystery of why or how the chicken crossed the road--to unlikely ones like L. Frank Baum of Oz fame, who contributes a wholly uncomic murder story. <p> Jerome K. Jerome spoofs SF's utopian socialist futures, Robert Bloch introduces a Tuxedo of Invisibility into the lowlife world of Damon Runyon, Ray Bradbury is exuberantly funny about low-budget SF/horror movies, Peter Beagle explores the embarrassments of being a lady werewolf's boyfriend, Mark Twain deliberately paints his daft medieval-romance plot into a corner, John Kendrick Bangs invents a new and silly Munchausen adventure, and Gene Wolfe actually lives up to his splendid title "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion." It's a wildly eclectic mix, whose famous names also include Woody Allen, G.K. Chesterton, Philip K. Dick, Mervyn Peake, Spike Milligan, A.A. Milne, Peter Sellers, and James Thurber. <p> Everyone has different views on what's funny and what isn't, and some of Haining's choices seem eccentric--but most readers should find enough chuckles in this plump anthology to make it well worth the price of admission. <I>--David Langford, Amazon.co.uk</I> 3466034 1998 Knights of Madness total:12|5:3|4:6|3:3|2:0|1:0| 12 48 18 2 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 3 0 false Wed Dec 17 17:24:43 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 17:25:45 -0800 2008 1970139 028563450X 9780285634503 5 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191079195m/1970139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1970139.Knights_of_Madness 3 0 false Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:51:50 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 08 12:01:50 -0800 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 0 0 false Tue Nov 24 19:09:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 19:09:10 -0800 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 4 0 false Sun Sep 20 17:49:27 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 17:49:27 -0700 2009 6838592 8071971812 9788071971818 0 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252543022m/6838592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6838592-len-ryt-i 0 0 false Wed Sep 09 17:37:23 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 17:37:48 -0700 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 4 0 false Thu Jun 25 23:48:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 23:48:18 -0700 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 4 0 false Fri May 22 20:31:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 20:31:00 -0700 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 4 0 false Tue May 12 15:37:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 15:37:25 -0700 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 0 0 false Tue Mar 17 10:32:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:32:08 -0700 2009 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 5 0 false Mon Sep 22 00:09:09 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 00:09:09 -0700 2008 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 5 0 false Sun Sep 21 14:56:30 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 14:56:30 -0700 2008 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 0 0 false Wed Sep 17 08:13:39 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:13:39 -0700 2008 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 0 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jun 20 02:59:16 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 02:59:16 -0700 2008 1970139 028563450X 9780285634503 5 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191079195m/1970139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1970139.Knights_of_Madness 3 0 false Wed Jun 18 09:14:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 09:14:06 -0700 2008 3425216 185723958X 9781857239584 7 1 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3425216.Knights_of_Madness 0 0 false Thu Jun 12 08:50:25 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 08:50:25 -0700 2008 1970139 028563450X 9780285634503 5 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191079195m/1970139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1970139.Knights_of_Madness 4 0 false Tue Jun 03 15:12:32 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 15:12:32 -0700 2008 1970139 028563450X 9780285634503 5 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191079195m/1970139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1970139.Knights_of_Madness 5 0 false Sat Mar 01 18:14:38 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 18:14:38 -0800 2008 1970139 028563450X 9780285634503 5 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191079195m/1970139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1970139.Knights_of_Madness 4 0 false Sat Sep 29 08:19:58 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 08:19:58 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1970139