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100 Hilarious Little Howlers
Plenty of chuckles are to be found here. Unexpected delights express the essence of the moments of uncharacteristic whimsy that offer a pleasant break from the unexpected.
- GenresHumorAnthologies
483 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Martin H. Greenberg
909 books165 followersMartin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.
For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.
For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.
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April 13, 2011
First off, a book that’s title is fifty percent lies is off to a bad start. There are 100 stories and they are short (or little), but they are overall not hilarious or howlers. The stories are not all bad, so many are bad and, even if they are good, they aren’t all that humorous.
I struggled to read this book, and seriously considered quitting at about the half way point. This is something I’ve actually never done. Rather than quit, I decided to continue reading and if I hit a story that just didn’t grab me in the first page or so, to just skip it.
This was a good decision. It made getting through the longer – and a long story in the book is about 10 pages – and boring stories easy. Mostly because I just quit reading them and went onto the next story.
I was surprised by the stories that I didn’t like. One that I skipped pretty much completely was written by Lewis Carroll. Whi the edytors chose to leafe yt in the straynge Englysh format yt was written yn ys a misteree to mee. I found miself unayble to read yt because all the “i’s” were written as “y’s”. I just quit reading. I didn’t think Lewis Carroll wrote in Old English, so perhaps this was supposed to be part of the humor of the story. I just found it annoying.
The other thing I was disappointed in is that the editors didn’t seem to have any real method to how they organized the stories. They are not grouped by author or theme, they are simply presented in alphabetical order by story title.
I’m pretty proud of myself for finishing this book.
I struggled to read this book, and seriously considered quitting at about the half way point. This is something I’ve actually never done. Rather than quit, I decided to continue reading and if I hit a story that just didn’t grab me in the first page or so, to just skip it.
This was a good decision. It made getting through the longer – and a long story in the book is about 10 pages – and boring stories easy. Mostly because I just quit reading them and went onto the next story.
I was surprised by the stories that I didn’t like. One that I skipped pretty much completely was written by Lewis Carroll. Whi the edytors chose to leafe yt in the straynge Englysh format yt was written yn ys a misteree to mee. I found miself unayble to read yt because all the “i’s” were written as “y’s”. I just quit reading. I didn’t think Lewis Carroll wrote in Old English, so perhaps this was supposed to be part of the humor of the story. I just found it annoying.
The other thing I was disappointed in is that the editors didn’t seem to have any real method to how they organized the stories. They are not grouped by author or theme, they are simply presented in alphabetical order by story title.
I’m pretty proud of myself for finishing this book.
September 4, 2015
Did not find most of this funny, let alone hilarious.
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