Paan Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 By the way, Jitterbug Perfume I found to be an entertaining, uplifting read (of course I am biased because Pan is in the book). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Esau Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Anything by Farley Mowat; unbeatable Canadiana.Agreed.Just Mowat's passion for Canada alone is inspirational & uplifting.Currently I'm re-reading (just started after reading this thread) "Walking on the land". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'd recommend Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.I'd have to second that; that one made me a Vonnegut fan. How does this one compare to Slaughterhouse 5? I am just at the last few pages of that one... found it kind of dry.... but I always like to try more than one book for an author before I judge.It's decidedly more cynical in a Big Picture sort of way, I think, than Slaughterhouse Five, if that's at all possible, and more animated in terms of the characters involved; I think it holds up better, but maybe that's just me. It also explains where Ice Nine Publishing got their name from (I won't give that away, as it's key to the plot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 i third that! it was the first one i read.definitely better than s-5.some other hilarious ones that are favourites of mine are bluebeard and hocus pocus. cat's cradle is definitely a good intro to vonnegut though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'd recommend Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. It's one of my favourite books by anyone of any genre; but I don't think I'd call it funny or uplifting. (Maybe a really black humour, but I think it's a stretch to fit it into the category of "funny/uplifting books".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 A Prayer for Owen Meany is funny & uplifting, particularly if the person isn't in the mood for a book that is too "difficult" (if you know what I mean). I know when I'm in need of spiritual renewal or buoying, I often don't have the energy for a difficult read, where I have to exert a lot of mental force to find the humour or the deeper meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Funny, uplifting and insightful, especially regarding making " it " in the moive business. I love this book by my favourite actor and cult star Bruce Campbell ( Evil Dead series, Bubba Ho-Tep, Spiderman etc... ): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm buying that book immediately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm buying that book immediately This book came out a few weeks ago and I'm reading it now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 One of my favorite books of all time:"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedey O'Toole. A pullitzer prize novel; brilliantly written, and absolutely hillarious. A real treat.It's nice to know someone else has read this and that they think it's great too. At first I didn't really like to book, the main character annoyed the crap out of me, but in the end, it was a great read. I even got to love when he annoyed me. I mean hey, if a character in a book can annoy you, it's GOT to be well written.The Life of Pi by Yann Martel wasn't particularly funny throughout, but I got some chuckles out of it, and it was pretty uplifting too. Taught me some valuable lessons as well. And if your friend is down with smoking top than I'd suggest Mr. Nice by Howard Marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 The Life of Pi by Yann Martel wasn't particularly funny throughout, but I got some chuckles out of it, and it was pretty uplifting too.Oh, good call. I second that suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Good call on all of those Alexis! Mr. Nice certainly is an entertaining read. Man, what a crazy life. That Jim McCann dude is fucking high-larious!Speaking of good books with characters who annoy you...Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim by David Sedaris was like that. It's a collection of short stories that occur in chronological order. The child character in the first few really pissed me off. I grew to love it in the end though. Such great humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm not sure Paan, I haven't read any more of his books other than Cat's Cradle and (presently) Breakfast of Champs. But I say try out Cat's Cradle! Its short anyway, so if you find it blows, at least you won't waste much time on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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