Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
41 used & new from £0.01
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (Mammoth) (Mammoth Book of)
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (Mammoth) (Mammoth Book of) (Paperback)
by Mike Ashley (Author), Michael Ashley (Editor)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
RRP: £6.99
Price: £5.49 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £15 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £1.50 (21%)
Availability: In stock. Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.

Only 3 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by 1pm Tuesday, July 8? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details

41 used & new available from £0.01

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Making Money (Discworld)

Making Money (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

3.8 out of 5 stars (83)  £3.86
› Explore similar items : Books (1)
Product details
  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Robinson Publishing (1 Dec 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841190896
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841190891
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 340,569 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #7 in  Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > A > Ashley, Mike
    #39 in  Books > Fiction > Anthologies > Humour

    (Publishers and authors: Improve Your Sales)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Product Description
Book Description
Bungee-jumping demons, mad Magi, aliens on the quarterdeck, a tricky wizard who leaks to the press - trip the comic fantastic in this dazzling new collection of magic and mayhem from fantasy's funniest, wackiest writers, among them Harlan Ellison, Esther Friesner, Neil Gaiman, Craig Shaw Gardner, Harry Harrison, Tom Holt and Julia Mandala.

Comic fantasy is now a distinct category of fantastic fiction. Most people associate it with Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the work of Douglas Adams and a few years ago, the Monty Python team, But in fact comic fantasy has been around for centuries, whether as a vehicle for satire, as in the work of Rabelais, or Swift, or as a wacky world to be savoured for itself. Comic fantasy's great names include Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Oscar Wilde, P G Wodehouse, James Thurber and in modern times, a host of writers from Spike Milligan to Neil Gaiman.

This will be the biggest, and best, volume yet published in this fantastic, bubbling, highly creative and above all very funny genre.

Synopsis
A new collection of magic and mayhem from fantasy's funniest, wackiest writers, including Harlan Ellison, Esther Friesner, Neil Gailman, Craig Shaw Gardner, Harry Harrison, Tom Hold and Julia Mandala.

See all Product Description

Tag this product

 ( What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
Search Products Tagged with
 
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star: 100%  (2)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Write an online review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb collection of stories.This book will make you laugh, 29 Jan 2001
This book is perfect for anyone who is looking to gain a large collection of new favourite fantasy authors. Unlike the previous book, 'The Mammoth book of Comic Fantasy', the editor has grouped together stories of similar contents enabling a flow from story to story. In saying this though, I would recommend the previous title. Although it is not quite as funny as this book, it does have clever stories.

I am an avid reader of comic fantasy and have read many publications. However, even though I recognised many authors in the book, I had only seen two of the stories before. Therefore this is a great book for fantasy nuts, like me, and first time readers alike. Some of the stories made me laugh aloud. My fave story was 'The case of the four and twenty blackbirds' by Neil Gainman, an excellent story cleverly based around nursey rhymes. It is worth the price of the book alone. I would also recommend the stories by Tom Holt, Craig Shaw Gardener, Harlan Ellison and Terry Jones (yes, of Monty Python).

They say laughter is the secret to old age. The reason I liked this book is it made me laugh, and that I believe is the point of comic fantasy.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?