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10 best books like The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy (Mike Ashley): Once More* *with footnotes, MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, My Favorite Fantasy Story, Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction, The Leaky Establishment, The Boys' Book: How to be the Best at Everything, The Complete Peanuts, 1955-1958, Tintin in the New World

Once More* *with footnotes
AuthorTerry Pratchett
ISBN1886778574
I really liked most of these stories and essays...though I felt a lot better about myself before I realized that in addition to being funny, Terry Pratchett is also a LOT smarter than I am.

And I found my new favorite quote: "That reminds me why I gave up Dungeons and Dragons. There were too many...
MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin
AuthorDon Martin
ISBN0762430508
Just about everyone who came of age during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s was influenced by MAD MAGAZINE, and no one at MAD was more influential than "MAD's MADdest Artist," Don Martin. His immediately recognizable style--featuring bulbous noses, wild sound effects, and the legendary "hinged feet"--was...
Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
AuthorAl Sarrantonio
ISBN0451459776
Now, Sarrantonio presents another daring, all-new anthology showcasing some of the genre's biggest names and best newcomers. "Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy" sets the standard for fantasy in the twenty-first century. Fantasy as literature. Fantasy that reinvigorates and expands the field's...
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories
AuthorTom Shippey
ISBN0192803824
An anthology of fantasy stories selected by the eminent Medievalist and Fantasy scholar Tom Shippey, The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories gathers together thirty-one tales brimming over with imagination. This rich and intriguing collection of fantasy stories features classic figures--the Devil,...
My Favorite Fantasy Story
AuthorMartin H. Greenberg
ISBN0886779057
Who do today's top fantasy writers read--and why? This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are seventeen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by...
Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction
AuthorRobert Silverberg
ISBN0060817127
*****"Old Music and the Slave Woman" - Ursula K. LeGuin.
Yes, I checked this book out from the library because I saw that it had a LeGuin story I hadn't read before! And yes, this alone was worth the price of admission. (Well, since it was from the library there wasn't a price, but, you know...)
Set...
The Leaky Establishment
AuthorDavid Langford
ISBN1592241255
_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside. Black comedy overtakes the unfortunate defence-scientist hero Roy Tappen...
The Boys' Book: How to be the Best at Everything
AuthorDominique Enright
ISBN1905158645
At last a book that no boy, young or old, should be without; a book that guarantees hours of fun; a book that shows readers exactly how to be the best at everything. Who could resist?
Find out how to slam dunk a basketball, how to build a basic raft, how to write in secret code, how to find water in the desert,...
The Complete Peanuts, 1955-1958
AuthorCharles M. Schulz
A gift set of the third and fourth Complete Peanuts volumes.

A boxed set of the third and fourth volumes, just in time for the holidays, designed by the award-winning graphic novelist, Seth! The collection of books identical to the individual volumes ships shrinkwrapped, with Vols. 1955-1956...
Tintin in the New World
AuthorFrederic Tuten
ISBN1580730337
In this imaginative novel by Frederick Tuten, the author has dared to reimagine Tintin; the central character from Belgian artist Herge's comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin. In this story, Tintin, world traveler and reporter is once again joined by his fellow adventurers , Captain Haddock...
Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations
AuthorTomoko Fuse
ISBN0870408526
TOMOKO FUSE is recognized at home and abroad as one of the most original and exciting of all up-and-coming origami talents. In this book, she explains her method for combining folded-paper units in an insertion fashion that results in an endless sequence of multidimensional variations giving new...
Footrot Flats One
AuthorMurray Ball
ISBN0958819033
Norman Tebbit's "cricket test" for New Zealanders has two requirements: 1) Acknowledge the All Blacks as the greatest sports team EVER and for all time and 2) love Footrot Flats.

A question in the NZ Trivial Pursuit is "Who runs the dog?", the answer - as any Kiwi knows - is Wal.

Footrot...
Stars and Stripes Triumphant
AuthorHarry Harrison
ISBN0345409388
In England, Irish-born citizens are being herded into prison camps. On the high seas, a furious British Navy is seizing American cargo ships bound for Europe. And on the Thames, a new weapon of unparalleled destructive force is sailing toward an impregnable city–spearheaded by a daring act of espionage....
Here Comes Garfield
AuthorJim Davis
ISBN0345320123
After sweeping the country in over 1,000 newspapers and five incredible best sellers -- Garfield on TV!!

Now, the funniest, grouchiest, laziest cat of all time in his first full-length, full-color musical special!

Here Comes Garfield
Starring America's favorite cat, his...
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
AuthorIan Watson
ISBN0762445920
Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power. So what will future wars be like? And what will cause them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a collection of gripping SF stories which explores...
Break Into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells
AuthorMary Buckham
ISBN1605500151
Getting a book published is hard enough�getting a novel published is doubly so! But a writer seeing his story on bookshelves everywhere is just a rewrite away with this book! Written by two award-winning novelists, this workshop-in-a-book is all aspiring authors need to master the art of fiction�and...
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