Scide Splitters: The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith
Now largely forgotten, Thorne Smith was possibly the wittiest writer of the fantastic in the 1920s & 1930s.
Scide Splitters: The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell
Scide Splitters reviews Eric Frank Russell’s hilarious classic, The Great Explosion – possibly the funniest libertarian science fiction novel ever written.
Scide Splitters: Unidentified Funny Objects 3 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Science fiction and fantasy’s only annual humor anthology returns with stories from Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Tim Pratt, Piers Anthony, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, and more.
Scide Splitters: The Lunatics of Terra by John Sladek
Daleks is and anagram for Sladek. This seemingly random bit of word play has everything and nothing to do with Scide Splitters’ review of John Sladek’s short story collection.
Scide Splitters: You Can’t Kill the Multiverse (But You Can Mess With its Head) by Ira Nayman
Ira Nayman’s novel, a tour de force of rapid fire humor, is the focus of Scide Splitter’s latest review.
Scide Splitters: Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies by SF Masters edited by Philip Strick
Scide Splitters reviews an anthology from the 1970s featuring some of the most prominent names in SF humor at the time.
Scide Splitters: The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison
Scide Splitters reviews Harry Harrison’s tale of Hollywood behaving badly with a time machine.
Scide Splitters: Mr. Hawkins’ Humorous Adventures by Edgar Franklin
A look at the Mr. Hawkins’ Humorous Adventures stories by Edgar Franklin.
Scide Splitters: What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown
Reasons why you should read What Mad World by Fredric Brown, if you haven’t already.
Scide Splitters: The AAA Ace stories of Robert Sheckley
A brief synopsis and recommendation of Robert Sheckley AAA Ace stories.
Scide Splitters: This is My Funniest, Edited by Mike Resnick
Review of This Is My Funniest, a short story anthology edited by Mike Resnick.
Scide Splitters: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next, the plucky female lead character of The Eyre Affair, is a literary detective in an alternate 1985 England.
Scide Splitters: Unidentified Funny Objects 2 edited by Alex Shvartsman
If done well, an anthology is like a box of chocolates filled with a variety of delectable confections. Granted, there are bound to be a few flavors you are not partial to, but on the whole, the selection is delightful. When not done so well, you end up with something a little more like Monty Python’s Whizzo Chocolates, getting a mouthful of Crunchy Frog or Cockroach Cluster….
Scide Splitters: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
I am not tasked with determining the level of Science Fictionness of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Scide Splitters is far more concerned with whether or not the book makes us laugh – and it does.
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