Douglas Adams and similar

[Pingu]

Hi. I've read the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and wondering if anyone could suggest authors that were in a similar style to Douglas Adams (ie his style of humor).

Any suggestions would be great.

[Profane Methane]

Terry Pratchett. Humor is a bit more subtle but he has a similar humor.

[Hats of!]

Terry Prathcett as said.
Read Mort, The Amazing Maurice and his Rodents or City Watch.

Also, read Dirk Gently. It's a series from Douglas written after Hitchhikers.

[Profane Methane]

Read the Wizards of Odd its a collection of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. I recommend you find that book.

[Hickabod]

Rob Grant's Colony is alot like Hitchhikers Guide, except a little more edgy.

[Rob]

Check out the works of Patrick McManus if you don't mind short stories and aren't stuck on the sci-fi aspect of Adams' work. McManus writes about being an outdoorsman, but he has the same sarcastic, inventive voice that Adams does.

Adams and McManus are my two favorite humorists.

[I eat shit for a living]

Terry Prathcett as said.
Read Mort, The Amazing Maurice and his Rodents or City Watch.

Also, read Dirk Gently. It's a series from Douglas written after Hitchhikers.

By City Watch you almost certainly mean Night Watch. Also it is The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. But as an Adams fan I really recommend starting with The Colour of Magic then The Light Fantastic. You also should read them in a chronological order. But I didn't.

Also those Dirk Gently books are called Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. He was actually writing a third one, The Salmon of Doubt, when he died. The Salmon of Doubt is now a selection of articles and short stories he wrote during his career, including the unfinished third Dirk Gently book.

[Pingu]

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm off to raid the local library.

[charcoal]

I'd also suggest Tom Holt. He starts with elements of mythology and then goes off in a new and bizarre direction with them. One of the few authors whose writing has ever made me laugh aloud, and possible the closest parallel to Adams I've ever read. Much more so than Pratchett.

[Dresden]

One book that I suppose is kinda the same type as Hitchhiker's Guide... Pyramid Scheme. It's about a bunch of people from Chicago that get magically transported back to Oedipal Greece. Except it's a hilarious book. I found it pretty enjoyable, read it a few times now.

[w0312447]

I really recommend starting with The Colour of Magic then The Light Fantastic. You also should read them in a chronological order.

I actually made the mistake of starting with the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic. I finished the Colour of Magic and only made it halfway through the Light Fanatstic. I think Terry is just warming up in these first novels. Anyone just starting Pratchett should begin with Mort or Guards! Guards!

The Discworld series is full of several miniseries. Those are the only one you need to read in order. I recommend starting with a Death novel or a Sam Vimes novel as these are the most entertaining. Get started with an amazing Pratchett novel and once you have acquired a taste for it, go back for the others.

[Manicmonkey]

Terry Pratchett is hands-down my favorite humorist, with Adams a close second. I read The Colour of Magic first, and went on to read the entire Rincewind series. It was a bit of a weird place to start, I thought, because it didn't really show Pratchett's full humor, more like a "warm up" as w0312447 wrote. Definitely start with Mort in my opinion, because it leads to what I think is the GREATEST book in the entire Discworld series, Reaper Man. Even if you don't read any of the other books in the series, pick up Reaper Man and revel in Death's misadventures. I've read the entire Watch series, which was just as good as the Death/Mort series I thought, and I've started with the Witch series, which is equally hilarious thus far. It's actually fairly difficult to make me laugh, because I've got such a weird sense of humor, but Pratchett hits my style dead-on and I laugh numerous times in every single book I read by him.

[Hats of!]

Yeah, Mort by Pratchett is a hell of a good book. Is version of Death is the bloody damn greatest one ever, and I just love how mort turns more and more like him during the events.

[Razza]

If you decide you like Pratchett- who I wouldn't suggest reading in chronological order, you'll love him much more if you go for the ones you like the sound of and just go from there- you should definitely give Robert Rankin a try. He has a very unusual sense of hunour, to say the least, and like Pratchett he parodies society. You might also like Neil Gaiman.