This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever

by Mike Resnick (Editor)

This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction—each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written—presents wildly hilarious accounts accompanied by a preface that offers valuable insight into the authors and their selections. Contributors include David Drake, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, Gene Wolf, Brian Hopkins, Kevin Anderson, and many more, with stories such as, “Tapestries,” “Rattler,” “The Robot Who Came to Dinner,” and “The Acid Test.”

Genres: Science Fiction, Humor

410 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2007

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This follow-up volume features twenty-nine more authors with offerings that range from mildly amusing to laugh-out-loud funny. Especially good stories from David Drake, Frank Robinson, and Eric Flint, as well as famous sf humorist Ron Goulart. Good for a couple of light evenings!

[Sonya · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice collection of humorous SciFi short stories from a lot of popular SciFi authors. I loved many of these short stories. A few I didn't read and a couple were just okay. Funny that two were take-offs of the Frog Prince. Must have caught the same vibe. I liked those stories.

[Alexandria Blaelock · Rating 4 out of 5]

As you’d expect, some stories funnier than others.

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Several of the stories were entertaining, but for the most part I was disappointed.

[Margaret Schoen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh God, just painful. If this is the funniest I shudder to think at what missed the cut.

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is my funniest pretty much says it all. Some don't have a large selection to choose from.

[Marian · Rating 1 out of 5]

So many authors contributed, but I just didn't find it vey funny.