The Hundredfold Problem - John Grant

Comedy and science-fiction have long held a tenuous relationship. Rarely is the combination pulled off so that all lovers of the respective genres are satisfied. Too much science and the comedy drowns in a slew of facts and gadgets. Too much comedy and the science is all but obliterated. Even when it seems to work, it really doesn't. Douglas Adams gave us the Hitchhiker's Guide books, but the series (as well as his Dirk Gently ones) is really a spoof on sf in general. Harrison's Bill the Galactic Hero is another fun series (at least for the first two books), but is really a spoof of sf writing. Many point to Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker, yet ...  Read the complete review