On the plus side... PG Wodehouse
...I am nearly forty-six years of age, and for the first time in my life some two weeks ago picked up a PG Wodehouse 'Jeeves' book. I was in fits of laughter by the end of the introduction, and hooked several pages later. My God, why have I denied myself such joy for so long?

Also, it has the word "SPANG" on page 179, which means that Wodehouse is an author every B3TAN should read, particularly if you imagine all the action to be between Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, as decreed in the prophecies.

WODEHOUSE, everybody!
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 14:00, 5 replies)

I bought the first volume
of the Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus, determined to like it, and I read three of the novels, and I just couldn't get into it. I don't find him funny. It puzzles me because, like I say, I really expected to like it...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 14:05, closed)

read a few of his years ago
almost laughed my arse off
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 14:06, closed)

Wodehouse FTW!
If you don't want to spend the money to buy them, go to Project Gutenberg and download them for free- they're in the public domain!

I have the full Fry/Laurie series on DVD. Brilliant stuff. But the books? Magnificent!
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 14:42, closed)

Not in the UK they're not
Since Wodehouse only died in 1975, there are another 40-ish years to go before his copyright expires here. Not that the internet cares, of course.
(ubergeekian, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 17:56, closed)

Got to love a bit of Jeeves.
If that tickled your funny bone and you haven't already given it him a spin, can I recommend Kingsley Amis? Start on Lucky Jim; laugh aloud writing with a real way with characters.
( Pig Bodine., Fri 6 Jan 2012, 1:13, closed)