Science Fiction World

Science fiction and comedy are hard to get right, mixing them is even harder. Here are a few of our favourite novels and series.

1 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (1979)

2 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams (1980)

3 Life the Universe and Everything Douglas Adams (1982)

4 So Long and Thanks For All the Fish Douglas Adams (1984)

5 Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams (1992)

6 Hitchhiker's Radio Scripts Douglas Adams (1985)

7 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams (1987)

8 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul David Lynch (1984)

9 Who Goes Here? Bob Shaw (1977)

10 Warren Peace Bob Shaw (1993)

11 Red Dwarf Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (1989)

12 Better Than Life Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (1990)

13 Backwards Rob Grant (1996)

14 Colony Rob Grant (2000)

15 Incompetence Rob Grant (2003)

16 Fat Rob Grant (2006)

17 Phule's Company Robert Asprin(1990)

18 Phule's Paradise Robert Asprin (1992)

19 Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers Harry Harrison (1974)

20 The Road to Mars Eric Idle (2000)

21 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem (1975)

22 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1959)

23 Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut (1969)

24 Up the line Robert Silverberg (1969)

25 Venus On The Half-Shell Philip Jose Farmer (as Kilgore Trout) (1975)

26 Starship Titanic Terry Jones (1997)

27 The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert Heinlein (1985)

28 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison (1961)

29 The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge Harry Harrison (1970)

30 The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World Harry Harrison (1972)

31 The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You Harry Harrison (1978)

32 The Stainless Steel Rat for President Harry Harrison (1982)

33 A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (1985)

34 The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted Harry Harrison (1987)

35 Golden Years of the Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison (1993)

36 The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell Harry Harrison (1996)

37 The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus Harry Harrison (1999)

38 The Stainless Steel Rat Returns Harry Harrison (2010)

39 Callahan and Company: Complete ...Spider Robinson (1987)

40 Blonde Bombshell Tom Holt (2011)

41 Tik-Tok John Sladek (1983)

42 Roderick John Sladek (1980)

43 Roderick at Random John Sladek (1983)

44 The Businessman Thomas M Disch (1984)

45 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett (1983)

46 Mention my name in Atlantis John Jakes (1972)

47 Bill the Galactic Hero Harry Harrison (1965)

48 The Makeshift Rocket Poul Anderson (1978)

49 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart (1984)

50 Retief's Ransom Keith Laumer (1971)