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The Road to Mars
The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel | Eric Idle
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Determined to understand the nature of comedy, Carlton, a robot, researches ancient twentieth-century examples, including Monty Python, and follows two unsuccessful comedians as they make the circuit of mining towns and space platforms leading to Mars, the mecca of showbiz. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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rabbitprincess
Mehso-so

The sci-fi and comedy bits are funny; the excessive sex scenes, less so.

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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1. In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (novel)
- New Super-Man vol. 3: Equilibrium by Gene Luen Yang (comic)
- The Hot Rock by Donald Westlake (ebook)
- The Strange Case of the Alchemist‘s Daughter by Theodora Goss (audio)

2. Hmmmmm... fun. The Road to Mars by Python alum Eric Idle is the first thing that springs to mind.

3. “Katherine understood rules.”

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

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rabbitprincess
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This was one of my favourite books when I first came across it (in high school). One of the characters is an AI robot named Carlton, who is trying to decipher the essence of comedy.
#aprilbookshowers day 9: artificial intelligence

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I read this one in high school too! 8y
rabbitprincess @TobeyTheScavengerMonk It fit in very well with my Hitchhikers' Guide obsession! 8y
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