From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!KROVETZ@NLM-MCS.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: puns in SF
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.219
Posted: Mon Dec 27 10:38:58 1982
Received: Wed Dec 29 01:50:03 1982

From:  Bob Krovetz <KROVETZ@NLM-MCS.ARPA>

I have recently finished the hugo-winning story "Riders of the Purple
Wage" by Philip Jose Farmer.  The story is full of puns, and it got
me wondering about what other SF stories are especially punny.  The
following ones come to mind:

The Flying Sorcerers by Larry Niven and David Gerrold
Callahans Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
Time Travelers, Stricly Cash by Spider Robinson
The Magic of Xanth series by Piers Anthony
A Loint of Paw by Isaac Asimov (in "Asimov's Mysteries")
The Ferdinand Feghoot series that used to be in F&SF (a collection
of these was published entitled (I think) "The Compleat Feghoot")

In addition, I remember reading a story by Spider Robinson (I think
it was in Analog) which had an absolutely TERRIBLE pun regarding
P.J. Farmer's Riverworld series.  Does anyone know the reference?

I'm interested in works that either have a lot of puns or in which
the point of the story rests on a pun (as in A Loint of Paw).
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