Comments on: The Humor Code

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:25:47 +0000

I have a ton of books on my shelves too, but that never stops me from grabbing a pile when I visit the library! There is non-fiction on so many fascinating topics, I have a hard time saying no! Hopefully I’ll get caught up on the ones I own this year

By: Wendy @ Wensend

Wendy @ Wensend — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:28:38 +0000

I’d love to read more non-fiction. I do have a ton of books on my shelves, but this one seems great too

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:34:06 +0000

Wonderful! I love that non-fiction can get me interested in new topics and make me think about parts of life that never would have occurred to me otherwise

By: Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf

Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:10:14 +0000

This sounds fascinating! It’s not something I’ve ever thought too much about before, but now that I’ve read your review, I’m REALLY curious!

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:17:49 +0000

I was pretty impressed with the explanation the professor half of the author duo came up, although I’m not sure I’m quite convinced that all of humor can be summarized by one principle. It’s definitely a tricky topic! I was completely blown away by how convince I was that their research was worthwhile at the end and to me, that’s something good science writing should do – convert the masses, haha. I really liked this one!

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:09:47 +0000

What perfect timing! This could make for an interesting read for your students and maybe for book bloggers as well. I know I find it very difficult to describe why a book is or isn’t funny to me. I think in general I’ve gotten better at identifying the literary devices which make writing work for me since I’ve started blogging, but I still struggle to describe humor!

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:06:53 +0000

It really was! The question wasn’t something I’d thought about it before and the way they managed to mix the science with incredible experiences (visiting Palestine! being clowns! doing comedy at the world’s largest show!) made it a particularly unique approach to the subject. Very well done

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:05:14 +0000

Hah, indeed and perfect given that I was just writing on your blog about how hard it is to describe humor in books! That was actually before I read this, but this was more food for thought. I hadn’t realized before I read it how difficult it is to answer the simple question “what is funny?”.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:03:18 +0000

That’s wonderful! I’ll be excited to see what you think once you get to reading it

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:01:46 +0000

It wasn’t something I’d ever thought about before, but once they posed the question, I realized it could be very complex to answer! It was definitely an interesting question