Casper Kelly

More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer is a collection of short stories written by Casper Kelly. Kelly writes for Adult Swim shows on Cartoon Network. He has written for Squidbillies and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, as well as others. I tell you this because that is very much what you get in this collection. It’s not often I laugh out loud while reading, but I found myself doing just that many times. Just like Adult Swim, this book is sometimes crude, rude and a bit raunchy but more often than not, very funny. I’m not sure if Kelly is a fan of Douglas Adams but I see many similarities in their humor. It is not all about the humor though. There is some really good story telling here also. Some of my favorite stories are “Frequently Asked Questions” and “An Aspiring Haberdasher.”
So, overall I thought this was a fantastic collection and will bring back the lost art of the short story, when they were “vital and talked about and studied and a part of culture and could be said to be important, and cool.”(quote from the book) This book was great and I cannot wait to read more from Kelly.

Originally posted on To Read Or Not To Read, May 24, 2012… (mehr)