I just read Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David, a comedic fantasy. It was quite entertaining. There are a few puns, but not a non-stop stream of them like a Xanth novel. The paperback includes a teaser for the sequel, which I’d have to describe as a bawdy parody of Fellowship of the Ring. I’m not a prude, but this didn’t particularly inspire me to want to read the second book, the reviews of which are fairly mixed anyhow.
I’d previously read some of Peter David’s Legions of Fire Babylon 5 novels, which were extremely good. If you’re a B5 fan, you shouldn’t miss these, as JMS actually provided the storyline which details what happens on Centauri Prime after the series.
I just started reading Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction by Nick Montfort (MIT Press, 2003). This is a great history and survey of interactive fiction from its origins the Crowther and Woods ADVENTURE and MIT/Infocom Zork to the present-day interactive fiction community using the Inform, TADS, and other compilers.