Limericks Vols 1 2 Author:Isaac Asimov, John Ciardi A witty collection of limericks from two world-famous writers, and all of them just 'naughty' enough to make this 'literary form' hilarious fun! Ribald humor, umspeakable (in polite society) poems. Devotees of bawdy limericks may well enjoy it. — When Asimov published his earlier collections of "lecherous" limericks, he ribbed Ciardi that he, too... more », was now a poet. Ciardi took the bait, and Asimov shortly received a typescript of 144 (one gross) of bawdy limericks and an invitation (or challenge?) to add another gross. The book, Limericks: Too Gross, was the result. Another volume, A Grossery of Limericks, soon followed. Now presented, 'in the war of words', here under one cover.
Isaac Asimov, one of the world's best-selling authors, a scientist, academic, romantic, and original thinker, here jousts and jests with his old opponent in the war of words, John Ciardi. Ciardi, of course, is a poet, world authority on and pemier translator of Dante, teacher, critic, and formidable manufacturer and wielder of the word-weapon.
Previously published as two separate works: Limericks: Too Gross (Vol 1) 1978, and Grossery of Limericks (Vol 2) 1981.« less