Chuckle Corner

Q. What do you call a space vampire who has mastered the dodo magic?
A. Knew I the true name of so foul a creature, already it would have been consigned to destruction!

Addendum

There can be illustrations, but they should probably be either blue or black and white.

The Newest Science Fiction Subgenre

400 pages of describing hi-tech equipment such as spaceships, guns, and lathes. No plot. No characters. Pure things.