Category Archives: Robert Rankin

Guaranteed to Brighton Your Day

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

The Brightonomicon, by Robert Rankin – Published in 2005, this book ties together and references a lot of Rankin’s earlier work. It’s sort of a sequel to The Witches of Chiswick, as well as a link between the Brentford Trilogy … Continue reading →

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Pulling Off the Pooley

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls, by Robert Rankin – Another one of Rankin’s books full of weirdly meandering plots, conspiracy theories in action, and meta-referential humor. This time, recurring slacker protagonists Jim Pooley and John Omally attempt to manage … Continue reading →

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Cole Mining

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

While we know that Old King Cole was a merry old soul with a love for music, whether he actually existed is a matter of some debate. There are records of a few different British rulers named Coel, dating back … Continue reading →

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You Make Me Want to Sprout

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

I have three more Robert Rankin books to review this time: Sprout Mask Replica – Rankin expands his fictional author’s biographies into an entire fictional autobiography, which also extends to his family. Sprouts appear quite frequently in the story, including … Continue reading →

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Ogoun? Oh, Go On!

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

I recently finished reading Robert Rankin’s The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (I’ll have a review up later), which uses some of the major gods from voodoo in a plot involving personalities downloaded onto the Internet and private detective Lazlo … Continue reading →

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Rankin File

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

In this post I review three books, all by Robert Rankin. The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived – The final book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy (which actually IS a trilogy, unlike the Brentford one) brings back epic heroes … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat George

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The Greatest Show Off Earth, by Robert Rankin – Fantastic Fiction has this listed as part of the Cornelius Murphy series, but it isn’t. Cornelius and Hugo Rune are nowhere to be seen here, with the focus instead being on … Continue reading →

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The Gnomic Utterances of Ka’a Orto’o

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones – Presented as a guide and encyclopedia to a generic fantasy world, this book parodies the clichés used in mass-produced fantasy. Topics covered include how to know which characters are good … Continue reading →

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Revelation with Robots

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

East of Ealing, by Robert Rankin – Remember my post about the number 666 being rumored to exist in barcodes? Well, that idea plays a major part in this book. A new corporation called Lateinos and Romiith (both terms for … Continue reading →

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The Stuff of Epics

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Raiders of the Lost Car Park, by Robert Rankin – The sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths pretty much starts where that one leaves off, with epic hero Cornelius Murphy and his diminutive sidekick Tuppe planning to break into … Continue reading →

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