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This came from Amazon yesterday, ordered it on a whim.
A guy called Robert Rankin. Apparently the author of the "classic Brentford Triangle Triloy", which comprises of 5 books.
Imagine The Time Bandits mixed with Kids in The Hall, a bit of David Lynch, add some Chris Morris and finish off with some Douglas Adams.
Plot?
Will works in the 23rd century at The Tate - checking that digital reproductions of classic art is the same as the original.
He spots something not right in one and it all kicks off from there.
He's hunted by a robot that arrives naked in a lightning storm, demands "a 40-watt range plasma rifle" and tells a tramp "Your clothes, give them to me" and speaks in a Germanic accent.
He ends up in Victorian England, where he's asked to solve the Jack The Ripper case by Sherlock Holmes.
With some help from Barry, the Holy Guardian Sprout.
He meets The Elephant Man, who likes to go out on the pull and makes a cocktail called "A Merrickan Express" at a fancy dress party at Buckingham Palace.
H G Wells is annoyed at being made invisible whilst trying to formulate a growth serum, whilst Constable Tudar Pole tells him that they've arrested "Jack The Ripper"
"I must speak to the prisoner" demands Will
"What, Patrick Magoohan?"
Loads of references to other books, movies, famous people and all manner of stuff that doesn't belong in Victorian England. And asides to the reader in footnotes that made me chuckle.
"Ground Control to Major Thomas" said Merrick into his radio*
* Copyright means I'd have to pay loads of money if I wrote "Major Tom", so balls to that.
A surprising, amusing, intelligent, witty book that I found completely by accident based on reading an excerpt:
"Don't ask me" said Barry, "I'm making this up as I go. Just like the author".
If you've never read Rankin, or generally appreciate very funny, self-mocking humour then check out "The Witches of Chiswick" by Robert Rankin.
I also got "The Antipope", but that's a bit harder to get into. Although Hairy Dave and Jungle John seem like good characters.
A guy called Robert Rankin. Apparently the author of the "classic Brentford Triangle Triloy", which comprises of 5 books.
Imagine The Time Bandits mixed with Kids in The Hall, a bit of David Lynch, add some Chris Morris and finish off with some Douglas Adams.
Plot?
Will works in the 23rd century at The Tate - checking that digital reproductions of classic art is the same as the original.
He spots something not right in one and it all kicks off from there.
He's hunted by a robot that arrives naked in a lightning storm, demands "a 40-watt range plasma rifle" and tells a tramp "Your clothes, give them to me" and speaks in a Germanic accent.
He ends up in Victorian England, where he's asked to solve the Jack The Ripper case by Sherlock Holmes.
With some help from Barry, the Holy Guardian Sprout.
He meets The Elephant Man, who likes to go out on the pull and makes a cocktail called "A Merrickan Express" at a fancy dress party at Buckingham Palace.
H G Wells is annoyed at being made invisible whilst trying to formulate a growth serum, whilst Constable Tudar Pole tells him that they've arrested "Jack The Ripper"
"I must speak to the prisoner" demands Will
"What, Patrick Magoohan?"
Loads of references to other books, movies, famous people and all manner of stuff that doesn't belong in Victorian England. And asides to the reader in footnotes that made me chuckle.
"Ground Control to Major Thomas" said Merrick into his radio*
* Copyright means I'd have to pay loads of money if I wrote "Major Tom", so balls to that.
A surprising, amusing, intelligent, witty book that I found completely by accident based on reading an excerpt:
"Don't ask me" said Barry, "I'm making this up as I go. Just like the author".
If you've never read Rankin, or generally appreciate very funny, self-mocking humour then check out "The Witches of Chiswick" by Robert Rankin.
I also got "The Antipope", but that's a bit harder to get into. Although Hairy Dave and Jungle John seem like good characters.
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This came from Amazon yesterday, ordered it on a whim.
A guy called Robert Rankin. Apparently the author of the "classic Brentford Triangle Triloy", which comprises of 5 books.
Imagine The Time Bandits mixed with Kids in The Hall, a bit of David Lynch, add some Chris Morris and finish off with some Douglas Adams.
Plot?
Will works in the 23rd century at The Tate - checking that digital reproductions of classic art is the same as the original.
He spots something not right in one and it all kicks off from there.
He's hunted by a robot that arrives naked in a lightning storm, demands "a 40-watt range plasma rifle" and tells a tramp "Your clothes, give them to me" and speaks in a Germanic accent.
He ends up in Victorian England, where he's asked to solve the Jack The Ripper case by Sherlock Holmes.
With some help from Barry, the Holy Guardian Sprout.
He meets The Elephant Man, who likes to go out on the pull and makes a cocktail called "A Merrickan Express" at a fancy dress party at Buckingham Palace.
H G Wells is annoyed at being made invisible whilst trying to formulate a growth serum, whilst Constable Tudar Pole tells him that they've arrested "Jack The Ripper"
"I must speak to the prisoner" demands Will
"What, Patrick Magoohan?"
Loads of references to other books, movies, famous people and all manner of stuff that doesn't belong in Victorian England. And asides to the reader in footnotes that made me chuckle.
"Ground Control to Major Thomas" said Merrick into his radio*
* Copyright means I'd have to pay loads of money if I wrote "Major Tom", so balls to that.
A surprising, amusing, intelligent, witty book that I found completely by accident based on reading an excerpt:
"Don't ask me" said Barry, "I'm making this up as I go. Just like the author".
If you've never read Rankin, or generally appreciate very funny, self-mocking humour then check out "The Witches of Chiswick" by Robert Rankin.
I also got "The Antipope", but that's a bit harder to get into. Although Hairy Dave and Jungle John seem like good characters.
A guy called Robert Rankin. Apparently the author of the "classic Brentford Triangle Triloy", which comprises of 5 books.
Imagine The Time Bandits mixed with Kids in The Hall, a bit of David Lynch, add some Chris Morris and finish off with some Douglas Adams.
Plot?
Will works in the 23rd century at The Tate - checking that digital reproductions of classic art is the same as the original.
He spots something not right in one and it all kicks off from there.
He's hunted by a robot that arrives naked in a lightning storm, demands "a 40-watt range plasma rifle" and tells a tramp "Your clothes, give them to me" and speaks in a Germanic accent.
He ends up in Victorian England, where he's asked to solve the Jack The Ripper case by Sherlock Holmes.
With some help from Barry, the Holy Guardian Sprout.
He meets The Elephant Man, who likes to go out on the pull and makes a cocktail called "A Merrickan Express" at a fancy dress party at Buckingham Palace.
H G Wells is annoyed at being made invisible whilst trying to formulate a growth serum, whilst Constable Tudar Pole tells him that they've arrested "Jack The Ripper"
"I must speak to the prisoner" demands Will
"What, Patrick Magoohan?"
Loads of references to other books, movies, famous people and all manner of stuff that doesn't belong in Victorian England. And asides to the reader in footnotes that made me chuckle.
"Ground Control to Major Thomas" said Merrick into his radio*
* Copyright means I'd have to pay loads of money if I wrote "Major Tom", so balls to that.
A surprising, amusing, intelligent, witty book that I found completely by accident based on reading an excerpt:
"Don't ask me" said Barry, "I'm making this up as I go. Just like the author".
If you've never read Rankin, or generally appreciate very funny, self-mocking humour then check out "The Witches of Chiswick" by Robert Rankin.
I also got "The Antipope", but that's a bit harder to get into. Although Hairy Dave and Jungle John seem like good characters.
My God, I thought I was the only one who'd ever heard of Kids In The Hall!! I keep telling everyone here about it but no-one else has any idea what it is!
Sounds like a great book, will have to check it out...
Sounds like a great book, will have to check it out...
Same here... just lemme finnish lotr first.
Sounds bloody hilarious. I'll put it on my list for the next bulk Amazon purchase (might be a while until I actually get round to reading it...).
I read some Rankin books about 5 years ago, and they were funny in a 'I'm laughing at them because I don't read Terry Pratchet books but am still to scared to talk to girls kind of way'.
He's written quite a lot of books, most set in Brentford. A lot of them refer to each other, so you understand more of the in-jokes as you read more of them.
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> I read some Rankin books about 5 years ago, and they were funny in a
> 'I'm laughing at them because I don't read Terry Pratchet books but
> am still to scared to talk to girls kind of way'.
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Yeah, that's exactly why I'm enjoying them.
> I read some Rankin books about 5 years ago, and they were funny in a
> 'I'm laughing at them because I don't read Terry Pratchet books but
> am still to scared to talk to girls kind of way'.
---
Yeah, that's exactly why I'm enjoying them.
Give me my book back
grrr
grrr
Come get it.
It's in my pants.
It's in my pants.
what girl could resist that offer?
thats a rehtorical question.
thats a rehtorical question.
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