Robert Rankin
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born
July 27, 1949
gender
male
place of birth
Parsons Green, London, The United Kingdom
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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy
about this author
"When Robert Rankin embarked upon his writing career in the late 1970s, his ambition was to create an entirely new literary genre, which he named Far-Fetched Fiction. He reasoned that by doing this he could avoid competing with any other living author in any known genre and would be given his own special section in WH Smith."
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Robert Rankin describes himself as a teller of tall tales, a fitting description, assuming that he isn't lying about it. From his early beginnings as a baby in 1949, Robert Rankin has grown into a tall man of some stature. Somewhere along the way he experimented in the writing of books, and found that he could do it rather well. Not being one to light his hide under a bus...more
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The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.69 — 672 ratings — published 2002 9 editions |
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Witches of Chiswick by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.76 — 164 ratings — published 2003 5 editions |
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The Antipope by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.91 — 118 ratings — published 1981 4 editions |
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The Toyminator by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.71 — 116 ratings — published 2000 6 editions |
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The Brentford Triangle by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.99 — 106 ratings — published 1982 3 editions |
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Armageddon the Musical by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.97 — 100 ratings — published 1990 5 editions |
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The Sprouts of Wrath by Robert Rankin avg rating 4.06 — 96 ratings — published 1988 2 editions |
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Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.75 — 95 ratings — published 1996 2 editions |
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East of Ealing by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.99 — 83 ratings — published 1984 2 editions |
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Fandom of the Operator by Robert Rankin avg rating 3.64 — 80 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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"'Everyone misbehaves,' said Eddie. 'That's nature. Everyone gets away with as much as they can get away with. And the more they can get away with, the more they will.'"
— Robert Rankin (The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse)
— Robert Rankin (The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse)
"'Have you ever head this theory about drinking yourself sober?' Eddie asked. 'It's a very popular theory. Amongst drunks, anyway.'"
— Robert Rankin (The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse)
— Robert Rankin (The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse)
"'Jack, get a grip of yourself.'
'I have a grip of myself.' Jack took a grip of himself. It was a most intimate grip; not the kind of grip that you usually take of yourself in public."
— Robert Rankin (The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse)
'I have a grip of myself.' Jack took a grip of himself. It was a most intimate grip; not the kind of grip that you usually take of yourself in public."
— Robert Rankin (The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse)
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