Robert Rankin





Robert Rankin

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July 27, 1949 in Parsons Green, London, The United Kingdom

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"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 bushel, Mister Rankin continues...more


Average rating: 3.73 · 11,572 ratings · 698 reviews · 43 distinct works
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnie...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,296 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
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The Antipope
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
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The Brentford Triangle
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 659 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions
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Armageddon: The Musical
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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The Witches of Chiswick
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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The Toyminator
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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The Sprouts of Wrath
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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East of Ealing
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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Nostradamus Ate My Hamster
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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The Book of Ultimate Truths
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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The Antipope The Brentford Triangle East of Ealing The Sprouts of Wrath The Brentford Chainstore Ma... Sex & Drugs & Sausage Rolls Knees Up Mother Earth
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3.8375917767988255 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,405 ratings
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Eddie Bear (2 books)
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3.7253922967189728 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 2,804 ratings
Armageddon: The Musical They Came and Ate Us: Armag... The Suburban Book of the De...
Armageddon (3 books)
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3.7669452181987 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,077 ratings
The Book of Ultimate Truths Raiders of the Lost Car Park The Most Amazing Man Who Ev...
Toute la vérité (3 books)
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3.742146596858639 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 764 ratings

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“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

“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

“Science,' said Mr Anders Anders. 'Science, not magic. I told you before: when things are not as they appear to be, it's because they're actually simpler than you think them to be. Things are never as difficult and complicated as folk believe. You'd be surprised just how straightforward and obvious things really are. The secret is in knowing how to look at them the right way.”
Robert Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse

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