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The Toyminator (EXPORT) (Eddie Bear #2)
Somewhere over the rainbow and beyond the Yellow Brick Road stands Toy City, formerly known as Toy Town. And things are not going well for the city’s inhabitants. There have been outbreaks of STC—Spontaneous Toy Combustion—and strange signs and portents in the Heavens. Preachers of Toy City’s many religions are predicting that the End Times are nigh and that a Toy City Apo...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
August 1st 2006
by Victor Gollancz Ltd.
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The pun in the title will probably say more about whether you want to read a book like this or not, but here we go anyway....
This is the sequel to The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, the bestest funny book you could read. Jack, a human, came to Toy Town--where toys are alive and people from fairy tales exist as the ruling class over the toys they deem inferior--and met Eddie the Teddy Bear, a most special bear who worked as a detective with Bill Winkle, who was missing at...more
This is the sequel to The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, the bestest funny book you could read. Jack, a human, came to Toy Town--where toys are alive and people from fairy tales exist as the ruling class over the toys they deem inferior--and met Eddie the Teddy Bear, a most special bear who worked as a detective with Bill Winkle, who was missing at...more
I loved The Toyminator, though there were a few places where it descended into crudeness. However, the humor in the book outweighed the crude bits.
The Toyminator is a comedy sci-fi novel about the teenage boy Jack and Eddie Bear. Eddie and Jack have to find out what’s behind the sudden outbreak of Spontaneous Toy Combustion in order to save Toy City. In the process of saving toykind, they must save the world of mankind as well.
A wacky cast of characters and a satirical po...more
The Toyminator is a comedy sci-fi novel about the teenage boy Jack and Eddie Bear. Eddie and Jack have to find out what’s behind the sudden outbreak of Spontaneous Toy Combustion in order to save Toy City. In the process of saving toykind, they must save the world of mankind as well.
A wacky cast of characters and a satirical po...more
A story about a Teddy Bear detective and his human comedy sidekick, space aliens, and talking toot to the barman in your local.
Brilliant stuff... not exactly "normal" but hey who wants normal. For me the main point of readng is escapism, and Robert Rankin, packs your bags for you and buys your tickets to another world.
Similar style than Douglas Adams (he of the Hitch-hikers Guide to Galaxy fame) but due to be more recently written, there are endless references ...more
Brilliant stuff... not exactly "normal" but hey who wants normal. For me the main point of readng is escapism, and Robert Rankin, packs your bags for you and buys your tickets to another world.
Similar style than Douglas Adams (he of the Hitch-hikers Guide to Galaxy fame) but due to be more recently written, there are endless references ...more
It may surprise some to see that I gave this book five stars. However, I did so for a very good reason: this book is what it is and it does what it does very well. It's funny and charming and simple. It's not meant to be some great, life-changing work of fiction to be carried on throughout the ages. It is meant to entertain and distract you. And it does this very well. It's brain candy. And as far as brain candy goes, it's pretty darn good.
Honestly, and I must be honest, it wasn't nearly so good as the Hollow Chocolate Bunnies. I liked it enough to finish it but it just seemed to be... missing something. I don't know what. I suppose it just didn't quite capture the spirit of the first book. (Though I must admit, I really do love Eddie Bear.)
Citizens are falling victim to STC (Spontaneous Toy Combustion). Signs and portents are rife in the sky. The End Times are coming to Toy City. Only master detective Eddie Bear and his faithful sidekick Jack can save the city - provided they can keep themselves out of prison. And the pub.
Rankin's follow-up to The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse is wonderfully absurd and immensely punny - I mean, funny.
Rankin's follow-up to The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse is wonderfully absurd and immensely punny - I mean, funny.
For some reason both this and "Hollow Chocolate Bunnies..." made me feel rather uneasy, I get the feeling Mr. Rankin was a bit angry with the world when he wrote these two! Still a good read though, usual Rankin madness; Dimac and sprouts! Awesome.
The comparisons that Rankin makes between the Toy World and ours is frightening and accurate. This was just a fun book to read with great characters, an awesome story line, and plenty of social commentary to sasify me. Beware of the chickens!
Der größte Fall aller Zeiten! Gott ist tot und seine Frau möchte wissen warum... sowas von lustig geschrieben, spannend und extrem unterhaltsam! Sehr Empfehlenswert wenn man skurile Charaktere und Storys mag!
Something is happening to the to the toys in Toy City (formerly Toy Town). Jack and Eddie (the bear) set out to solve the mystery that has something to do with clockwork musicians and chickens from outer space.
Light hearted and a little sarcastic. A fun romp through toyland and Hollywood with a very unchildlike teddy bear and his human sidekick.
I'm torn about the Eddie Bear books, because I love the concept, and this one was fun in how it mocked Hollywood movies, police procedurals, and science fiction stories, all at the same time. While I love the character of Eddie Bear and his relationship with Jack, I have trouble suspending the reality of a boy (13 or 14 at most) having the kind of physical relationships with girls (and dolls - even living ones) he does. A lot of that thing seems unnecessary to the novel, but I guess it does poin...more
Sequel to "Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse", just as hilarious as the first. I love books that make me laugh out loud.
Not as good as it's predecessor, but a fun read.
Have read,wil re-read again for review.
Not as much fun as the first book, but still worth a read.
A fantastic followup to the first book.
The Toyminator (Gollancz) by Robert Rankin (2007)
How I've missed Robert Rankin's metafictional silliness.
Not a bad addition to Rankin's catalogue but sadly not the best either...I think he's becoming a bit stale after all this time
Not as good as the first book but still amusing.
Although overlong in parts, this was a fun read when I really needed it.
This book is as funny as! (And that's a good thing)
It wasn't as hilarious as the first book, but very funny none the less. A little slow in the beginning, but once it took off, it really got going. Eddie has got to be one of my favorite characters ever. If I could adopt an Eddie Bear, I would...he'd be as fun as.
Not as funny as the first book. At times it felt like the jokes were just being run over and over and over again. Like beating a dead horse. I started to glaze over at the ending, and can honestly say I flipped through a couple chapters just to get it over.
This is a cute book but not for kids so don't let the fact that the main character is a teddy bear who investigates murders in toyland fool you. It does have some very suggestive themes here and there, but was a fun read none the less.
It took me ages to get through this book, it didn't quite grip me enough to keep me coming back to it. It has a few very funny parts though, and the Eddie Bear/Jack partnership works as well as ever.
wasn't as good as the last one. it just didn't keep my interest. not sure why since it is a great premise. worth it when you are low on books.
Took a long time to get through this...not sure why. It was fun, just not as good as the original.
ummm this was interesting--
toys having sex and getting drunk--whoopee!
It was funny, though...
toys having sex and getting drunk--whoopee!
It was funny, though...
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