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Robert Rankin


Born
in Parsons Green, Fulham, London, England, The United Kingdom
July 27, 1949

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor


"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

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Average rating: 3.81 · 52,072 ratings · 1,940 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnie...
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The Antipope
3.74 avg rating — 4,883 ratings — published 1981
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The Brentford Triangle
3.99 avg rating — 3,738 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions
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Armageddon: The Musical
3.72 avg rating — 3,365 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions
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East of Ealing
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The Sprouts of Wrath
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The Witches of Chiswick
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The Book of Ultimate Truths
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The Toyminator
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Armageddon: The Musical They Came and Ate Us: Armag... The Suburban Book Of The De...
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The Book of Ultimate Truths Raiders of the Lost Carpark The Most Amazing Man Who Ev... Toute la vérité, l'intégrale
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Sprout Mask Replica The Dance Of The Voodoo Han... Waiting for Godalming
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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
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“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
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“As real as,' said Eddie.
'As real as what?' said Jack.
'Wish I knew,' said Eddie. 'But I can't do corroborative nouns. None of us are perfect, are we? I can get started. As big as, as obscene as, as foul as. But I can't get any further. But that's life for you again. As unfair as...”
― Robert Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
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