Armageddon the Musical [Paperback]

Robert Rankin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 1991

Aliens, time travel, intergalactic soap opera, talking vegetables, and Elvis--this hilariously wild futuristic adventure has it all! On par with A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rankin's spectacular cosmic adventure comes to American audiences for the first time.

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From the Publisher

'TO THE TOP-SELLING RANKS OF HUMORISTS SUCH AS DOUGLAS ADAMS AND TERRY PRATCHETT, LET US WELCOME MR RANKIN' - Tom Hutchinson, The Times

'HE CRAMS ENOUGH GAGS INTO ARMAGEDDON THE MUSICAL TO LAST ANYONE ELSE FOR A TRILOGY. AND NOTHING'S SACRED. SO BUY THIS QUICK, BEFORE HE ENDS UP SLEEPING IN SALMAN RUSHDIE'S SPARE BEDROOM' - Terry Pratchett

What they say about Robert Rankin: --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Magus to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Sprout, 12th Dan Master of Dimac, poet, adventurer, swordsman and concert pianist; big game hunter, Best Dressed Man of 1933; mountaineer, lone yachtsman, Shakespearian actor and topless go-go dancer, Robert Rankin's hobbies include passive smoking, communicating with the dead and lying about his achievements. He lives in Sussex with his wife and family.

Robert Rankin is the author of The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived, The Greatest Show Off Earth, Raiders of the Lost Car Park, The Book of Ultimate Truths, Armageddon The Musical, They Came and Ate Us, Armageddon II: The B Movie, The Suburban Book of the Dead, Armageddon III: The Remake, and the 'Brentford' quartet; The Antipope, The Brentford Triangle, East of Ealing and The Sprouts of Wrath, which are all published by Corgi books. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Dell (January 5, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440503477
• ISBN-13: 978-0440503477
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,370,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elvis, a time sprout and Rex Mundi, December 22, 1999

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Iain Aitken (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armageddon: The Musical (Paperback)

All I can say is that this is one of the funniest books I have ever read! Not only that it is also possessed of a plot so complex that it only makes any kind of sense at all when you reach the grand finale but it also has so many running gags concerning "that amazing rotary machine gun that Blaine used in Predator" that every time you watch said film you will have a smile on your face. I have read many humourous sci-fi books in my time but this one had me laughing out loud whilst sitting on a train getting some very odd looks from fellow passangers. If only the Elvis Appreciation Society had not blocked moves to make the film...... Be that as it may, if you are just dicovering the sprout miester for the first time, this is the perfect place to start and get hooked. BEWARE however reading in public can cause very embarrassing hesterical laughter fits!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Madness.. utter Madness, September 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Armageddon the Musical (Paperback)

Rankin has been compared to Pratchett and Adams.. this is unfair. Rankin is Rankin in the same way as Pratchett is Pratchett, they shouldn't be compared because although both are brilliant they are brilliant in quite astoundingly different ways. All of Rankin's books have a different feel to them, and if you didn't know, you could swear that some were written by different authors.. but despite that there are always those rankin touches.. the Running Gag.. oh how we love the running gag.. not just running through chapters but running through every book. Armageddon the musical is a start of a trilogy of books all concerned with... yup, the end of the world. The good guys include Rex Mundi (King of the world, although only by name) Elvis Aron (or Aaron, no one is really sure) Presley.. Barry the loqacious sprout, what better could you ask for. The plot twists and weaves and is quite complex but it all makes sense and it all adds up to the really and tottaly unexpected trick ending (no, don't skip forward, you'll spoil it) I have heard it said that it's not as Rankin-esque as "The book of Ultimate Truths" but that's one of Rankin's Strengths, There's always something new. Buy this.. buy all his others too. You'll be happy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely funny and intelligent 'fantasy', April 12, 2000

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C. Hulshof "Sic transit gloria mundi" (Enschede, OV Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armageddon: The Musical (Paperback)

For all fans of comic literature, Robert Rankin does the goods. This is an extremely funny and weird book, which is also quite intelligently construed. I think some of Rankin's other works are even more funny, but all in all this book is miles ahead of most other works in the genre. If you like Terry Pratchett, you will definitely enjoy all of Rankin's books, and maybe even prefer the self-consciousness of his works over others. Very much recommended.