The Fandom of the Operator [Unabridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Robert Rankin (Author)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Recorded Books / Clipper Audio; Unabridged edition (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402545088
• ISBN-13: 978-1402545085
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,721,911 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 Try the Audiobook!, July 12, 2005

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JustSomeReader - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fandom of the Operator (Paperback)

I borrowed this from the library as an audiobook before a roadtrip and loved it. I think though, being an American and prone to reading things with an American's timing, rather than a Brit's, that I would have missed the humor had I not heard it read by the author. This book is funny, but exponentially more funny read aloud by Rankin. Reading it to myself, I would have likely rated it much lower, as I think I'd have mistimed the delivery.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars audio version is a must have, July 3, 2008

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Xava (athens, ga United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fandom of the Operator (Paperback)

I agree with another reviewer... I listened to the audio version, his dry wit and sarcasm came across in a way that I'm not sure would have by reading it in print, especially since Rankin is the speaker as well. I highly recommend the audio version over print. I wish more of his books were available in audio, in fact!

4.0 out of 5 stars Not awesome, not bad either. You got a couple of hours?, November 26, 2007

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Sarah Straight "Riot Grrl Literatus" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fandom of the Operator (Paperback)

Robert Rankin's books are kind of like a really good BBC television show. Superficially, they don't take a lot of brainpower to comprehend, they're hysterically funny, and there are really only like, six characters in the whole series.

Conversely, the real reason they're so funny is because there's a core of intelligence and education to them that one rarely sees in American media. I've actually learned quite a few interesting things in researching offhand jokes about obscure historical characters, for instance.

All in all, I'd never call any of his novels life-changing gems of intellectualism, but I'm always pretty glad that I've read them.