Robert A Rankin

Robert Rankin

Robert Fleming Rankin (born 27 July 1949) is a prolific British humorous novelist. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first...

Down at the Shore: A History of Summerside, Prince Edward Island (1752-1945)

Down at the Shore: A History of Summerside, Prince Edward Island (1752-1945)

Law and Justice: Essays in Honor of Robert S. Rankin

Freedom and Emergency Powers in the Cold War

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The Book of Ultimate Truths (The Cornelius Murphy Trilogy 1)

Cornelius Murphy is a big-haired seventeen year old tall school leaver, devoted avoider of regular employment and Stuff of Epics. And together with his diminutive companion and bestest friend Tuppe (the stuff of epics to a slightly lesser degree) they set out in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado to travel th...

The Abominable Showman

THE ABOMINABLE SHOWMAN, EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AS AN AMAZON KINDLE EDITION.HOORAH, HAROO AND SAINTS BE PRAISED...BARRY'S BACK.Yes, it's true. the galaxy's best loved time-travelling holy guardian sprout, Barry, has returned for his last ever adventure.And if that alone isn't worth making a big fuss a...

The Educated Ape and Other Wonders of the Worlds

The year is 1899 and the world is coming to an end. An epic in four movements, this is the third book in Robert Rankin's highly acclaimed meta-Victorian series, after Japanese Devil Fish Girl and The Mechanical MessiahComparable to Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams, the father of far-fetched fiction ...

Sprout Mask Replica

His great-great grandfather died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. He wasn't with Custer though. He was holding a sprout-bake and tent meeting in the field next door and went over to complain about the noise. His great-grandfather (also a sprout farmer and man of the cloth) always wore weighted shoe...

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (GollanczF.)

Toy Townolder, bigger, and certainly not wiser. The Old Rich, who have made their millions from the royalties on their world-famous nursery rhymes, are being murdered one by one. A psychopath is on the loose, and he must be stopped at any cost. It’s a job for Toy Town’s only detectivebut he’s missin...

The Book of Ultimate Truths

The late Hugh Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune, hailed as the guru's guru, penned more than eight million words of genius.However, vital chapters which could have changed the course of history were suppressed—and two youths set out to recover them.

The Garden of Unearthly Delights

It was something to do with the cycles of history, the way great civilizations rise and fall. Few people noticed the changes at first, and by the time everyone realized, it was too late. Earth had left behind the age of science and reason and moved into a time of myth, legend, wizardry, and heroes.

The Chickens of Atlantis and Other Foul and Filthy Fiends

Robert Rankin, the master of far-fetched fiction, presents, for the first time, a book written in 'the first monkey'. Sure to be taken up as the newest of literary fads, Darwin, the Educated Ape here tells his life story to his legions of fans.Featuring: Chickens! Martians! Doodlebugs! The Far Futur...