Armageddon: The Musical

from rincewind1986

The first of a truly wonderful trilogy. One is left wondering what type of mind could come up with such bizarre ideas, larger than life characters and a plot that would make any acid trip seem somehow avergae. When trying to describe this book to a friend i found myself talking absolute gibberish...

from Homechicken

Few books can make me laugh on the first page. This one did. Rankin is a supremely funny author. Full of decidedly British humour, it's about an alien race that uses the Earth as its own reality show. They interfere when the ratings get down, even though they really aren't supposed to. It's a fun...

from pmtracy

This is the first novel in the Armageddon Series by "far-fetched fiction" writer Robert Rankin. Rankin is the author of one of my favorite books, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse. I find his writing style to be similar to Terry Pratchett, another author I really enjoy. I thought I'd...

from salimbol

Inventive ideas, biting satire, earthy British humour - all very good things - but I still found it no more than mildly funny. Too much "nudge nudge wink wink" and not enough real humanity to tickle my funnybone, I think.

from martensgirl

I picked up my first Robert Rankin book for 8 years and I confess that I had forgotten how funny his works are. I found the plot of this book somewhat confusing, but the Pratchett-meets-smut text got me through.