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Doubters of the Divine

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, by Tim Whitmarsh – This book is partially a response to the idea that atheism is a new idea, a product of the age of science and reason that turns against ancient … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, History, Humor, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Robert Rankin, Roman Empire | Tagged anaximander, anaximenes, atheism, battling the gods, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, count otto black, cupid and psyche, epicurus, euhemerus, from the beast to the blonde, hugo rune, jim pooley, king arthur, king solomon, marina warner, merlin, monotheism, polytheism, queen of sheba, retromancer, salmoneus, sibyls, socrates, theomakhia, tim whitmarsh, xenophanes of colophon, zeus |

Where Science and Magic Meet

My Friend Mr Leakey, by J.B.S. Haldane – There was a chapter from this book in an anthology my grandmother had, and I saw several other mentions of it later on, but had a hard time actually finding it. I … Continue reading →

Where’s the Shadow Government When You Need It?

Picture by Jonathan Burton There has been a lot written, both humorously and otherwise, about the nature of government and politics. Douglas Adams includes a fair bit about it in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, including the bit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Discworld, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Philosophy, Politics, Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett | Tagged absurdism, and another thing..., arthur dent, didactylos, eoin colfer, ford prefect, hugo rune, infinite improbability drive, mostly harmless, ruler of the universe, so long and thanks for all the fish, solipsism, the restaurant at the end of the universe, trillian astra, vann harl, veet voojagig, vogons, zaphod beeblebrox, zarniwoop, zarniwoop vann harl |

Guaranteed to Brighton Your Day

The Brightonomicon, by Robert Rankin – Published in 2005, this book ties together and references a lot of Rankin’s earlier work. It’s sort of a sequel to The Witches of Chiswick, as well as a link between the Brentford Trilogy … Continue reading →

Rankin File

In this post I review three books, all by Robert Rankin. The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived – The final book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy (which actually IS a trilogy, unlike the Brentford one) brings back epic heroes … Continue reading →

The Gnomic Utterances of Ka’a Orto’o

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones – Presented as a guide and encyclopedia to a generic fantasy world, this book parodies the clichés used in mass-produced fantasy. Topics covered include how to know which characters are good … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Diana Wynne Jones, Robert Rankin | Tagged archeytpes, cliches, fantasy, hugo rune, inspectre sherringford hovis, jim pooley, john omally, professor slocombe, sword and sorcery, the sprouts of wrath, the tough guide to fantasyland |

The Stuff of Epics

Raiders of the Lost Car Park, by Robert Rankin – The sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths pretty much starts where that one leaves off, with epic hero Cornelius Murphy and his diminutive sidekick Tuppe planning to break into … Continue reading →

The Campbell Is Coming

The Book of Ultimate Truths, by Robert Rankin – By now, I’ve read enough of Rankin’s books to notice that there are certain recurring characters who show up in many of them. Their circumstances aren’t always quite the same, but … Continue reading →

I Still Read Books

The Homeward Bounders, by Diana Wynne Jones – This book adapts the idea of gods playing games with mankind, except here they’re not really gods, but demonic beings known as Them who banish anyone who interferes with their games to … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Celtic, Diana Wynne Jones, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged a wizard abroad, balor, barry the sprout, diane duane, flying dutchman, hugo rune, lugh, otto black, prometheus, robert rankin, the homeward bounders, the witches of chiswick, wandering jew, young wizards series |