Advantages: Very funny with many plot twists Disadvantages: Familiar characters somewhat sidelined
Robert Rankin resurrects one of his older characters, Soap Distant, the traveller from "beloooow" in order to give us his expectedly twisted look upon the world of rock music. Featuring appearances from most of his regular characters including Norman the ...
Advantages: Highly Entertaining Disadvantages: Time Travel creates some confusion
This author is SERIOUSly underated!
Everyone should have heard of Rankin - He is a genious!
This book is for music fans, time travellers and anyone who wants a laugh.
The main characters include a guy named Soap Distant, John Omally, Jim Pooley and ...
Advantages: Music, Time Travel, Strange Moustaches Etc etc Disadvantages: Time Travel makes me dizzy
I read this book on holiday it was meant to last me through the holiday but I actually read it in 1 day. Mostly because I stayed up all night reading it. This book should come with a disclaimer not to read it when you have a drink as time travel makes ...
Advantages: True fiction Disadvantages: Did create a cult based on the one in the book in real life.
I have read elsewhere that Stranger in a strange land is a classic Science Fiction Read. Having read quite a few of Heinlein's works I finally got the opportunity to read it.
The story starts off with the discovery of a Human on Mars many years after a ...
Advantages: Intelligent, thought provoking Sci Fi Disadvantages: A longish read requiring some concentration
...I have been a Heinlein fan for a long time. I even wrote to him and received a postcard by reply concerning a newspaper story based in Glasgow about Prostitutes for God (a theme raised in Stranger in a Strange Land).
Firstly, the novel is an interesti ...
