One for Rankin fans...

[lostcarpark]

flickgc spotted this in Spectator Life and Letters:

A book flops wetly through the letterbox. Blimey. This one is truely intriguing. Knees Up Mother Earth is what it's called. The front cover shows what looks like a replica of the FA cup, or something like that, sculpted out of bottlecaps. The back cover shows a bald, bearded, intense-looking man wearing a black robe and a pentangle medallion, cradling a cartoon rabbit. The rabbit has a pierced ear. One of these two, we are allowed to assume, is the author, Robert Rankin. A coverline announces that this is 'the seventh novel in the increasingly legendary Brentford Trilogy'.

Comments

[flick.livejournal.com]

Do you want me to save it from the bin for scanning?

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

Yes please. We like that sort of thing.

[flick.livejournal.com]

Jolly good. I shall prevail upon drplokta to do complicated things this evening and then send you it in an email.

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Brentford Trilogy! Marvellous :)

Re: Trilogy

[spodlife]

I see the Brentford Trilogy is now well past "increasingly inaccurately called ... Trilogy"

Re: Trilogy

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

When I was in hospital last weekend, one of the things I asked my husband to bring me was the Brentford Trilogy. Silly man bought me books 2, 3 and 4!

[flick.livejournal.com]

Right, have sent it to your LJ address. Let me know of a different one if it doesn't turn up.

[robthefish.livejournal.com]

I just found a copy of "Burning Chrome" that Mr Rankin had signed _as_ 'William Gibson'. The dedication reads, "You are my inspiration" :-)

Robert was at a book signing at the now defunct "Andromeda" bookshop in Brum. I wasn't buying his book that day but said I'd be quite happy for him to sign one I had just bought. So he did :-)

Would that raise any money at a (Sproutlore) charity auction do you think?

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

PAH,

Dude, do you want to try getting a review copy for DiverseBooks? Or if you think there is a conflict of interest (or you already have one) can you pick a londoner trustowrthy to contact the publisher on our behalf.

Alex (in Cyprus until Monday)