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The Brightonomicon [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Robert Rankin (Author)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd (14 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405687584
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405687584
  • Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 12.8 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Daniel Coysh, THE MORNING STAR

"Rankin's Milligan-esque mind shows no signs of fatigue or flagging. Rocking good fun." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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'I am Rizla and this is my story. It is the day before yesterday and I am dead. The day of my death was 14th February 1960, Valentine's Day, in Brighton. 'I'm floating 200 yards off the coastline in the icy waters of the English Channel. My final glimpse of life is through the top of the water. It is a pier. A beautiful woman is looking down. She's laughing at me. There's a man. He's also laughing. His arm is around her shoulder. And it shouldn't be. My arm should be around her shoulder. This isn't fair!'When Hugo Rune rescues a young man from drowning he persuades him to become his assistant in solving twelve mysteries. Based on ancient constellations of the zodiac, they are hidden somewhere in the streets of Brighton. Rizla, the young man, agrees to help. After all, he's lost his memory, has nowhere else to go, and if he doesn't solve the puzzles before the year is out, it'll be the end of the world as we know it. Welcome to a dozen of the most baffling, surreal, exciting, head-scratching and downright far-fetched mysteries ever heard. Starring David Warner as Hugo Rune, Rupert Degas as Rizla, Andy Serkis as Count Otto Black, Mark Wing-Davey as Fangio, Michael Fenton-Stevens as the Narrator, Martin Jarvis as the Colonel - and Robert Rankin.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wearing Thin? Never!, 16 Mar 2006
By A. Thomas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Brightonomicon (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)
I consider the other criticisms of this book to be unjust. I'd suggest to people that if Rankin's style of writing, recurring characters, running gags and terrible jokes are wearing thin then they look elsewhere for their entertainment. For me, this book is as good as any other he's written and at times had me in stitches. But me no buts, some of the gags in 'The Brightonomicon' are unhealthiliy funny. Your spleen will burst. Watch out for the Scottish groundsman in particular, and his claims to the heritage of polo. Rune makes a welcome return, this time in Brighton as he leads young Rizla on a quest to defeat his nemesis Count Otto Black, and save the world (of course). Other familiar names include Lazlo Woodbine, Fangio, Pooley and Omally.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Broadcasting on Brightonomicon FM, 14 Feb 2008
By Phiz (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
At last, here it is! The much awaited audio adaptation of ROBERT RANKIN'S surreal 'Brightonomicon'. Has it been worth it? Well, yes it has.

First impressions are good, it comes in a nice little box that looks like an old fashioned TV or 'Chronovision' if you will and it is adorned with a catching illustration of The Lad Himself, the cosmic dick, Mr Hugo Rune. Be aware though that the box is easily damaged/scuffed as it is made from cardboard, particularly where the 'window' is showing the TV Screen.

The other CD case has an equally fetching illustration of 'the most evil man who ever lived (apart from Nixon)', Count Otto Black. There are 7CDs in all. There is also a booklet detailing the cast and crew credits, a note from Mr. Rankin himself and some production notes. A nice touch would have been some cast photos and biographies because WHAT A CAST! More on that later. This a minor niggle as the website that was set up in advance of this production does an excellent job. The design inside and the CDs themselves all look excellent.

As is the assembled cast. David Warner is perfect as HUGO RUNE and one really can't imagine anyone else in that role. Rupert Degas does a great job as RIZLA and works very well with David Warner. Special mention must also be made of Michael Fenton-Stevens as the narrator and Mark Wing-Davey as FANGIO. However, the first thing you will hear is the superb score by Hugh Edwards and Jeremy Carroll that perfectly sums up the weirdness of these tales. The choice of Graham Rogers as the ANNOUNCER was also inspired.

I've so far only read a handful of Rankin's books (shame on me)and the Brightonomicon is not the strongest title in my opinion. That would be 'The Witches of Chiswick'. However it is one of the better books and I have a fondness for it because I know the area very well indeed (The discription of White'awk is very illuminating). It is the logical choice for adaptation because of its structure with most chapters in the book ending dramatically, perfect for cliffhanger installments and FAR-FETCHED of course being the word.

Generally I think this is the best adaptation one could hope for, as I would imagine Rankin is quite hard to translate into audio as some of the humour is based on footnotes, or references to past characters and books.

There have been inevitable changes and one of the ones I am not keen on is the character of THE MONK, played by Elliott Stein. I don't remember this particular character in the book, but no doubt it is performing an important plot function.

The weaker parts of the book tend to be the weakest on audio (I have the Nurse Hurse sequence in mind here) and the magic tends to depart slightly whenever David Warner is absent. I'm not sure the audio will do much to appeal to Non-Rankinites (unless of course it is broadcast on the radio) as Robert Rankin is for me an aquired taste and the Brightonomicon is perhaps not the best introduction, However as I mentioned above I believe this to be a very worthy production that will hopefully spawn more Rankin adaptions with less Spaniel involvement

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Zulus, Thousands of them !, 14 Nov 2005
By Lazlo Woodbine (On The Roof) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Brightonomicon (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)
As I started to read this book I began to think that we were falling into the world of self parody. Some of the in jokes that followed on from other books do seem be almost bled dry and stylisticaly its very similar to just about every other Rankin book ever. But I persevered and the story soon got under my skin. Some of the conversations between Rizla and Rune are brilliant and Rankin is still probably the funniest writer alive. So although this is far from his best give it a try, you'll never see Brighton in quite the same light again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Elementary my dear Rizla...
A young man (whose story will be vaguely familiar to regular Rankin readers) awakes from a near death experience, and is swiftly employed by his saviour, the renowned Guru's Guru,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by T. Bishop

1.0 out of 5 stars This isnt an audiobook
This isnt an audiobook, where someone reads the text - this is an extended radio-play.

I was extremely disappointed
Published 17 months ago by H. Fairgrieve

4.0 out of 5 stars Rankin on strong form
Another hilarious book from Robert Rankin, building as usual on all the running gags from his 20+ previous books but yet being an enjoyable nonsense romp in its own right. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Stuart Bruce

5.0 out of 5 stars First timer
Having never read a Robert Rankin book before, I found it a fantastic read. A friend suggested it to me and seeing as we share the same sense of humour, decided to read it. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2007 by Lk Peters

5.0 out of 5 stars Brighton Rocks
Having read the other reviews, I thought I would share my point of view.

I bought this on spec having never read a Robert Rankin and thoroughly enjoyed every page. Read more

Published on 5 Dec 2005 by Mist of Time

2.0 out of 5 stars Least impressive Rankin ever?
Much as I like Robert Rankin - and I have read all of his books - I did struggle with this a bit. Sure, lots of the standard Rankin stuff in in place - Hugo Rune, Fangio, the... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars Too many in jokes - even for me!
Robert Rankin is possibly my favorite author ever. I have read all of his books and as a rule they are brilliant. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2005 by Sam

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