The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse

Submitted by DariaLoveborn t3_zu5enq in books

I dont know if I'm on my own here, but this book is one of the best things I've ever read. It's by Robert Rankin and I tend to devour his stuff anyway.

He likes to say he writes his own genre 'Far Fetched SciFi' this particular book is about nursery rhyme characters being killed off in Toy City and only our child hero Jack with his trusty Eddie Bear can find the killer.

So, has anyone else read Robert Rankin or anything similar rhat you can recommend?

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TipsySays t1_j1i5n5i wrote

Finally read it earlier this year and thought it was a classic of his (RR is a favourite author of mine). Read the sequel and sadly found it a bit weak in plot and imagination.

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DariaLoveborn OP t1_j1ifd0q wrote

Yeah, the sequel didn't hold up.

I genuinely loved the Armageddon The Musical series though. The absolute chaos of those books inspired me to become a writer.

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TipsySays t1_j1js5er wrote

oh yes, although my favourite is the Brentford series. Eagerly awaiting the final book.

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Jack-Campin t1_j1h5gm0 wrote

Jasper Fforde's "Nursery Crime" and "Thursday Next" series do the same.

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violetsprouts t1_j1i9bo4 wrote

Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London does something similar.

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AdmiralThunderpants t1_j1if5gj wrote

A. Lee Martinez comes to mind as something similar. He's written a bunch of books and it's always a new setting with new characters. "The Automatic Detective" is one of my favorites. Noir detective novel set in a retro future.

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docharakelso t1_j1iywr8 wrote

Yeah Robert Rankin is amazing. The Brentford trilogy is top notch, also the Armageddon trilogy. Fast paced monty pythonesque weirdness.

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No_Swordfish_2370 t1_j1vdp63 wrote

My best friend at school gave me this. I had forgotten all about it until mentioned here. I have nothing to add barring that I loved it and it’s wonderful to read it’s still being discovered.

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fieldenm t1_j1k24mn wrote

Add this to my TBR list based on the name alone! Thank you!

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Kabutom4 t1_j1jybz0 wrote

Reread it recently, still funny as. Love how comedy is just woven into the prose. Only other one I read was the Brightonomicon, not quite as good but still entertaining. Any others you'd recommend?

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MattMurdock30 t1_j1kryz4 wrote

Hey, so I quite like Robert Rankin's absurdism. My favourite thing about Rankin is that he narrates all his own works. This is probably my favourite novel of his but I haven't read many. I quite like the Cornelius Murphy trilogy. The one about music DaDeDaDeDa Code was quite a ride!

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Oh_J0hn t1_j2divv8 wrote

I'll go for the Japanese Devilfish Girl. I loved that series.

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