The Brightonomicon Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Robert Rankin (Author), Neil Gardner (Author), Elliott Stein (Author),

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This is the tale of two incredible people - one who knows he is incredible and the other who learns to be incredible. Set in 1960 in the UK south-coast resort of Brighton, self-styled guru and magus Hugo Rune rescues a young man from drowning and persuades him to become his assistant and partner in solving 12 mysteries.

Rizla (for such is the young man’s assumed name) agrees to help as he has lost his memory and has nowhere else to go. There then follows 12 of the most baffling, surreal, exciting, head-scratching and downright far-fetched mysteries ever written...all based in and around the suburbs of Brighton.

In between the adventures our heroes are able to enjoy the bizarre surroundings of Fangio’s pub, where the bar lord is always happy to talk some old toot and occasionally some exposition as well.

Across the mysteries Rizla and the audience learn about the Brighton zodiac, the chronovision, time travel, centaurs, a dastardly plot where the NHS kidnap vagrants for body parts, space pirates, the real history of Victorian Britain, Brighton pirates and the fate that awaits mankind should Hugo Rune fail in his task.

And of course, there’s a very bad man involved indeed - Hugo Rune’s archnemesis of the ages, Count Otto Black - who wants to rule the world (what else!)

Listening Length

7 hours and 17 minutes
Author

Robert Rankin, see all
Narrator

David Warner, see all
Audible release date

20 July 2019
Language

English
Publisher

Spokenworld Audio & Ladbroke Audio Ltd
ASIN

B07VH1VH9N
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	7 hours and 17 minutes
Author	Robert Rankin, Neil Gardner, Elliott Stein
Narrator	David Warner, Rupert Degas, Andy Serkis, Martin Jarvis, Jason Isaacs, Sarah Douglas, Mark Wing-Davey
Audible.com.au Release Date	20 July 2019
Publisher	Spokenworld Audio & Ladbroke Audio Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07VH1VH9N
Best Sellers Rank	56,423 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 2,263 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books) 4,463 in Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 6,706 in Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals)

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Mister Bish

Elementary my dear Rizla...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2009

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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, Hugo Rune. Rizla must assist Rune (who taught Holmes everything he knew) on the twelve cases of the Brightonomicon, defeat the forces of darkness, and save the day. And talk a lot of toot with the barman.

In spite of a rather contrived plot device (and maybe because of it) Rankin wrestles a very entertaining read out of two of his best-loved characters, thrown together in unlikely circumstances. You are advised to read the Cornelius Murphy trilogy first (The Book of Ultimate Truths / Raiders of the Lost Car Park / The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived), and ideally tackle some of the Brentford Trilogy (which I won't bother to list, since a new one seems to be written every time I press a key) before you'll fully appreciate this one, but having said that, Rankin's no fool, and there's much to entertain (and comfort) the casual reader.

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Lord Of All He Surveys

The evil that men (in Brighton) do

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2011

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Firstly this is a Robert Rankin not Ian Rankin novel (dont get them confused)

The story is of 12 interlinking adventures of Hugo Rune, and his apprentice Rizla. Which unlike the Apprenctice TV show dont involve idiots failing to run a business but a mixture of super natural and alien interventions.

The books are as much interested in telling a joke as telling a story and on this basis humour will be subjective, but there are running jokes and bad puns. Probably most similar to Spike Milligan novels but with the running themes from discworld.

I would recommend finding any one book to start with and then you are likely to either love them or hate them, as shown by the spread of reviews on the Amazon page.

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Jus' deh

Absolutely brilliant. Total nonsense makes total comedy. This guy has a way with words that is breathtaking. This is deep,this is writing ar it's best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2019

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I would recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humour and a love of wordplay. This is deeply shallow and drags you in and left me deeply disapointed that there was no more

FREDDIE

Usual Rankin

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2022

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Rankin book usual quality

Wryly

The first full cast audio dramatisation of a Robert Rankin story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2016

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All 13 episodes, plus some bonus content, spread over seven disks in a nice slipcase.
A very funny and bizarre tale, for fans of far-fetched fiction. It features a great cast and follows in the footsteps of H2G2, and all the modern post Adams dramatisations, complete with original music, FX and even an 'in on it' presenter.

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