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The Brightonomicon
Robert Rankin
- Unabridged
Narrator: David Warner, Rupert Degas, Andy Serkis
Length: 7 hours and 38 min.
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Were you aware that there are, hidden in the streets of Brighton, 12 ancient constellations, like the Hangleton Hound and the Bevendean Bat? Well, there are, and on each one hangs a tale, a tale so strange that only The Lad himself, that inveterate spinner of tales and talker of the toot, Hugo Rune, can get to the bottom of them. And he'd better do it quickly, because if he doesn't solve the dozen mysteries before the year is out, that'll be the end of the world as we know it.
©2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd; (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
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Excellent
05/04/2008
Very entertaining, and reminiscent of a Hitchikers' Guide to the Galaxy - the radio version. And good actors!
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Brightonomicon
30/06/2010
I love this story! It's quirky and quite different to anything I have heard previously. I am a big fan of dramatisations of books. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys Terry Pratchett books or the Steampunk genre or who enjoys BBC Radio 7's 'Seventh Dimension'.
Rankin falls into a category entirely of his own. The randomness and humour in this story work so well that it makes all the nonsense seem to make sense. The actors are brilliant and I feel they play the parts excellently.
There is probably only a very small target audience for this kind of writing, but I urge everyone to give it a listen. You'll fall in love with it!
Rankin awful
27/11/2009
If you enjoy Radio 4 plays you will probably enjoy this. I don't and the format came as a shock. Enduring more than 3 minutes of credits and theme tune every half an hour was painful but not as painful as listening to some of the dreadful accents from the actors. I finally made it to the end by switching to double speed playback.
That said, if you can get past (or even enjoy, as some seem able to) this adaptation, the two lead actors are actually quite good and the story is entertaining.
I would have vastly preferred to have had the book just read by David Warner.
