NOSTRODAMUS ATE MY HAMSTER.

As none of you know, (Because I haven’t told you) is that I am a massive Robert Rankin fan.

Who is Robert Rankin I hear some of the less enlightened cry. Well Mr. Rankin is a writer and jolly good one at that. Take away all the bad bits of Terry pratchet and what you have left, for me, is Robert Rankin.
That’s not to say I don’t like Terry prachet, I do. I just don’t find his books that easy to read. Where as Robert Rankin’s books are easy going and give me a darn good chortle.

Anyway back to the book.

Well this book doesn’t have Nostradamus in it and Very few hamsters, but what it does have is a computer system that can generate life size moving holograms of famous film stars, Hitler, a second world war flying saucer, a bar maid who is an ex-contortionist go-go dancing sex-aid demonstrator and a movie.
It is this movie that the whole book is about, the greatest movie ever made, a movie that could change the world (This is where Hitler and the second world war flying saucer come in). All this however has to go through Russell!
Russell is a nice chap. A very nice chap. Maybe to nice and that is why he is producing the movie.
The movie however could spell the end of the world for the human race as we know it and end up with Russell selling his spine to Satan.

Yes this book is as odd and mad as it sounds, but with good reason, which I can’t explain at the moment.

SFX magazine said “Classic Robert Rankin. If you’ve never read a Rankin before, grab yourself a handful of Nostradamus ate my hamster”

I would tend to agree with this, Nostradamus is a great place to start reading Rankin, It is an easy book to read and you will find it difficult to put down. Packed full of bizarre silliness this book will make you chuckle from beginning to end.

At 320 pages long this book is a good addition to your bedtime, Bus time or any other time reading.

Enjoy.