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Armageddon the Musical
by Robert Rankin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dell (1991-01-05)
ISBN: 0440503477
EAN: 9780440503477
Dewey Decimal #: 823.914
Binding/Media: Paperback - 252 pages
Release Date: 1991-01-05
SKU: 00-0QJQ-0FG4
Condition: Very Good
Comments: No markings. No torn or bent pages. Softcover has minor wear to the outside egdge, probably from being read previously. Spine has no creases.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Aliens, time travel, intergalactic soap opera, talking vegetables, and Elvis--this hilariously wild futuristic adventure has it all! On par with A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rankin's spectacular cosmic adventure comes to American audiences for the first time.
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Customer Reviews
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very funny books - and it's right there are Elvis churches
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-12-11
I think this book has it right, Elvis will be a future religion.
The reason that I believe this is the many religious aspects of the Elvis story.
* born in humble circumstances and poverty.
* sole survivor of a twin birth that his father later claimed to recalling a strange light in the sky on the night of his birth
* escaped death again at age 5 from a tornado that ripped through Tupelo.
* He lived in Memphis along a mighty river and became known as The King, giving Pharoh assocations.
* He recorded his first music on Sun Records - and most religions have sun gods, gods of light
* He ushered in a great cultural change - broke racial barriers while heightening the generational gap and put overert sex at the cultural forefront
* His personal image was one of racial tolerance, generosity/charity
* The kisses, scarves and other items given out to the crowds during concerts is like having a blessing bestowed upon you
* He was surrounded by a core group of disciples (memphis mafia) who have split into camps and written conflicting books after Elvis' death
* there are stories of him having visions, laying on hands healing,
* there's been after death sightings of him in person, or just his image appearing as do Jesus, Virgin Mary, etc.
* Elvis' image is reproduced in religious type paintings
* Impersonators or Tribute Artists are priests
* people make pilgrimages to Graceland - especially for the winter holiday (Jan 8) and the end of summer (Aug 16) holidays - which is already a weeklong festival
* people have special areas in their homes of their Elvis collections, serving as altar areas or even rooms in their homes which act as temples.
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Extremely funny and intelligent 'fantasy'
Rating  (4)
Date: 2000-04-12
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
For all fans of comic literature, Robert Rankin does the goods. This is an extremely funny and weird book, which is also quite intelligently construed. I think some of Rankin's other works are even more funny, but all in all this book is miles ahead of most other works in the genre. If you like Terry Pratchett, you will definitely enjoy all of Rankin's books, and maybe even prefer the self-consciousness of his works over others. Very much recommended.
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Elvis, a time sprout and Rex Mundi
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-12-22
9 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
All I can say is that this is one of the funniest books I have ever read! Not only that it is also possessed of a plot so complex that it only makes any kind of sense at all when you reach the grand finale but it also has so many running gags concerning "that amazing rotary machine gun that Blaine used in Predator" that every time you watch said film you will have a smile on your face. I have read many humourous sci-fi books in my time but this one had me laughing out loud whilst sitting on a train getting some very odd looks from fellow passangers. If only the Elvis Appreciation Society had not blocked moves to make the film...... Be that as it may, if you are just dicovering the sprout miester for the first time, this is the perfect place to start and get hooked. BEWARE however reading in public can cause very embarrassing hesterical laughter fits!
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READ MY BOOK!!
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-03-02
18 out of 25 customers found this reveiw helpful
LOOK, CHEEZMOS--READ MY BOOK! READ IT!! READ IT NOW!! DO IT!
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Madness.. utter Madness
Rating (5)
Date: 1998-09-04
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Rankin has been compared to Pratchett and Adams.. this is unfair. Rankin is Rankin in the same way as Pratchett is Pratchett, they shouldn't be compared because although both are brilliant they are brilliant in quite astoundingly different ways. All of Rankin's books have a different feel to them, and if you didn't know, you could swear that some were written by different authors.. but despite that there are always those rankin touches.. the Running Gag.. oh how we love the running gag.. not just running through chapters but running through every book. Armageddon the musical is a start of a trilogy of books all concerned with... yup, the end of the world. The good guys include Rex Mundi (King of the world, although only by name) Elvis Aron (or Aaron, no one is really sure) Presley.. Barry the loqacious sprout, what better could you ask for. The plot twists and weaves and is quite complex but it all makes sense and it all adds up to the really and tottaly unexpected trick ending (no, don't skip forward, you'll spoil it) I have heard it said that it's not as Rankin-esque as "The book of Ultimate Truths" but that's one of Rankin's Strengths, There's always something new. Buy this.. buy all his others too. You'll be happy.
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