THE BRIGHTONOMICON
Book ID/图书代码： 10010005B12593
English Summary/英文概要： When our teenage hero takes his beloved one, Enid Earles, away for a dirty weekend in Brighton, things do not go as he might have wished. He narrowly escapes death by drowning when he is brought ashore by the Perfect Master, Cosmic Dick.
But our hero has lost his memory and, in desperation, agrees to join The Lad Himself in the solving of twelve cases, or conundrums, the new zodiac signs discovered by Rune. Together they must find the truth. 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. And everything.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 少年英雄與他的最愛Enid Earles到Brighton，想要來個浪漫的週末約會。不過一切不但不如他所預期，他還差點溺斃。幸好Cosmic Dick出手相救，這才撿回一命。但英雄失去了記憶，還在絕望中加入了The Lad Himself。為了破解The Lad Himself古代北歐文字的新黃道十二宮暗號，他們必須盡快參透其中的奧祕，因為他若無法在今年解開這個祕密的話，世界將會因此毀滅。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Fleming Rankin 1949年生於倫敦，1970年開始投入寫作，為英國著名的幽默小說家。Rankin在1997年與2006年，分別以The Brentford Chainstore Massacre及The Brightonomicon獲英國奇幻文學協會最佳小說獎提名(British Fantasy Society Best Novel)。2003年，更以The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse奪得英國權威科幻期刊《SFX雜誌》的最佳小說獎。
他的小說背景大多設在倫敦市郊Brentford，情節也多與古老的惡魔或外星人的陰謀有關。由於Rankin筆下的人物，夾雜著科幻、神秘、城市傳說的驚悚等多重特質，他自稱自己的寫作風格為Far Fetched Fiction(有趣卻又帶有些許黑暗面的小說)，不但使人難以傳統的文類來定義他的小說，更讓他成為暢銷作家。
Robert Fleming Rankin (born July 27, 1949) is a prolific British humorous novelist. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999. His books are a mix of science fiction, fantasy, the occult, urban legends, running gags, metafiction, steampunk and outrageous characters. According to the (largely fictional) biography printed in some Corgi editions of his books, Rankin refers to his style as ’Far Fetched Fiction’ in the hope that bookshops will let him have a section to himself. Many of Rankin’s books are bestsellers. Most of Rankin’s books are set in Brentford, a suburb of London where the author grew up, and which, in his novels, is usually infested with ancient evil and/or alien conspiracies.
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