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The works started with the Brentford trilogy (eight books), and also contains the Armageddon octology (three books), although characters such as Hugo Rune, Omally and Pooley, Lazlo Woodbine, Barry the time sprout and Rex Mundi pop up all over the shop. Many [[Running Gag|Running Gags]] occur among the books, and a [[Theory of Narrative Causality|rule of the world]] suggested in one book may crop up in another when you're not looking. On the other hand, there's [[Negative Continuity|not a solid continuity]] to the books, as signaled by the fact that the world has off-handedly ended in multiple different ways at the end of several books.

 

Perhaps the best way to describe Rankin's books is that of a good, but very drunken, storyteller telling intriguing but weird tall tales about old friends in a pub, until the story ends or he collapses, whichever happens first.

 

* [[Mind Screw]]

* [[Noodle Implements]]: Blown to smithereens in ''Sprout Mask Replica''. Also several characters are described as dying in a freak incident involving "Object X and object Y" ,

**"[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|I hope that's not going to be a]] [[Running Gag]]. It's crap."

** "I think that [[Running Gag]] may have peaked a bit early. -Ed."

* [[Winds of Destiny Change]]: The lead character of ''Sprout Mask Replica'' has the ability to change major things with his minor actions, although he really doesn't use it wisely.

* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: Many characters quoth things, without warning, and use old phrases.

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[[Category:Fantasy Literature]]