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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: The Brentford Trilogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		1431 Relocation of Syon Abbey to Brentford from Twickenham
		Brentford Dock was built alongside previous important transport infrastructure as Brentford is the terminus of the Grand Union Canal, originally the Grand Junction Canal.
		The Brentford Trilogy is a series of seven novels by writer Robert Rankin.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Brentford-Trilogy (465 words)

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		Perhap's Brentford's greatest indentation upon the literary scene has been Robert Rankin's 'Brentford Trilogy', now at five books and counting.
		Falstaff visits Brentford in the Shakespearean play, and 'The Rising of the Moon' by Gladys Mitchell is a romantic novel set in Brentford.
		Brentford's location in West London, within easy reach of the BBC, Sky and Teddington Studios makes it handy for outside scenes.
	www.felidae.co.uk /brentford/arts.html (410 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sci-fi author Robert Rankin, famed author of the Brentford Trilogy, and the only person guaranteed to make Terry Pratchett laugh (by the discworld author’s own admission) has banked much of his career on stretching it just that far.
		The basic idea behind the latest (earliest?) instalment of the series is that history is based on lies - with the supposedly fictional Victorian era stories such as those by Jules Verne and HG Wells represent the planet’s true history - but were destroyed at the turn of the century by witches, from Chiswick.
		It was also during this time that he became a part of Brentford’s most noted community - drinking in its many pubs, from where he found much of his inspiration for the many references to the town that are to be found throughout his novels.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=399010 (626 words)

	The Brentford Trilogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Brentford Trilogy is a series of seven novels by writer Robert Rankin.
		The Brentford Triangle (1982) - Pooley and Omally thwart an alien invasion of Earth.
		The Brentford Chainstore Massacre (1997) - As the millennium comes early for Brentford, Dr. Steven Malone finds a way to clone Jesus from the Turin Shroud, he decides to make one for each of the world's major religions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Brentford_Trilogy (413 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Wandsworth Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Except that the plot for the seventh instalment of the Brentford Trilogy' includes a corner shopkeeper who's discovered a Victorian computer, which holds the plans to the secret super-technology of a bygone age.
		Mr Rankin lived, in Brentford, for a period of eight years, between 1972 and 1980, working his way through 41 different jobs, all of which he was fired from, dreaming of ways to escape the boredom of the office.
		During his time in Brentford, the author was the writer-in-residence at the Watermans, having been offered the job after interviewing the director there.
	www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=518328 (948 words)

	Robert Rankin
		As always he is dramatically free with his characters and cast, combining the efforts of a mad scientist to clone Jesus and an ancient document (the Brentford Scrolls) which allow Brentford to celebrate the millennium two years earlier and bring in an new age of enlightenment...
		Brentford returns as a favourite Rankin theme, but with new characters, particularly Will Starling, who is plunged back from an unpleasant 23rd century to Victorian times, where in classic Rankin fashion he encounters a good mix of historical characters.
		The biographer of Brentford entrepreneur Doveston relives his memories from the 50s and 60s to the current decade - but don't expect it to be all sunny memories - this is Rankin, after all.
	www.cul.co.uk /books/sfauth11.htm (2217 words)

	The Brentford Trilogy
		In The Antipope Pooley and O'Malley take on the resurrected Pope Alexander VI the last Borgia pope.
		The Brentford Triangle sees the pair thwarting an alien invasion of Earth.
		East of Ealing forces O'Malley and Pooley to deal with a high-tech Satanic takeover of Earth by way of the Satanic bar-coding of the entire population.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_Brentford_Trilogy.html (110 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Robert Rankin - Author
		Brentford is described lovingly as a Shangri-la, a Utopia of sunshine and contentment, and a place where extraordinary things happen to ordinary people, many of whom don't seem in the least surprised.
		This is the second book in the five-part Brentford 'trilogy', but don't worry, all five are independent stories, and are connected only by common characters and locations.
		Not a trilogy, exactly, although the second follows on from the first fairly directly.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A735743 (1070 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Richmond and Twickenham Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Did you ever have any reason to doubt Brentford was the centre of the universe?'', Robert Rankin asks incredulously, If you look it up on an ordnance survey map you would see that it's inside a huge triangle binded by the Great West Road, the Thames and the Grand Union Canal.
		However, his concentration on his literary career at this time didn't go unnoticed by his employers, who were in the business of building motorways: I was fired,'' he admits, I was always being fired - I've been fired from 39 jobs.
		All the characters in my books are people I met in Brentford - mostly with their real names - except John O'Mally, who was a school friend.
	www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=445563 (614 words)

	W Brentford at Local.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		BRENTFORD SD MUSEUMS and HISTORY TRAVEL in SOUTH DAKOTA - Quickly search 1000's of tours and destination guides for brentford sd as well as...
		Brentford offered very little in front of goal and Town ran out easy winners with...
		Brentford Football Club non official forum for Brentford FC fans...
	www.local.co.uk /Brentford/W (246 words)

	Robert Rankin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Robert Rankin is the best-selling author of The Brentford Trilogy, The Sprouts of Wrath and more recently Armageddon: The Musical, and Armageddon The B Movie: They Came and Ate Us.
		That was the end of the stall but we had some great games of golf which turned up as allotment golf in The Brentford Triangle because we got thrown off all the golf courses for bad behavior so we had to invent a new form of golf called allotment golf.
		The reason for the third Brentford book was that I had done a two book deal after the first one so the publishers wanted another Brentford book.
	www.asmodeus.free-online.co.uk /robert.htm (2416 words)

	Sproutlore - Brentcon 1
		As Brentford has always held a special place in the heart of all club members, we put our thinking caps on at Sproutlore Central, and decided to celebrate this release, by way of a big party.
		The theatre will be the area we will be using, and we are intending to bring you a number of talks or panels to rivet you to your seats, make you gasp in awe and generally astound and entertain you (hopefully).
		These will be based upon the various aspects of The Brentford Trilogy - from 'The Mythology of the Brentford Area' through to 'The Science of the Brentford Books', along with a signing of Knees Up Mother Earth in the evening.
	www.sproutlore.com /events/brentcon/brentcon.php (419 words)

	Robert Rankin books : Lovereading UK
		If I tell you this is the prequel to the five books of the Brentford Trilogy you will get an idea of the wacky nature of this man. Fans need no introduction, newcomers prepare to be enthralled.
		However, something sinister is afoot in Brentford, and it is up to the regulars of The Flying Swan to...
		All over Brentford electrical appliances were beginning to fail, could it be that it had been chosen as the first base in an alien onslaught on...
	www.lovereading.co.uk /author/31 (1103 words)

	The Richmond Review, Book Review, The Brentford Chainstore Massacre by Robert Rankin
		They are all set in Brentford, and centre around the lives of Jim Pooley and John Omally: a pair of happy-go-lucky men who always seem to get involved in the fight of Good against Evil.
		From this premise much is drawn, including mental time travel, a search for the Brentford Scrolls, a couple of fights and parties and even a quick soujourn into Penge by an all too direct descendant of Christ who also takes part in the sub-plot of the book.
		Towards the end of the book, the reader is left in suspense as to how Rankin is going to tie up all of the plots, something he does in a typical (and spectacular) Deus Ex Machina manner that does not disappoint.
	www.richmondreview.co.uk /books/brentfor.html (489 words)

	Robert Rankin, a bibliography - Humourous SF/Fantasy - armageddon,brentford
		Synopsis: A sequel to "The Antipope", this is the second novel in "The Brentford Trilogy".
		However, something sinister is afoot in Brentford, and it is up to the regulars of The Flying Swan to save the world as we know it.
		And just in time, for the evil fairies of Brentford are planning to conquer the world.
	www.edlin.org /sf/eng/humour/rankin_bibl.html (955 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Brentford Triangle (The Brentford Trilogy): Books: Robert Rankin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The story is once again down to earth in Brentford, dealing with people you could pass in the street, but who are doing the most fantastic things.
		On one hand we have a new craze for the golf fanatics being played out in allotment Brentford, we have an extraterrestrial plot to take the Earth as a new home world and we have a crazy man who claims to have found some of Gods treasures.
		"The Brentford Trilogy" is one of the most sincere and thought proveking works you are ever likely to find.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Brentford-Triangle-Trilogy/dp/0552138428 (1215 words)

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		Brentford Trilogy #3: East of Ealing pb (1993)
		Brentford Trilogy #4: Sprouts of Wrath pb (1994)
		Brentford Trilogy #5: Brentford Chainstore Massacre pb (1998)
	aukon.sf.org.nz /Rankin.htm (714 words)

	BRENTFORD TRIANGLE by ROBERT RANKIN from Pickabook Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A classic children's history of Britain from the Romans to the death of Queen Victoria.
		A sequel to "The Antipope", this is the second novel in "The Brentford Trilogy".
		All over Brentford electrical appliances were beginning to fail, could it be that it had been chosen as the first base in an alien onslaught on planet Earth?
	www.pickabook.co.uk /cgi/bkdetail.php?isbn=0552138428 (196 words)

	Knees up Mother Earth (Brentford Trilogy… by Robert Rankin \| LibraryThing
		A sequel for two of Rankin’s ongoing series (The Brentford Trilogy, of which this is Book Seven, and the Witches Of Chiswick Trilogy, of which this is Book Two), and one that would have been better to read before the World Cup, since it’s about football.
		In which Jim Pooley must coach Brentford's football team to win the FA cup to prevent armageddon.
		Slightly confusing, in that Norman the shopkeeping inventor is still married to Peg, but in all "previous" novels in the Brentford "trilogy", she'd left him long since.
	www.librarything.com /work/48758 (258 words)

	Brentford (Middlesex) - A town to remember - email from Jim Jefferies - Brentford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Have you looked at www.friendsreunited.co.uk, there are some super stories amongst the Brentford schools memory boards.
		Also, Have you read the Brentford Trilogy by Robert Rankin.
		Titles are The Antipope, The Brentford Triangle, East of Ealing and The Sprouts of Wrath.
	www.brentford.inuk.com /jimi.htm (222 words)

	The Recommended Author List Q-Z
		This is a trilogy, so you'll want to have all the books in hand before you start reading.
		The story is currently made up of a trilogy, followed by a four book seriers, with the fourth book the final one (for the moment).
		Originally announced as a trilogy, it has been several years now and there is no third book in sight.
	www.sff.net /people/Amy.Sheldon/listqz.htm (5686 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Brentford Triangle at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Whilst some readers may baulk at this treatment of their firmly held beliefs, I find this to be a refreshing change and a great antidote to the reams of paper that are wasted on printing “serious” books of this nature.
		The writing is both verbose, and at once tight which, added to the comic value of the book, creates an effect which one might not ordinarily expect from the genre.
		Rankin’s use of language in The Brentford Triangle continues where The Antipope left off, lending an air of grace and dignity to the absurd and silly.
	www.epinions.com /content_148812041860 (622 words)

	Griffinpark.org - Robert Rankins new book
		In this, the first ever Book of Brentford, which is also the second book in The Witches of Chiswick trilogy, the Father of Far Fetched Fiction spins an epic yarn which will no doubt become a modern classic.
		A former resident of Brentford and Writer in Residence at the Watermans, the streets, pubs and characters of the area are a common theme in the Brentford Trilogy.
		It says on the cover 'Brentford Chainstore Massacre' is number 5 in the trilogy.
	www.griffinpark.org /forums/showthread.php?t=28048 (1096 words)

	Sproutlore - Sproutlore Reviews
		The Second adventure in the Brentford Trilogy is an extremely addictive read.
		Not only for the quality of the story, but for the sheer absurdity of the mind of the author.
		The time is soon to come when they re-take the planets surface, all they have to do is wait for their fellow Cereans to return from outer space.
	www.sproutlore.com /reviews/reviews.php?review=9 (312 words)

	Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with author Robert Rankin
		A very talented writer, loves Brentford and is a rock 'n' roller at heart...
		My ambition was always to make a living "out of my head", I wanted to do something creative, I spent nine years living in Brentford and there met all the folk who people my books.
		There is something really magical about Brentford and I think I was lucky enough to tap into it.
	www.getreadytorock.com /bstage_heroes/robert_rankin.htm (806 words)

	Amazon.com: East of Ealing (The Brentford Trilogy): Books: Robert Rankin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Sprouts of Wrath (The Brentford Trilogy) by Rankin
		The Antipope and The Brentford Triangle - the first and second novels in the now legendary Brentford Trilogy - are also available in Corgi.
		East of Ealing, a part of the "infamous" 5 book Brentford trilogy, will not disappoint the fans of the series.
	www.amazon.com /Ealing-Brentford-Trilogy-Robert-Rankin/dp/0552138436 (1075 words)

	Sproutlore - The Now Official Robert Rankin Fan Club
		In his search for the missing pub of Brentford, the now legendary Flying Swan, Raymond stumbles upon an evil plan to take over the world.
		Stretching the Brentford Trilogy to seven volumes, this book sees the return of Pooley and Omally and all our old favourites.
		The Brentford football ground is in trouble, and our heroes are prepared to do whatever it takes to save it.
	www.sproutlore.com /books/rankinbooks.php (1619 words)

	extended entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The main characters in the latest #7 or #9 in the trilogy, Pooley and Omalley are back, and they are burdened with trying to save the world.
		There's another side of the Brentford series that's equally amusing, given some of the circles that I've circulated in, there's a number of inside jokes about the esoteric occult.
		Which gets layered in with bawdy humor, body humor, and a pair of lads who really would like nothing better to do than sit at the bar and have a beer while avoiding hard work.
	www.astrofish.net /weblog/more.php?id=1420_0_1_10_M (452 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Brightonomicon, The
		He is the author of The Brentford Trilogy (7 books), The Armageddon Quartet (3 books) and many more.
		Robert Rankin's THE BRENTFORD TRILOGY - seven books and counting - catapulted him into the dizzy heights of "cult success", but over the years that cult following has grown and Robert Rankin is now the second best-selling writer of comic fantasy in Britain, after Terry "He Always Makes Me Laugh" Pratchett.
		Were you aware that there are, hidden in the streets of Brighton, twelve ancient constellations, like the Hangleton Hound and the Bevendean Bat...
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=0575070099 (212 words)

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		This trilogy unusually features two almost completely unconnected heroes: Rex Mundi (a green-skinned human of the early twenty-first century, with possible genetic ties to Harrison Ford), and a gestalt entity comprising Elvis Presley and Barry the Time-Travelling Sprout.
		Next, Rankin turned back to Brentford for a series of novels loosely based on many of the myths that have grown up around Hugo Rune.
		He has said on several occasions that Jim Pooley is himself, and rereading the Brentford books with that in mind generates a serious shift in perspective: Pooley is not a drunken coward; he's a noble, intelligent, charming human being with an overdeveloped sense of self-preservation.
	www.octocon.com /1997/rrankin.htm (691 words)

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