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The Witches Of Chiswick is a novel by the British author Robert Rankin, the title parodying that of The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike. Image File history File links Robert_Rankin_-_The_Witches_of_Chiswick. ...
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Knees Up Mother Earth is the seventh book by Robert Rankin in the Brentford Trilogy, as well as the second book in the The Witches of Chiswick Trilogy. ...
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Plot introduction We have all been lied to. A great and sinister conspiracy exists to keep us from uncovering the truth about our past. Have you ever wondered how Jules Verne and H.G. Wells dreamed up all that fantastic futuristic fiction? Did it ever occur to you that it might just have been based upon fact? That The War Of The Worlds was a true account of real events? That Captain Nemo's Nautilus even now lies rusting at the bottom of the North Sea? That there really was an invisible man? Now you can learn how a cabal of Victorian Witches from the Chiswick Townswomen's Guild, working with advanced Babbage super-computers, rewrote 19th Century history, and how a 23rd Century boy called William Starling uncovered the truth about everything. Jules Verne. ...
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Plot Summary (Spoiler Alert)
The start of "The Witches of Chiswick" trilogy, The Witches of Chiswick is a time travelling adventure story taking place primarily in the 19th and 23rd Centuries. In it, William Starling finds a painting from the 19th Century with the image of a digital watch hidden within it. When he reports these findings to his superiors, William is told the painting is to be destroyed. After saving the painting, he is confronted by his best friend Tim, who in turn tells him the truth about a cabal of witches controlling their world. In an effort to find the truth, William takes a psychotropic drug with a rather interesting effect: the ability to tap into ones' ancestral memories. After learning of events occuring in the 19th century, William and Tim are attacked by a Babbage robot sent from the past, and William escapes to the past via the robot's time machine. Stuck in the 19th Century, William is greeted by Hugo Rune, who explains to Will that he is his direct decendant several dozen times removed. Will also finds out everything concerning the 19th Century history is a lie: Charles Babbage's difference engine was a huge success, providing the growing British Empire with robots, digital watches, airships, and even the first rocket to the moon. As they travel the world, Hugo Rune teaches Will many important lessons to help defeat the witches. After returning to London, Will and Hugo begin searching for the true identity of Jack the Ripper in an effort to discover more about the witches' cabal. In an unfortunate event, Hugo becomes the Ripper's next victim, and Will is left trying to find out where to proceed. He finds a box in Hugo's trunk containing Barry, the Sprout Guardian. After several adventures, ending with Will being accused of being Jack the Ripper, Will uses Barry to return to the future to enlist the aid of Tim, who is actually Will's half-brother and decendant of Hugo Rune. Will and Tim return to the past, meeting an invisible H.G. Wells, the Elephant Man, the Brentford Snail Boy, and even another Will from an alternate future. After finding Hugo's true residence in the Butts Estate, Will and Tim set out to save the 19th Century and the future from the influence of the Witches of Chiswick. After several more time travelling adventures, Will and Tim finally confront the leader of the witches, Count Otto Black, at a circus held in honour of the Queen. Will discovers that Count Otto is actually a Babbage robot, controlled by the Will from the alternate future. "Anti-Will" faces Hugo Rune, travels back in time to prevent the Babbage Difference Engine from being recognized, then returns to the circus to finish his goal of controlling the world. Will lunges for "anti-Will" and the pair are destroyed due to the temporal paradox. Charles Babbage Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher and (proto_) computer scientist who was the first person to come up with the idea of a programmable computer. ...
Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and (proto-) computer scientist who originated the idea of a programmable computer. ...
H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ...
Literary significance & criticism 'Rankin's whimsically dense sing-song patter reads like Douglas Adams crossed with Aaron Sorking by way of Mother Goose.' - Entertainment Weekly
'Rankin's prose is like a mind-expanding drug... beware, lest you find yourself addicted.' - SFX Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a British author, comic radio dramatist, and amateur musician. ...
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SFX is a British science fiction magazine, published every four weeks. ...
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