Robert Rankin — Armageddon the Musical

London, Bloomsbury, 1990 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comic post-apocalyptic novel, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this humorous science-fiction novel from prolific author Robert Rankin, in the exceptionally bright publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The first novel in Rankin's Armageddon trilogy.Set in the year 2050, the executives of a television soap opera titled 'The Earthers' decide that the season finale needs to attract more viewers, and that an Armageddon-type event is just what they're looking for. Rankin's novel follows the last few survivors on Earth as they grapple with the end of days.Billed as 'a weird and wonderful romp through the galaxy in the grand tradition of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett', this is an excellent copy of this comedic work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip head, with minor spotting to fore edge of text block. Slight edge wear to head of dust wrapper back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.