 First edition | |
| Author | Robert Rankin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Brentford Trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Pan Books and Corgi Adult |
Publication date | 1981 (Pan), 1991 (Corgi) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 249 (Pan edition) 288 (Corgi edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-330-26503-4 (Pan edition) ISBN 978-0-552-13841-3 (Corgi edition) |
| OCLC | 16539882 |
| Followed by | The Brentford Triangle |
The Antipope is a comic fantasy novel by the British author Robert Rankin. It is Rankin's first novel, and the first book in the Brentford Trilogy which, as of 2020[update], consists of 10 novels. The book was first published in 1981 by Pan Books, and from 1991 by Corgi books, an imprint of Transworld Publishers. Although typically found in the science fiction section of bookshops, it is a difficult novel to categorise;[1] Rankin himself joked that he wanted to create a new genre of fiction, called "Far Fetched Fiction", so that he would have his own bookshelf in Smiths.[2]
- ^ BBC's H2G2 article on Robert Rankin
- ^ A quote from an interview at the Octocon conference in 1999, a transcript of which is available here