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Robert Rankin may be one of the most successful fantasy writers in the UK, but he still doesn't know what day it is. Steve Pratt meets himFANTASY writer Robert Rankin said he wasn't expecting my call. Then he discovered he'd forgotten to turn over the page on his calendar and was running a week behind with his appointments."Oh, I'm going to a wedding on Saturday, " he noted, giving our opening gambit a slightly surreal air. All very fitting considering Rankin rates as one of the UK's leading fantasy humourists and was set to talk about The Brightonomicon, a seven CD audiobook chronicling "the outrageous, surreal, offbeat and hilarious adventures" of Hugo (The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived) Rune and his amnesiac assistant, Rizia.What sets this apart from his other work is that his bestselling novel has been adapted into a seven CD audiobook and worldwide digital download with a cast that the press blurb quite rightly claims many a Hollywood movie would die for.David Warner, once called the Hamlet of his generation, heads the cast. Andy Serkis, Jason Isaacs, Ben Miller, Martin Jarvis and Mark Wing-Davey are among others in the impressive cast of a story set in 1960s Brighton, which will inevitably be mentioned in the same breath as The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.The project goes back 12 years, when radio writer and producer Neil Gardner had the idea of recording the book. Finding someone...