Nostradamus Ate My Hamster
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Nostradamus Ate My Hamster is a fantasy novel by British
author Robert Rankin
. In it, several seemingly unconnected and nonsensical events come together to make perfect clarity at the end; these include time travel
and an attempted alien invasion
vaguely orchestrated by Hitler.
The plot centers around the aptly named Russell Nice, stuck in a dead-end job at a movie prop selling business, discovering holographic equipment from the future
that allows the holder to create life-like holograms of any movie star
they want. Eventually he becomes entangled in a mass of deceit, lies, and betrayal, all of which centers around a demon
-god with an insect face, and Hitler, who is stuck in the present time with his SS bodyguards, intending to make a film that will influence the world to follow Hitler and his ideals.
Finding himself unable to simply destroy the film or prevent it being made, decides to use the time-travel belts that Hitler's forces had acquired to establish himself as a major film producer in the present, thus ensuring that he will be the one that Hitler's men bring the film to, allowing him to destroy it before it is released.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
author Robert Rankin
Robert Rankin
Robert Fleming Rankin is a prolific British humorous novelist. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999, by which time his previous eighteen books had sold around one million copies...
. In it, several seemingly unconnected and nonsensical events come together to make perfect clarity at the end; these include time travel
Time travel
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
and an attempted alien invasion
Alien invasion
The alien invasion is a common theme in science fiction stories and film, in which extraterrestrial life invades Earth either to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it under a colonial system, harvest humans for food, steal the planet's resources, or destroy the planet altogether.The...
vaguely orchestrated by Hitler.
The plot centers around the aptly named Russell Nice, stuck in a dead-end job at a movie prop selling business, discovering holographic equipment from the future
Future
The future is the indefinite time period after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the nature of the reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist is temporary and will come...
that allows the holder to create life-like holograms of any movie star
Movie star
A movie star is a celebrity who is well-known, or famous, for his or her starring, or leading, roles in motion pictures. The term may also apply to an actor or actress who is recognized as a marketable commodity and whose name is used to promote a movie in trailers and posters...
they want. Eventually he becomes entangled in a mass of deceit, lies, and betrayal, all of which centers around a demon
Demon
call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...
-god with an insect face, and Hitler, who is stuck in the present time with his SS bodyguards, intending to make a film that will influence the world to follow Hitler and his ideals.
Finding himself unable to simply destroy the film or prevent it being made, decides to use the time-travel belts that Hitler's forces had acquired to establish himself as a major film producer in the present, thus ensuring that he will be the one that Hitler's men bring the film to, allowing him to destroy it before it is released.