East of Ealing

East of Ealing

Author	Robert Rankin
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	1984
ISBN	9780330282307

East of Ealing is a novel by Robert Rankin published in 1984. It is the third novel in Rankin's Brentford Trilogy.

Plot summary

East of Ealing is a novel in which Pooley and Omally contend with perpetual motion, robots, time travel, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes and an Antichrist fond of microchips. ^[1]

It is a part of the genre of Far Fetched Fiction, a genre originally created by its author. ^[2]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed East of Ealing for White Dwarf #54, and stated that "its best feature is the very funny dialogue of heroes Pooley and Omally" ^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Lynne Bispham (1993) in Vector 172
• Review by Chris Gilmore (1993) in Interzone, #72 June 1993
• Review [German] by Gerd Frey (1999) in Alien Contact, Nummer 35

References

1. Langford, Dave (June 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 54. Games Workshop. p. 24.
2. "East of Ealing (The Brentford Trilogy Book 3) by Robert Rankin". British Authors & Their Books. Retrieved 2025-10-21.