Aliens Invaded My Talent Show!

Description

'Great fun' Danny WallaceEric Doomsday loves doing magic tricks. Even though his best friend, Vinnie Mumbles, thinks they're great, they do always seem to go a bit... wrong. When some very important School Inspectors threaten to close down Eric's school, his headmistress decides to put on a talent show. A talent show with Eric in it. And Eric's magic tricks. Thank goodness the Earth isn't being inspected by aliens at the same time! Because magic, aliens and talent shows are sure to be a horrible mix... Aren't they?

Matt Brown holds degrees in Chemistry (BSc) and Biomolecular Science (MRes). He has served as a scientific editor and writer at both Reed Elsevier and Nature Publishing Group, and has contributed to several previous science books, including Defining Moments in Science (2008, Cassell) and 1001 Inventions That Changed the World (2009, Cassell). He served as the Royal Institution's quiz-master for several years, and has also put on science quizzes for the Royal Society, Manchester Science Museum, STEMPRA and the Hunterian Museum. He recently gave a lecture about Michael Faraday while rotating around the London Eye. With comedian Helen Keen, he co-hosted a series of successful 'Spacetacular!' science-themed stage shows, culminating in a sell-out 2013 show at Leicester Square Theatre. Matt is also the author of London Day and Night (2015, Batsford), as well as forthcoming books Everything You Know About London is Wrong and Everything You Know About England is Wrong (also from Batsford). He also serves as Editor-at-Large of Londonist.com.

A pitch-perfect laugh out loud joy of a read * Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild * A recommendation for fans of funny books - I giggled and guffawed the whole way through. * Books for Topics * An awesome book for fans of awesomeness - Matt Brown is very, very funny * Dermot O'Leary, TV presenter and author of Toto the Ninja Cat * This brilliantly bonkers, irreverent and off-the-wall story is certainly guaranteed to hit all the right comedy buttons. * Lancashire Evening Post * This is a great, fun, funny book * Danny Wallace, comedian and author of Hamish and the Worldstoppers *