Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling
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| Author | Ricky Gervais |
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| Illustrator | Rob Steen |
| Cover artist | Rob Steen |
| Language | English |
| Series | Flanimals series |
| Subject | Creatures |
| Genre | Humour |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Hardback |
| ISBN | 0-571-23851-3 |
| OCLC | 166315039 |
| Preceded by | Flanimals of the Deep |
| Followed by | Flanimals: Pop Up |
Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling (ISBN 0571238513) is the fourth book in the Flanimals series from British comedian Ricky Gervais and illustrator Rob Steen.
The book was published on 4 October 2007 and focuses on the Flanimals teaming up against an enormous swarm of Bletchling, a species that seeks to wipe out all other Flanimal life. The hardcover version of the book comes with a poster featuring a Clunge Ambler and a Molf, in a parody of the movie Jaws.
List of Flanimals
- Bletchling – a 'super-Blug', an insectoid with a brain evil on a molecular level.
- Zub – a fatter, fuzzy Vap.
- Vap – similar to a wasp.
- Hord Shuffler – a blind blug that scuttles around.
- Monk Worm – larval stage of Frag Drier.
- Frag Drier – a hyperactive Flanimal similar to a dragonfly.
- Mov – a moth-like creature that will cling onto your arm.
- Bant – social Blugs who are constantly busy.
- Klunt – a Flanimal with sharp teeth.
- Pseudo Klunt – mimics the Klunt, but has no teeth.
- Hapless Prey – draws attention to itself by sweating.
- Bleak – a gigantic Flanimal with no digestive fluids.
- Loan Figger – a bipedal frog-like creature.
- Goof Mump- appears in one scene but not described. It is green and goofy-looking in appearance and has stubby plane like wings.
- Strankulator- a purple, Crocodile-like Flanimal that lives in rivers. It tends to eat any Flanimal that comes too close.
See also
External links
- Official Website
- Flanimals on Ricky Gervais's site
- Flanimals on Rob Steen's site
- Faber and Faber - UK publisher of all the 'Flanimals' books
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