How to Pick Up Girls by Hypnosis - Arnold Rimmer's Red Dwarf In Universe Self-Help Manual

HOW TO PICK UP GIRLS BY HYPNOSIS – THE RED DWARF BOOK THAT NEVER EXISTED… UNTIL NOW

A full 107-page A5 comedy prop book, inspired by the infamous How to Pick Up Girls by Hypnosis mentioned in Red Dwarf.

Written entirely in-universe by Dr Lucas McLaren, Chief Psychiatric Counsellor of the Jupiter Mining Corporation, this Third Reassuringly Revised Edition, 2181 takes one throwaway gag and turns it into an absurdly detailed shipboard guide to romance, hypnosis and avoiding complete social humiliation.

Rimmer claimed the original was “full of handy hints”, so this one is too.

Inside, Dr McLaren presents a supposedly scientific approach to courtship, including the revolutionary Ocular Pretext, the legendary Mesma-Stare, subject-receptivity assessment, approved chat-up lines and the celebrated Wormdo Technique.

The book also covers clothing, alcohol, workplace romance, rejection, the science of love and the infamous Lorraine Case Study, proving that even a man with very limited romantic promise can occasionally secure a dinner date under sufficiently unusual circumstances.

Expect plenty of references and jokes for fans to spot, including Rimmer's romantic theories, skutters, vending machines, artificial noses, Space Corps bureaucracy and enough psychological terminology to make complete nonsense sound worryingly authoritative.

BOOK DETAILS

• A5 paperback
• 107 interior pages
• Full printed comedy book - not a blank notebook
• Illustrated throughout in a retro textbook/manual style
• Presented as a 2181 JMC psychiatric publication
• Features the Mesma-Stare
• Packed with diagrams, case studies, Handy Hints, exercises, charts and highly questionable scientific advice
• Designed as an in-universe style collectible rather than simply a book about the programme

PERFECT FOR

Red Dwarf fans, British sci-fi comedy collectors, TV prop enthusiasts, unusual book collectors and anyone looking for a genuinely different gift for someone who already owns all the obvious merchandise.

This is the sort of fictional book that looks as though it could have been left lying around a bunk room aboard a mining ship.

No personality? Delay its discovery.
No confidence? Simulate it.
No date? Check the eye, the subject, or the universe.

Results may include dinner, confusion, bruised dignity, disciplinary proceedings and sudden relocation to Pluto.

Books are printed to order and can take up to 7 days to despatch, thank you for your patience.

James Bishop has now published over 20 books, from his first two children’s picture books inspired by the adventures he shares with his daughter, Josie, to many more beyond! His first book, My Daddy Rides a Motorbike, began when Josie sat on his motorcycle at just seven months old. A photograph of that moment became the spark for a story, which James developed during the coronavirus pandemic with the help of illustrator and friend Steve Coles. What started as a personal Christmas present for Josie quickly grew into a published book that found an audience among families and motorbike enthusiasts alike. James has now created book of jokes, memes, colouring and cooking. Whatever your interest, I'm sure there's a book for it!

Postage: Books are printed to order and can take up to 7 days to despatch, thank you for your patience.