{"product_id":"how-to-pick-up-girls-by-hypnosis-arnold-rimmers-red-dwarf-in-universe-self-help-manual","title":"How to Pick Up Girls by Hypnosis - Arnold Rimmer's Red Dwarf In Universe Self-Help Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eHOW TO PICK UP GIRLS BY HYPNOSIS – THE RED DWARF BOOK THAT NEVER EXISTED… UNTIL NOW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full 107-page A5 comedy prop book, inspired by the infamous How to Pick Up Girls by Hypnosis mentioned in Red Dwarf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRimmer claimed the original was “full of handy hints”, so this one is too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBOOK DETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• A5 paperback\u003cbr\u003e• 107 interior pages\u003cbr\u003e• Full printed comedy book - not a blank notebook\u003cbr\u003e• Illustrated throughout in a retro textbook\/manual style\u003cbr\u003e• Presented as a 2181 JMC psychiatric publication\u003cbr\u003e• Features the Mesma-Stare\u003cbr\u003e• Packed with diagrams, case studies, Handy Hints, exercises, charts and highly questionable scientific advice\u003cbr\u003e• Designed as an in-universe style collectible rather than simply a book about the programme\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePERFECT FOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the sort of fictional book that looks as though it could have been left lying around a bunk room aboard a mining ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo personality? Delay its discovery.\u003cbr\u003eNo confidence? Simulate it.\u003cbr\u003eNo date? Check the eye, the subject, or the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResults may include dinner, confusion, bruised dignity, disciplinary proceedings and sudden relocation to Pluto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooks are printed to order and can take up to 7 days to despatch, thank you for your patience.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Card Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62557564141955,"sku":"HYPNOSIS","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/5777\/files\/il_794xN.8479886450_476x_a152ba73-d362-4c02-9d16-5cf1250fd5a6.jpg?v=1788692941","url":"https:\/\/www.thatcardshop.co.uk\/products\/how-to-pick-up-girls-by-hypnosis-arnold-rimmers-red-dwarf-in-universe-self-help-manual","provider":"That Card Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}