Scan barcode
brom's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
WOW.
I think this was one of the most brilliant and stupidest books I’ve had the pleasure of reading.
It gives a lot of backstory to the show, and vaguely includes the plots of some early episodes. While the tone is more or less the same, it is a lot darker and pushes a lot further than the show.
Also Rimmer is so deep in the closet I’m surprised he hasn’t arrived in Narnia yet.
I think this was one of the most brilliant and stupidest books I’ve had the pleasure of reading.
It gives a lot of backstory to the show, and vaguely includes the plots of some early episodes. While the tone is more or less the same, it is a lot darker and pushes a lot further than the show.
Also Rimmer is so deep in the closet I’m surprised he hasn’t arrived in Narnia yet.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Sexism, and Suicide
ewh's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
dmcke013's review against another edition
3.0
Back in the late 80s/early 90s, there was a TV show on British terrestial channles, that gained a bit of a cult following: 'Red Dwarf'.
Set on a 6-mile long mining ship in deep space, the early years of Red Dwarf were centred around the odd-couple pairing of Dave Lister (the last known Human alive, who was in a stasis booth - released thousands of years later - when a radiation leak wiped out the crew of the eponymous ship) and Arnold J Rimmer: a hologram of his dead bunk-mate, and perhaps the most annoying man in existence. Added to this are the ships now-senile computer Holly and the Cat: a creature evolved from a cat that Lister had smuggle aboard (and why he was in the stasis booth in the first place).
To this, and round about season 3 (although he first made an appearance in season 2), was added Kryten: a mechanoid with an overactive guilt chip.
Some novels based on a TV show seem to pretty much just repeat the episode scene for scene; others seem to share nothing in common with hteir source material except the name. This, I felt, falls somewhere in the middle: while certain segments of the novel do indeed follow (very) closely to their source, others only use that as their starting-off point. It aslo does a better job of tying the episodes together than the TV show ever could!
Set on a 6-mile long mining ship in deep space, the early years of Red Dwarf were centred around the odd-couple pairing of Dave Lister (the last known Human alive, who was in a stasis booth - released thousands of years later - when a radiation leak wiped out the crew of the eponymous ship) and Arnold J Rimmer: a hologram of his dead bunk-mate, and perhaps the most annoying man in existence. Added to this are the ships now-senile computer Holly and the Cat: a creature evolved from a cat that Lister had smuggle aboard (and why he was in the stasis booth in the first place).
To this, and round about season 3 (although he first made an appearance in season 2), was added Kryten: a mechanoid with an overactive guilt chip.
Some novels based on a TV show seem to pretty much just repeat the episode scene for scene; others seem to share nothing in common with hteir source material except the name. This, I felt, falls somewhere in the middle: while certain segments of the novel do indeed follow (very) closely to their source, others only use that as their starting-off point. It aslo does a better job of tying the episodes together than the TV show ever could!
newcombe74's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
lord_haslam's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
inkjet_knight's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
woocatsuko's review against another edition
funny
4.0
I loved watching Red Dwarf with my brother as a kid, we always joked that he was like Lister. I didn't actually know it had any books until I spotted this in the audiobook store page and decided to give it a go.
I'm probably a bit biased in loving this audiobook due to my love of the TV show, but it still felt just as entertaining, and had a little more thrown in than you would get with the show. Chris Barrie's narration was multi-faceted and brilliant as, we got more insight into Lister as a peron as well more details regarding the characters and how they came to be on Red Dwarf.
I'm probably a bit biased in loving this audiobook due to my love of the TV show, but it still felt just as entertaining, and had a little more thrown in than you would get with the show. Chris Barrie's narration was multi-faceted and brilliant as, we got more insight into Lister as a peron as well more details regarding the characters and how they came to be on Red Dwarf.
tishtashohmygosh's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75