A ton of fun for anybody who lives the classic science fiction comedy program. The book gives more back story on the main characters, and much of the plot expands on several plot lines from the first two series. It ends on a cliffhanger, a rather dark one, that greatly expands on what was a fairly lighthearted second series episode. A must read for Dwarfers.

This is a brilliant blending of what happened in season 1 with much more detail that they weren't able to put into the show. It's great. And it leads perfectly into [b:Better than Life|73051|Better than Life (Red Dwarf)|Grant Naylor|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170828722s/73051.jpg|1181789]!

I listened to this on audiobook, mainly because I've always wanted to try out audiobooks and never really gotten around to it, but also because it is freely accesible on spotify. Huzzah for spotify.

However, I believe what I listened to was the abridged version, which is slightly upsetting but excites me also: more Chris Barrie doing Scouse and Cockney and every-other accent ever? Yes please.

My rating is partly for the book and partly for the audiobook. I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Barrie: he is an absolutely spectacular character actor and you don't always see that in Red Dwarf. A few moments spring to mind, however: the mechanoid he gets turned into during Mechocracy and the dress-wearing, Mr. Flibble-weilding, holo-virus Rimmer of Quarentine. Have I mentioned I love Red Dwarf? No. Well, I do. More amazing old men that I love.

My childhood was Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Shooting Stars and Bottom. Poor parenting, maybe, but I can't thank them enough for that. Hence this review is probably a little biased and you can take what I say with a pinch of salt.

The story centres around the beginning of the TV programme, but with more canon added. We get a little more backstory of the main characters whilst we pretty much replay many scenes from the show, which for deepnerds is a really nice touch. You get to go beyond what Lister says on telly and find out that he wasn't stupid. Just rather lazy.

The main thing that sold this for me was Chris Barrie. He was superb and at times I forgot it was Chris and not Norman doing Hollie's voice. Even his Cat was impressive, though I notice he didn't attempt any Kochanski which might have been for the best. I think audiobooks are made by the people who read them, so if I ever pick up another it will be based purely on who is reading it.

Douglas Adams comparisons are understandable. Very fun, would be five stars if there was more Cat.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but I have a very soft spot for British Sci Fi.

This book had some really laugh-out-loud funny bits along with a lot of somewhat boring story and fairly immature humor. It was along the lines of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe, but not as good, in my opinion. I think you have to like British humor to like either one.

There's a lot of joking around about time travel, death, etc. One of the main characters actually died near the beginning, but he lived on as a hologram simulation. At one point, he made a copy of himself because nobody liked him, and of course, he and his copy didn't get along either.

It was a fun read, but I started getting tired of it after the first couple of chapters.

The first book I've read that is based on a TV series. I have watched the series before and loved it and I enjoyed the book. It was funny and strange and smeg-tastic. I do however wonder if I would have liked it if I hadn't watched the series.

The characters were more pronounced because I knew them already, the scenes made sense. The antagonism between Lister and Rimmer was just as it was in the series. I enjoyed how some bits were explained a bit more and you got a bit more back story.

Great for a few laughs.