Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1)
I used to love Red Dwarf. I mean LOVE. The turning point for me was season 11 which brought me to the conclusion that it's gone on too long and it should be put to rest. However I still have a fondness for everything that came before. So to read novels of one of my favourite Sci fi sitcom was a welcomed experience. Anyone who's been a fan of the show will recognise many classic moments. As this is written by the show's creators / writers there is a lot of dialogue and scenes taken directly from
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
Well I certainly enjoyed it and do hope to see the show sometime, but it just seemed like a comedic boys party primarily. Still I loved some of the interactions and ideas behind this. I wonder if I'd enjoy the sitcom.
As a huge Red Dwarf fan, I naturally love the four books based on the series too. Chris Barrie is the perfect narrator for this story. Obviously, he *is* Rimmer, but as a former impressionist, he also does wonderful imitations of the other cast members' voices. Great fun for fans of the show, but this could also be enjoyed by those coming to the characters and story for the first time.
Just absolutely awesome stuff! Such a fun read and funny as hell. Reminiscent of Douglas Adams but certainly not a direct copy. If anything perhaps more brilliant in some areas and a bit inferior in others. The whole bit about Rimmer making a copy of himself was just phenomenal. Want to dive right into the sequel but Im in the middle of too many other books at the moment. But grand. Highly recommended!
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
Grant Naylor
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 298 pages Rating: 4.06 | 25355 Users | 464 Reviews
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Original Title: | Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers; Better Than Life |
ISBN: | 0451452011 (ISBN13: 9780451452016) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Red Dwarf #1 |
Characters: | The Cat, Holly, David Lister, Arnold Rimmer, Kryten |
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The first lesson Lister learned about space travel was you should never try it. But Lister didn't have a choice. All he remembered was going on a birthday celebration pub crawl through London. When he came to his senses again, with nothing in his pockets but a passport in the name of Emily Berkenstein.So he did the only thing he could. Amazed to discover they would actually hire him, he joined the space corps----and found himself aboard Red Dwarf, a spaceship as big as a small city that, six or seven years from now, would get him back to Earth. What Lister couldn't forsee was that he'd inadvertently signed up for a one--way jaunt three million years into the future---a future which would see him the last living member of the human race, with only a hologram crew mate and a highly evolved cat for company. Of course, that was before the ship broke the light barrier and things began to get really weird...
List Containing Books Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1)
Title | : | Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1) |
Author | : | Grant Naylor |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 298 pages |
Published | : | September 1st 1992 by Roc (first published 1989) |
Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Humor. Comedy |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 25355 Users | 464 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1)
Red Dwarf is a funny science fiction novel about a drunk called Lister. An epic drunk who contrary to real-life drunks is actually a nice guy. One day Lister and friends start drinking in London and eventually wakes up on a moon near Saturn. Shouldnt be a problem, right? Except he has no money and doesnt know anybody on the moon.Lister joins the Space Corps in the hope of one day returning to Earth. He survives an accident in stasis, that kills the rest of the crew of the ship he is on andI used to love Red Dwarf. I mean LOVE. The turning point for me was season 11 which brought me to the conclusion that it's gone on too long and it should be put to rest. However I still have a fondness for everything that came before. So to read novels of one of my favourite Sci fi sitcom was a welcomed experience. Anyone who's been a fan of the show will recognise many classic moments. As this is written by the show's creators / writers there is a lot of dialogue and scenes taken directly from
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
Well I certainly enjoyed it and do hope to see the show sometime, but it just seemed like a comedic boys party primarily. Still I loved some of the interactions and ideas behind this. I wonder if I'd enjoy the sitcom.
As a huge Red Dwarf fan, I naturally love the four books based on the series too. Chris Barrie is the perfect narrator for this story. Obviously, he *is* Rimmer, but as a former impressionist, he also does wonderful imitations of the other cast members' voices. Great fun for fans of the show, but this could also be enjoyed by those coming to the characters and story for the first time.
Just absolutely awesome stuff! Such a fun read and funny as hell. Reminiscent of Douglas Adams but certainly not a direct copy. If anything perhaps more brilliant in some areas and a bit inferior in others. The whole bit about Rimmer making a copy of himself was just phenomenal. Want to dive right into the sequel but Im in the middle of too many other books at the moment. But grand. Highly recommended!
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
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