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Posted By: Bmat Sep 05, 2003 - 01:51 pm

Red Dwarf

Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

By Grant Naylor

ROC, 1992

Lister tried to save enough money to get home. He had awakened after a party to find himself on Mimas, a small moon. Mimas was such a depressing place, that Lister kept drinking up any money he had managed to save. He decided to sign up for a job on the mining ship Red Dwarf that would eventually get him back to Earth.

Aboard the Red Dwarf, more bad luck struck Lister when he refused to give up the cat he had brought aboard and was sentenced to a time in statis. When he came out of stasis, he found that all other human life on the ship had perished three million years ago. His only company was the computer, a hologram, and a being evolved from the cat.

Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers tells the beginning of Lister’s story as he strives to find a way to return to Earth even though it is possible that there are no more humans alive in the universe. Lister enjoys tormenting the Hologram Rimmer, who died in the accident that killed the humans. The computer, Holly, brought Rimmer back as a hologram to keep Lister company. Rimmer is unhappy about being dead, especially since he has to suffer being around Lister whose idea of cleaning his clothes is to beat them with a hammer until they are soft enough to put on. Meanwhile we enjoy meeting the other entities on the ship and seeing how they live.

The humor seems similar to that of Douglas Adams. It is a book that one will read more than once just because of the amusement value.

For those who enjoy the Red Dwarf television series, the book will be great fun. Those who have not seen the television series should still find the book entertaining. It is light science fiction that is mainly character based, and the science part is mainly just stated as a fact and not developed. The end of the book is surprising, and there are more books in the series. I had read the advice to buy at least the sequel, Red Dwarf: Better Than Life, when buying Infinity, and I agree. The book is entertaining enough to encourage reading of the next book.

Posted By: fiftytwo Sep 06, 2003 - 09:41 am

Red Dwarf is great stuff.

Posted By: Aldan Sep 06, 2003 - 09:44 am

Well, the sci-fi in Star Wars is also no more than scenery, so that shouldn't matter.

Posted By: Twilight Nov 13, 2004 - 12:52 pm

The Reddwarf Books are my favourite i have ever read. They are clever, sometimes fairly dark but make you laugh milk out of your nose, even if your not drinking milk.

I think Reddwarf has influenced my style of writing, you can check out my "Martial Way" short story on the Short Story forum.

I just wish they would write the 5th one but they are concentrating on the Reddwarf Movie.

Simon

Posted By: Magus Nov 15, 2004 - 05:48 am

I haven't read it before, but it sounds rather interesting. It would definately be one that I'd read.

Posted By: Twilight Nov 15, 2004 - 01:14 pm

My Favourite Reddwarf book is the 4th one but i cannot remember it's name at the moment. The first part is when they go to a world where time travels backwards. It is written in such a clever way because part one is about a backwards police story. It starts with the killer coming out of jail and then being chased backwards by the police, for a long while, to the murder when he un-murders someone. and it goes on like that.

Simon

Posted By: Magus Nov 17, 2004 - 02:08 pm

Oh, it's a series. I didn't realise that. Makes it even more intruiging.

IT MUST BE READ BY ME!!!



**I think I got a little carried away.**

Posted By: Twilight Nov 18, 2004 - 07:47 am

lol,
Yeah there are 4 books in total. Doug Naylor and Rob Grant wrote the 1st and 2nd one together. The 3rd and 4th they done individually. These are my favourite books, they had me in laughing fits threw the entire series.

If you have read hitch hikers guide to the galaxy you will like this.

Simon

Posted By: Magus Nov 19, 2004 - 03:55 am

I haven't read it, but my sister has the first four books and it's required reading next year. I hear it's good.

42!!!

Posted By: Starfire Nov 19, 2004 - 06:13 pm

I have the bootleg American pilot of the Red Dwarf Sitcom. I used to watch it every Sunday night on public television. I had no idea there were even books.

My favorite character is Cat. He gets the best lines. He always talking about his clothes. In one episode Rimmer, cat, and that robot they brought in for the later seasons are being threatend by some woman who is trying to kill them. All he can talk about is how embarassed he is that he is wearing the same outfit as the last time they ran into her. He even tries to convince her that it just looks like the same outfit. Rimmer makes a lot sarcastic "thanks for sharing comments"

I need to break those out.

Posted By: Magus Nov 19, 2004 - 06:25 pm

That kind of reminds me of that one episode of Seinfeld where Jerry wonders if this one woman he's seeing is wearing the same outfit or"has a closet full of them like Superman".

Posted By: Twilight Nov 20, 2004 - 01:38 pm

I have never seen the american series. The characters are all different because the lister from the main reddward series had a strong liverpudlian accent and apprently no one could understand him. so they changed the cast but don't see how that could work.

Simon