This is the third adventure of the unlikely space heroes of the cult TV hit Red Dwarf – Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, Holly and the Cat – as they continue their epic journey through frontal-lobe-knotting realities. We join them just as Dave Lister has finally found his way back to planet Earth – which is good. What’s bad, however, is that time isn’t running in quite the right direction. And if he doesn’t get off the planet soon, he’s going to have to go through puberty again – backwards. If his crewmates can’t help him, Lister will carry on growing younger until he becomes a baby, then an embryo, meeting a very sticky end indeed.
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By Christopher Morris
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But Grant and Naylor doing their seperate things just isn't right... the guys are a gestalt entity for Christ's sake. Their whole becomes much greater than the sum of their parts.
As with the other Dwarf books this is arguably better than the TV series, with all the characters fleshed out a lot more believably, and storylines briefly touched on in the shows are expanded into actuality.
This book IS funny, and this book DOES have a good story. It's just a shame the trilogy couldn't have ended the way it was meant to. With Doug Naylor sharing the typewriter.
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A fantastic peice of science-fiction comedy that outshines Doug Naylor's "last Human" in every way. Very well written and has an intrigueing plot that, while it borrows its general situations from episodes from the series, does not spend its time rehashing the same plot twists and verbal interchanges. "last human" contained many conversations and jokes between characters that where merely carbon copies from the tv scripts, very lazy indeed. "Backwards", however, develops the basic ideas of several episodes and turns them into something new and wonderful. I have read this book at least five or six times since I first read it and i'm sure I will again. If you like Rob Grants humour then I would highly recommend his other book "incompetence". it is laugh out loud funny very very often. Great Book!
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When the writing partnership of doug nalor and rob grant broke up, they both wrote sequiles to btl and after reading both it is easy to see that rob grant did story lines and doug naylor did the jokes. the plot is exciting and the ending is fantastic but it needs more jokes.
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Great read
I can't recommend the Red Dwarf books highly enough. A must read for all fans of the TV show; even though most of the plot is covered in the shows, the books are all gripping and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jozxyqk
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amazing book but i suggest that if you have not seen red dwarf befor then watch it so you can fully appreciate this book. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2009 by Jack Hill
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Excellllllent!
If you've seen the red dwarf series your gunna love it!
It incorporates a few of the episodes and its very good! Read more
It incorporates a few of the episodes and its very good! Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2009 by Ms. E. Roberts
2.0 out of 5 stars
Grant , how could you be bitter enough to foist this on us??
You can tell which writers do what on Red Dwarf after reading this and The Last Human. Naylor is the plot and comedy genius ie the Skinner of the two and Grant is the Baddiel (ie... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2008 by theone&only
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Entertaining, but...
I bought this book, along with Doug Naylor's effort "Last Human" a couple of months ago to bring to University with me. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2004 by H. Playford
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a worthy addition to the first 2 Red Dwarf books
After the joint ventures of Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and Better Than Life, Rob and Doug chose to write separate novels branching from the end of Better than life. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2003 by The Chad Who Loved Me
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An action packed Sci-fi exposion of comedy..
I have been a huge Red Dwarf for many years, and just recently I blew the cobwebs off the bookshelf and decided to give BACKWARDS a read again. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2002
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just like the TV show: heading rapidly downhill
Backwards is beautifully written. It's also not funny. It successfully highlights Rob Grant's peculiar fascination with persecuting the characters he created, and does little else. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2001
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What a fantastic book!!
This is definately one of the best red dwarf books available. Its funny, exciting and sometimes even spine chilling. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2001
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Damnable berks
Those people who regard "Backwards" any less highly than the miscellaneous Red Dwarf gems that abound or the other novels I have reviewed (Roman Blood; 101 Damnations;... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2000
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