- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Viking; hardcover edition (2 May 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670845744
- ISBN-13: 978-0670845743
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 282,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this "Red Dwarf" novel Dave Lister has finally found his way back to planet Earth. Unfortunately time is running backwards and pretty soon Dave is going to go through puberty again. His crewmates arrive to save him, however they consist of a robot, a creature evolved from cats and a dead man.
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Dave Lister has finally found his way back to planet Earth. Which is good. What's bad 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.
Still, his crewmates have come to rescue him. Which is good. What's bad is that they consist of a robot with a hyperactive guilt chip, a creature who evolved from cats, and a dead man. And if they fail, Lister will carry on growing younger until he becomes a baby, then an embryo…
And finally, he'll meet a very sticky end indeed. Rejoin the intrepid band of space zeros from Red Dwarf and Better Than Life – Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, Holly and the Cat – as they continue their epic journey through frontal-lobe-knotting realities where none dare venture but the bravest of the brave, the boldest of the bold or the feeblest of the feeble-minded.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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; Ronan's Revenge; Ronan's Rescue, and Future Eden) than you are one pitiful person. "Backwards" was a rip-snorter, penultimately brilliant in every singular whimsical gag, and as thoroghly equal to those such as Douglas Adams, and indefinitely the superior item to "Last Human" which seems a controversy. There should be no bloody doubt, and it is incomprehensible why there would be--"Backwards" is radiant from the beginning (with the Cat *finally* scoring--to the conclusion--Ace Rimmer outshining even the most diligently good angel, and the Red Dwarf crew confronting the horrific agonoids...the ones that make you retch up your intestines. Literally. Great and classical.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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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I love Rob Grant's Books!
A great read! I can add nothing too that really other than very entertaining. I enjoyed it from the front to back and always look forward to his books. Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Cook
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Almost as good as the show!
This audio-book is a edited version of Grants novel, which was converted into a script for the TV show. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2000
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