- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (4 April 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140124381
- ISBN-13: 978-0140124385
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Based on the TV series, this book is a sequel to "Red Dwarf". The characters of Rimmer, Cat and Kryten are trapped in a computer game which can transport players directly to the world of imagination, a world where each player can enjoy fabulous success. The only catch is that the game kills.
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Rimmer sat on the open terrace, in his half-devastated dinner suit of the night before, and gazed down at the metallic blue time machine, drunkenly parked skew-whiff in the ornamental gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the equally hilarious sequel to Red Dwarf, so you really want to make sure you read the first book before reading this one. As the novel opens, our heroes--the bumbling yet enterprising David Lister, who is now millions of miles as well as three million years away from the earth he unintentionally left when he got royally drunk on his 25th birthday, the born loser Arnold Rimmer, whose string of incredibly bad luck in life continues unabated in death, the Cat, a humanoid feline cat with at least eight and a half of his nine lives devoted to his own vanity and self-worship, and Kryten, the mechanoid who takes commitment to service, especially when it involves cleaning things, way too far--are trapped inside the highly addictive (and illegal) VR game called Better Than Life, each enjoying his own brand of subconsciously created paradise. With their actual bodies wasting away due to lack of nourishment, they must find a way to escape the game and return to reality. Reality, though, does not welcome them back with open arms. Among the crises the crew of the Red Dwarf must now face are the virtual death of the onboard computer, an impending collision with a very large planet, the capture of their ship by a black hole, a crash-landing on a planet used as a system-wide garbage dump, time dilations, and even death.
This book may be even funnier than the first Red Dwarf novel. By now, the reader has come to know and "love" the characters, so the authors can just propel them into one humorous situation after another without wasting time setting up the jokes. As an added bonus, the characters seem to really evolve emotionally by the end of the book, and we also find out (as if we didn't already know) the major "problem" each character suffers from (anger, guilt, vanity, cowardice). Rimmer, though dead, actually shows a nice, thoughtful human side on occasion. If you were trapped in a room with any of these characters, you would probably be ready to strangle them before too many hours, but the ability to watch their interactions from the safety of your own reality makes for some of the best comedy ever put on paper. You will laugh out loud at least once, and you will wish the book would never end. I haven't seen any of the Red Dwarf TV episodes, but I can't imagine they could be any funnier than the books.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the sequel to the first Red Dwarf book, and continues where the first one ended.
It is classic Red Dwarf, which means the gags come quick and fast, and the characters Rimmer, Lister, Kryten and the Cat are once again forced into ridiculous scenarios. The book is laugh out loud funny in a number of places, and is we worth re-reading.
If I had a criticism, it would be there is very little of Kryten or the Cat in this book. I found this to be a waste.
Overall though, for fans of Red Dwarf, this is a must read.
It is classic Red Dwarf, which means the gags come quick and fast, and the characters Rimmer, Lister, Kryten and the Cat are once again forced into ridiculous scenarios. The book is laugh out loud funny in a number of places, and is we worth re-reading.
If I had a criticism, it would be there is very little of Kryten or the Cat in this book. I found this to be a waste.
Overall though, for fans of Red Dwarf, this is a must read.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is actually the weakest red dwarf novel, but if your a fan you'll love it anyway. I thought Lister in high peril with the acid rain storm was the stand out moment- its spin chilling! There is also a pleasing amount of Holly in this one(and talkie toaster- though some might not think thats a good thing). Kryten is strangley underused, as is the Cat, but if you a Rimmer fan you'll love his destruction of BTl. There is also an interesting concept of earth being turned into a Garbage planet and he ending (as always) is lovely. I would call this a solid dwarf novel- where as 'Infinity' and 'Last Human' are the must reads.
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reading for boys
my son doesn't read books. He was read to constantly as a child and loved stories but never took the idea of reading for himself(except for sports magazines). Read more
Published 17 months ago by f100
Everquest junkies started here!
"Better than Life" is a dangerous game, like piers Anthony's Hypnogourds, you forget to eat, sleep, and could die from playing it. How to address this with humor and with? Read more
Published on 11 May 2002 by Mary Gollihugh
Rather good book
I liked the first book in this series much better. This book is good if you've read the first and just cant get enough, though it does not live up to the humor of the first in... Read more
Published on 12 April 2000
Provacative, funny, and all around YUMMY!
Once again the dazzling duo of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor have wowed Red Dwarf fans everywhere with the sequel to Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 1999
So funny you wont believe it !!
If you really want to enjoy this book you should read the first in the series. All the crew of Red Dwarf are in a virtual reality simulation called Better Than Life which... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 1999
Mildly confusing, not as good as 'Infinity'
Although a good book, it is not nearly as good as 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers' as the authors take too much time to leave the Better Than Life scenario and go back to... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 1999
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