Backwards
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Dave Lister has finally found his way back to the 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 trepid band of space zeroes 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.
Series
2 primary booksRed Dwarf is a 1-book series first released in 1989 with contributions by Grant Naylor and Rob Grant.
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A fun Red Dwarf book, especially so after just slogging through whatever #2 was called. The first third of this book is in a backwards universe where all of the characters' actions need to be interpreted backwards — for example, when they're looking to find their ship and discover it in the woods and need to dig it out a bit, in the normal direction of time they're hiding it. I had weird backwards dreams for a few days while my brain readjusted to thinking about time like this. It was neat.
Part two has fan favorite Ace Rimmer return, who is always a good romp.
And then it sorta falls apart in part three, which is a novelization of the weird western episode. It's fine I guess but is a rather unspectacular ending to an otherwise great book.
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