A7ce
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Post by A7ce on Feb 24, 2004 9:27:01 GMT -5
Has any one read the novels? They are very very funny, especially when u can read them and relate Rimmer, Cat, Lister etc as we now know them.
Ace Rimmer's intro, Talkie toaster and Lister as as very old man are funny, as is Rimmer as Trixie La Bouche !!!
Classic Stuff
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Post by Lady Stardust on Feb 28, 2004 2:19:00 GMT -5
I've never knew there were books out!
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Post by Sailor Earth on Feb 29, 2004 0:12:03 GMT -5
The books were written before the show was made - really quite different in some ways  I haven't read the books myself but I've heard what they're like, and I will definitely read them all eventually... |
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Post by queeg500 on Feb 29, 2004 18:55:37 GMT -5
the first book infinity welcomes carful drivers was written after series 1 and 2 and the second novel better then life was written after series 3 and the last two backwards and last human were written after series 6, which means that the tv series was written first sorry for being a smart arse  |
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Post by Sailor Earth on Feb 29, 2004 21:24:38 GMT -5
Why have you edited my post?  |
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Post by queeg500 on Mar 1, 2004 5:42:11 GMT -5
i was going for quote but clicked modify by mistake and only noticed it after  sorry about that |
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Post by Sailor Earth on Mar 1, 2004 9:35:17 GMT -5
Ooh right, ok then...
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A7ce
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Post by A7ce on Mar 3, 2004 7:22:26 GMT -5
Gang,
Queeg 500 is right that the books were written after and during filming of episodes.
They are not exact transcripts of the episodes, but a novel in it's own right with amazing sequences and settings u can picture in ur own mind. Some things like talkie toaster, Ace Rimmer are there. Lister is very happily married to Kochanski and has twins Jim and Bexley and lives in Bedford falls- where it always snows.
U call ur selves fans and haven't read the books !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I suggest u ditch the vids and dvds this weekend and start on them this weekend - u just don't know what u seriously r missing. !!!
U just gotta check out Trixie La Bouche !!!
The books are
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers -very funny
Better Than Life- very funny
Backwards - funny
Last Human - not too fond of this one, a bit depressing
U can in the UK get the first 3 books (might even be all 4?) bound into a thick novel -which works out cheaper.
They are roughly 4.99 /5.99 each, I borrowed them of a friend years back to read but have since picked up copies at a car boot sale for 10p each.
I tell u once u start reading one u won't be able to put it down.
Just check out the opening sentences in the first chapters:
Book: Red Dwarf: Infinity
DESCRIBE, USING DIAGRAMS WHERE APPRPOPRIATE, THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO YOUR OWN DEATH.
Saunders had been dead for almost 2 weeks now and so far, he hadn't enjoyed a minute of it.
Book: Better Than Life
Rimmer sat on the open terrace, in his half devastated dinner suit from the night before. Breakfasting with him were five of his stag night companions: John F Kennedy, Vincent Van Gogh, Albert Einstein, Louis XVI and Elvis Presley.
That was a heck of a night' Kennedy sparkled. Einstein snorted in agreement and continued absently buttering the underside of his tie.
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Post by Sailor Earth on Mar 3, 2004 7:44:34 GMT -5
LOL Guess I'd better get readin' then! I've got "The Last Human" but not the others... I think my b/f has them though... But, darn... I'm too damn lazy  I should really finish that Discworld book I started reading earlier this year... |
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NiNongNurl
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Post by NiNongNurl on Mar 17, 2004 8:56:42 GMT -5
it seems I'll have to go do some extreme bookshop browsing!! ;D
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Post by red dwarf addict on Jul 25, 2004 19:28:10 GMT -5
i got 'infinity welcomes careful drivers' and 'last human' today, (25th)
im reading infinity welcomes careful drivers now (i havent read last human yet) it explains EVERYTHING!
why lister joined the space corps, why he smuggled frankenstein on board and a hell of a lot of other things! infact im reading it right now!
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Post by red dwarf addict on Jul 25, 2004 19:35:55 GMT -5
U call ur selves fans and haven't read the books !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now thats rich coming from someone who cant spell ace without putting a 7 in it sorry im just insulted. DEEPLY insulted. since i really started getting into it i have made it my lifelong aim in getting all the books. i now have infinity 'welcomes careful drivers' and 'last human'. i got them today. did you know its quite hard to get the books when your 11? |
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Post by Xylona on Jul 25, 2004 22:31:56 GMT -5
I've just finished reading Backwards and I'm two thirds of the way through the Better than Life unabridged audiobook!! They're all brilliant!!!!! My favourite book is Infinity, but BTL comes a VERY close second!!
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Post by red dwarf addict on Aug 12, 2004 18:51:50 GMT -5
i got rob grant's 'colony' book now!
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Post by Captain Emerald on Oct 24, 2004 13:11:12 GMT -5
That one's awesome. I'm reading Backwards. V. good, but alot more seriouse than the TV series.
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I haven't read the books myself but I've heard what they're like, and I will definitely read them all eventually...
