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David McK (3770 KP) rated Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2) in Books

Jan 28, 2019 (Updated Sep 8, 2019)  
Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2)
Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2)
Grant Naylor | 1993 | Humor & Comedy, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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7.6 (5 Ratings)
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A straight sequel to 'Red Dwarf: Infinity welcomes careful drivers', this novel starts with the crew of Red Dwarf still trapped inside the hologrammatic computer game Better Than Life, with that taking up (roughly) the first third of the novel.

Unlike its predecessor, which at times seemed to be cramming as many episodes as possible into its length, this novel instead seems to primarily focus on 3 main aspects (episodes) from the TV series on which it is based: Better Than Life, Garbage World and Polymorph. As such, it's also quite a quick read, only taking me something like 1 day to read from start to finish. Ending on a cliff-hanger, this is also the last Red Dwarf book that both Rob Grant and Doug Naylor worked on together, with the next 2 books ('Backwards' and 'Last Human') each written by a separate one of those two authors.