Better Than Life is a science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Red Dwarf creator/writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. The main story was developed, and expanded, from the Red Dwarf episode of the same name.
Better Than Life was the first Red Dwarf novel to receive its first print run in hardback edition. The previous novel Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers was only being printed in paperback. As with that first novel, B...
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Better Than Life is a science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Red Dwarf creator/writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. The main story was developed, and expanded, from the Red Dwarf episode of the same name.
Better Than Life was the first Red Dwarf novel to receive its first print run in hardback edition. The previous novel Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers was only being printed in paperback. As with that first novel, Better Than Life became a best seller and was reproduced in paperback, omnibus and audio cassette versions. Two further novels Last Human and Backwards followed in 1995 and 1996 respectively.
Following on from Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, Lister, Rimmer and The Cat have discovered a cache of 'Better Than Life' headbands in one of the sleeping quarters. They fantasise that they board the Nova 5 and use its Duality Jump drive to return to Earth.
Lister settles down with a woman who looks exactly like Kristine Kochanski in Bedford Falls,...
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