Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

Red Dwarf (often referred to as Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers to differentiate from the television series) is a book written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and published in 1989, and is based on the first two series of the sci-fi comedy television show Red Dwarf. Its main feature is that it gives the reader a much deeper insight into the characters of Lister and Rimmer than the television series, and also gives a lot of background information a... more

Red Dwarf (often referred to as Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers to differentiate from the television series) is a book written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and published in 1989, and is based on the first two series of the sci-fi comedy television show Red Dwarf. Its main feature is that it gives the reader a much deeper insight into the characters of Lister and Rimmer than the television series, and also gives a lot of background information about the human race at the time of Red Dwarf. It contains scenes and elements from the episodes The End, Future Echoes, Kryten, Me² and Better Than Life. The audiobook version is read by Chris Barrie. The book begins in 2180. Most of the solid planets and moons in the solar system have been colonised. Commercialism is still rife, and most of Earth's natural resources have been depleted. Orbiting Saturn is the Spanish-owned moon of Mimas, a major supply port in the Solar System. This is where the reader is introduced to Lister, working as a... less