Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (original 1989; édition 1992)

It works surprisingly well in book form. ( )

It had several good laughs, but overall wasn't something worth 4*. ( )

Ah! The great seeking of 'Hitchhiker's' light! I actually do love this book, and it has such a wonderful media relationship which has allowed me to connect my enjoyment of it with other, less geekier than myself. Still wish the sequels hadn't been so... err... different in tone. ( )

Not particularly a fan. It does get better toward the end, but still felt mostly pointless. ( )

“Red Dwarf” is quite possibly the funniest novel I have ever read. I had never heard about the “Red Dwarf” tv show when I read this, so I was unencumbered by previous knowledge of the show and how the characters were displayed.
Indeed, when I watched a “Red Dwarf” episode a few years later I all but burst into tears at the thought of such a horrible adaption of a hilarious book. I eventually came to lose my hatred for the show but it never equalled the book.

The adventures of a slacker who comes to be the last human ever, sharing a vessel in deep space with a hologram of the man he hated with a passion, a robot, an inbred cat that acts like a human and the all but sentient vessel; a set up for laughs if I ever saw one, and not only does “Red Dwarf” hold the unique claim of being the only book I’ve read twice in a row, it was also my go to book whenever I needed a laugh. I’d just open a page at random and be laughing in moments.

The only drawback I have for “Red Dwarf” is its ending; it’s just too dark against the lighter tone of the rest of the book (if you can call humanity being reduced to just one person a lighter tone). ( )