Backwards

Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 1996 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-017150-1
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OCLC Number:
43223834

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Dave Lister has finally found his way back to the planet Earth. Which is good.

What's bad is that time isn't running in quite the right direction. And if he doesn't get off the planet soon, he's going to have to go through puberty again. Backwards.

Still, his crewmates have come to rescue him. Which is good.

What's bad is that they consist of a robot with a hyperactive guilt chip, a creature who evolved from cats, and a dead man. And if they fail, Lister will carry on growing younger until he becomes a baby, then an embryo...

And finally, he'll meet a very sticky end indeed.

Rejoin the trepid band of space zeroes from RED DWARF and BETTER THAN LIFE -- Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, Holly and the Cat -- as they continue their epic journey through frontal-lobe-knotting realities where none dare venture but the bravest of the brave, …

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4 stars

“Believe me, I'd love to join this little expedition, only I suffer from a terrible mental affliction known as “sanity”.”

This is classic Dwarf, really, despite the absence of one of the co-authors. The dialogue is snappy, the backward concepts sufficiently confusing yet rather appetizing all at the same time and the tangential nature of the second half of the book wild enough to convince us which parts of the remaining bits of the TV series were predominantly Grant's work. Really worth the read if you're a fan.

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction