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Red Dwarf: Better Than Life

By: Grant Naylor
Narrated by: Chris Barrie
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About this listen

Red Dwarf - Better Than Life is the second and final instalment of this hilarious sci-fi comedy.

Narrated by Chris "Rimmer" Barrie, Better Than Life finds the crew trapped in a mind-boggling computer game that is threatening their lives and safety of the ship. One by one, they enter the game to rescue each other - and one by one, they become trapped! Holly will have to use his mega brain to solve this one.

©1994 Grant Naylor (P)1994 Laughing Stock Productions Science Fiction Witty Fiction Funny Thought-Provoking Game

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This book isn't as good as it's predecessor, whilst Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers luxuriated around the characters, this is more similar to a condensed version of the TV series. It all hangs together (just about) but the reader lurches from situation to situation, comedy moment to comedy moment in the second half of the book, whilst the first half of the book keeps the readers trapped in an inescapable computer game. It's a fun listen - and if you've read my previous review of Chris Barrie (the original Rimmer) as a narrator you will know that I'm furious I can't give him 8 stars. When the book does finally lurch to a close, the ending is well worth waiting for.

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I had this performance on tape in the early 1990s and it’s lovely to hear it now as fresh as it was then.

I’ve seen some reviews comment on the music between chapters. That was where the tape ended and you needed to turn over. Live with it.

Exactly as it was on tape.

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you know the story, you love it, buy it and listen no regret, chris Barrie is excellent.

its red dwarf

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What did you like most about Red Dwarf: Better Than Life?

An excellent, insightful, absorbing and thoroughly enjoyable story. One that I have owned on cassette when it first came out in the early 90's and listened to literally hundreds of times.

What did you like best about this story?

The character development and the seemless flow bewteen TV stories.

Have you listened to any of Chris Barrie’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Yes. In my opinion this bloke can do no wrong when it comes to narration.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Not sure.

Any additional comments?

One of my favourite audio books. Its a shame that only two Red Dward books are available as I would love to listen to 'Last Human' and 'Backwards'.

One of the best books available on audible

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Absolutely loved every word. Highly entertaining and creative. Nothing predictable or boring here! It definitely stands out from the crowd

Very entertaining

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