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Better Than Life (Red Dwarf)
''Better Than Life'' is a science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, co-creators and writers of the ''Red Dwarf'' television series, on which the novel is based. The main plotline was developed and expanded from the ''Red Dwarf'' episode of the same name, as well as the Series 3 and 4 episodes: ''White Hole (Red Dwarf), White Hole, Marooned (Red Dwarf), Marooned, Polymorph (Red Dwarf), Polymorph,'' and ''Backwards (Red Dwarf), Backwards''. The book, first published 1990, is a sequel to ''Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'', and was the first Red Dwarf novel to receive its first print run in hardback edition. Like the first novel, ''Better Than Life'' became a best seller and was reproduced in paperback, omnibus and audiobook versions. Two further novels, ''Last Human'' and ''Backwards (novel), Backwards'', were each created as alternate sequels by the writers, and followed in 1995 and 1996 respectively. Plot Follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Grant
Robert Grant is an English comedy writer, television producer and co-creator of the ''Red Dwarf'' comedy franchise. Since ''Red Dwarf'', Grant has written two television series, ''The Strangerers'' and ''Dark Ages (TV series), Dark Ages'', and four solo novels, his most recent being ''Fat (novel), Fat''. During his career Grant has been involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with Doug Naylor, and the second and most recent with Andrew Marshall (screenwriter), Andrew Marshall. Early life Grant was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years. Career In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer Doug Naylor on radio programmes such as ''Son Of Cliché'', ''Wrinkles'' for Radio 4 and television programmes such as ''Spitting Image'', ''The 10 Percenters'', and various projects for Jasper Carrott. The 'Grant Naylor' collaboration, as it had become known, created the cult science-fiction comedy ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |