Save Page 61 Features Posted by Flap Jack on 25th November 2022, 08:00 Previously on G&T: Regular reader Flap Jack put us all to shame with his incredibly detailed examination of the changes between hardback, paperback, Omnibus and unabridged audiobook versions of the four Red Dwarf novels. Now he's back to finish the job, with an examination of the abridged audiobooks. Imagine: it’s 1993, and you’re excitedly rushing home after picking up a copy of the newly released Red Dwarf Series 1 VHS. You heat yourself up a bowl of alphabetti spaghetti, grab a Leopard Lager from the fridge, and start up the tape to watch The End. But part way through, you start to realise something’s wrong. What happened to the subplot about Rimmer’s exam? Wasn’t there a scene where you see Lister with Frankenstein before he gets in trouble with the Captain? What’s going on? You double check the VHS sleeve, and realise to your horror that it doesn’t say “Series I Byte One” but “Series I Abridged”! You try to scream, but discover your mouth is sealed shut. You run to the door, but behind it is just a brick wall. You look back at the alphabetti spaghetti: all ampersands. Read more →
Unabridged Infinity! News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 4th July 2008, 15:06 Just time for a quick update as I sit on the train moving at speed towards London town. The ever official TOS has revealed that we can finally purchase the unabridged version of the first Red Dwarf novel, Infinity: Welcomes Careful Drivers. It lasts eight hours and costs £9 which, as Andrew points out, is pant shittingly good value. The even better news is that it's not an iTunes exclusive, but is instead being distributed through Audible.com, which is perfect for all us curmudgeons who would rather kill ourselves than install the Windows version of anything from Apple. Read more →
Craig Charles’ Log Reviews Posted by Jonathan Capps on 1st July 2008, 00:20 Over the years there has been a great many pieces of official Red Dwarf merchandise, including some high quality titles such as The Making of Red Dwarf, Red Dwarf VIII: The Official Book and The Official Red Dwarf Companion. However, The Log: A Dwarfer's Guide to Everything - written by Craig Charles Russell Bell and published in 1997 - is neither official or even in the vague realm of high quality. It is completely and utterly shit. Read more →
And do you know why we can’t hear anything? News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 24th June 2008, 00:40 While I try to remember how many times we've used a variation of (or EXACTLY THAT) title for a news item, let's have a bit of an old catch up. Read more →
Red Dwarf. Radio Show. iTunes. And… CD! News Posted by John Hoare on 1st June 2008, 01:36 Hello. I'm John Hoare. You may remember me from such websites as Ganymede & Titan, Noise To Signal, or, erm, asylum.acornarcade.com. Sorry for the lack of updates round here - more of which in a bit (quite literally) - but first we have to get updated on at least the big piece of news at the moment. Read more →
New Audio Releases! Rob Grant! News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 24th February 2008, 19:39 TOS celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the first transmission of Future Echoes with one of the most interesting updates we've had in a while. Read more →
