Re-reading Red Dwarf after 25 years, and this quote has aged particularly well (about a space mission blowing up 128 stars to spell out a Coca Cola ad in the night sky):

"The cost of this single, three-word ad in star writing across the universe would amount to the entire military budget of the USA for the whole of history.

So, ridiculous though it was, it was still a marginally more sensible way of blowing trillions of dollarpounds."

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Podcast interview with Doug Naylor, co-creator of Red Dwarf. Conversation ranges from new kids book, difficulty doing scifi sitcom in the 80s, to losing leg at 7yo

https://www.rhlstp.co.uk/website.cgi?page=podcasts&id=2741

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Looks like we'll be attending the official Red Dwarf Convention for my birthday weekend next year 🚨😀

https://reddwarfofficial.com/

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Sin Bin Island! Doug Naylor (yes, *that* Doug, the Red Dwarf co-creator!) has a most gigglesome new novel for younger readers, out now from David Fickling Books.

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #SinBinIsland #RedDwarf #DougNaylor #Fantasy #Humour #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

DESCRIBE, USING DIAGRAMS WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO YOUR DEATH.

Saunders had been dead for almost two weeks now and, so far, he hadn't enjoyed a minute of it.

- Grant Naylor, "Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers"

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