It's not laugh-a-minute stuff, some of it is even almost poignant, but it's a roaring good read and you won't regret buying this one. A book to read, put away on a bookshelf, and to return to a few years later, when it will be a delight to re-discover.

Stranded 3 million years from Earth, the four fight daily diffuclties of life in outer space. In the book they break the light barrier, meet Archimedes and Lister finally gets a much- needed curry along with 6 cans of cheap lager. Lister and Rimmer (Listers dead superior) create a comedy duo that equels that of Laurel and Hardy and Morcambe and Wise. Lister's slobish nature is in wonderful contrast to the prissy and immaculate Arnold J Rimmer who belives he was Napolion in an earlier life. Kryten the sanitation mechanoid, whose whole existence revolves around cleaning up after Lister, is a fun character as is the Cat, whose compleatly self-centred life style produces many laughs.
It took me 3-4 days to read this book and I throughly enjoyed it. There were plenty of laughs and a good story. It kept me turning the pages. If you enjoyed the show you will enjoy the book.
A couple of quid well spent, me thinks!