Last Human

by Doug Naylor

Mass Market Paperback, 310 pages

Published Nov. 1, 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-014388-1
OCLC Number:: 59889657

(9 reviews)

Returning from an excursion in the Fourth Universe, the Red Dwarf crew stumble across a spaceship identical to their own. It soon transpires that Rimmer has made a minute error in the sub light-speed drive calculations -- forgetting to carry a two -- and as a consequence the Dwarfers have accidentally harnessed super string theory, punched a hole in the space time continuum and arrived in a parallel reality.

When the crew board the ship to investigate they discover their own dead bodies -- all, that is, except for Lister's. Who has killed them and why?

The Last Human: the future of the species is in the hands of one man. And all he has to help him are his wits, his cunning and a two-page girdle section from a mail-order catalogue.

LAST HUMAN is the third of the hugely successful Red Dwarf novels based on the award-winning BBC series.

2 editions

The Gnome King reviewed Last Human by Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf, #3)

Review of 'The Last Human (Red Dwarf)' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Not the best book in the series of red dwarf books, really only for the super-fans of the series. It's a bit of a mash-up from various episodes and because of that it doesn't flow as well as the other books. You can find lots of plot holes too, for example the book is called "Last Human" but there is another human called Kochanski, so right away the title is confusing. Maybe if this book was better edited I would have rated it as high as the other books in the series. I still laughed though and enjoyed reading it.