This however is absolutely not true of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's Red Dwarf novels. Novelizations far too frequently read more like film scripts with a little linking narration, with atmosphere, perspective, character background and all the other things which suit a good book as opposed to a good film falling by the wayside. This is because I've often found that where film directors are always ready to make changes to an author's work to fit it on screen, (often rather too many changes), the same is not true when going the other way. When however the reverse is true, and something which started on screen is then novelized I tend to be less enthusiastic. When a film or TV series is based on a novel, I am always very eager to read that novel.
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