2017 Reading challenge: a book recommended by an author you love (from the advanced list)

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Newly assigned Ensigns on the Starship Intrepid notice other crew members acting oddly when it comes to interacting with certain upper crew-members and when the topic of away missions comes up.

Not only is it noticeable that some lowly Ensign dies on almost every away mission, there really doesn't seem to be a reason for half the away missions to happen OR the people assigned to them make any sense. It's as if they were on a TV-show... a badly written TV show.

As a long time fan of Star Trek, I found this book hysterical. And Wil Wheaton's narration of it was spot on, and one I will be recommending to other sci-fi geeks for a long time.




This was recommended by both George R.R. Martin and Wil Wheaton

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