March to Other Worlds Day 14: Redshirts by John Scalzi

Day 14 Redshirts by John Scalzi

Star Trek boldly marched to more new worlds than most series through a combination of television, movies, books, and comics. John Scalzi’s novel, Redshirts, is a laugh-out-loud parody of the original series through the eyes of the…well, redshirts—the expendable cast of extras who mostly die in horrific ways to drive home the point that the latest adventure is terrifyingly dangerous.

 

This novel is incredibly creative—no surprise for anyone familiar with John Scalzi’s writing—as the book focuses in on those all-too-expendable people. You see, they’ve figured out what going on an away mission means to them and they will do anything to keep from coming to the attention of the “stars” of their starship. But it’s not until one of the expendables decides to do something about the terrible situation he and his friends are in that the novel really gets trekking. Can an extra take over the show to stop it from killing off scores of people? That depends on just how well they’ve figured out the bizarre physics of this takeoff of the Star Trek universe.

 

You don’t have to be a Star Trek fan to appreciate Redshirts.

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