Redshirts in 2017 Reading Challenge

Jul 19, 2012 Constance rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, humor

Here's a fun little read for the geek in all of us: The death rate for junior officers and crewmen on board Universal Union Starship Intrepid is through the roof, but no one (except the junior officers who develop complex methods of avoiding away missions) seems to notice, least of all the captain and senior officers. Other mysteries on board, most especially a puzzle-solving box kept in the xenobiology lab and a yeti-like ghost in the machine, point to greater powers at work. It's up to Andy Da ...more

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Sep 18, 2018 Cat rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was such a fun book. John Scalzi is an absolutely fantastic writer and I've loved reading this. As a Trekkie, obviously I was drawn in by the premise of self-aware Redshirts, but this was laugh-out-loud (at my desk at work) brilliant. Scalzi's humour and wit is exactly right (and if you do decide to listen to the audio book, Wil Wheaton is the perfect narrator to express it). I also enjoyed how this book trolled me and how meta it became towards the end. Brilliant. ...more

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Jul 03, 2013 frogfairie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, need-a-laugh, fic

3 1/2 stars

The audiobook really did make me laugh out loud so bravo Wil Wheaton on the reading. As far as the story, I'm glad I read/listened since there were so many funny parts. It just made my brain hurt a bit as so often happens when time travel, parallel universes, etc. are part of a story. ;) ...more

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