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Start date: May 1, 2017

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May 23, 2017 Lanko rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, rc2017n-e, bingo17

Pretty surprising. I had no idea what was I getting into, but certainly did not expect this.

The beginning wasn't really thrilling: guys just meets girl and opens his entire life (and of his friend's) in a matter of seconds followed by some chapters that felt like total non-sense.

But this was totally intentional and when you progress through the story you will understand why. I initially couldn't believe the direction it took but it really worked.

A clever satire of the genre and some amusing four ...more

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May 21, 2014 Lincoln Noronha rated it liked it

A premissa é divertidíssima, mas perde fôlego na segunda metade do livro. Se vc não está familiarizado com a metáfora "camisa vermelha", vai aproveitar bem mais o livro ao descobrir do que se trata, junto com os personagens do livro, imagiando que diabos está se passando na Intrepid. ...more

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Jun 05, 2017 Thiago rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, desafio-nerd-2017

Loved it :)

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May 23, 2018 Paulo rated it liked it

Shelves: do-not-read-again

Uma comédia de ficção científica.

Gosto é gosto ... Prefiro SciFi séria, ao invés de comédia. É muito bem escrita, tem enredo, um mistério a respeito da alta taxa de mortalidade dos que são enviados para missões externas, mas ... parei de ler quando ...

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Os personagens principais engendram a teoria de eles são na realidade personagens de um seriado televiso à la Star Trek ...

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