Redshirts

German language

Published Aug. 9, 2012

ISBN:
978-3-453-52995-3
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4 stars (286 reviews)

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It's a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship's famous senior officers.

Life couldn't be better...until Andrew begins to realize that 1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, 2) the ship's senior officers always survive these confrontations, and 3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed. Unsurprisingly, the savvier crew members below decks avoid Away Missions at all costs.

Then Andrew stumbles on information that transforms his and his colleagues' understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is...and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives. Redshirts by John Scalzi is the winner of the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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Review of 'Redshirts' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Wow. What a wrap up to a book that spent most of its time making me giggle. Three poignant points of view, each manipulated to give the reader the purest emotions and reactions. It was a perfect ending. One that helped ground the bizarre happenings of the rest of the book, and helped breathe life into the "other half". I look forward to reading more from Scalzi.

Review of 'Redshirts' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Loved it up until the codas

I understand why he went there, though. This is the second novel of his I've read and the second where the sentimental emotions come bubbling to the surface in the final third, once the set up and major set pieces are taken care of.

Review of 'Redshirts' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

It is hard to explain the story and then detailing how much I have enjoyed it... but this story is funny and touching. It sometimes feels a little meta and philosophical, which I actually enjoyed a lot, but also mocks a little with Sci-Fi as being a parody to Star Trek and some of the bad Sci-Fi stories. Although the part I liked the most of this book is actually the last three addendum, titled CODA, which are side stories, and could have easily served as the stories Prologue. every last page made me feel involved and care about the characters even more.

Review of 'Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was a very fun read with a nice, twisty meta thingy. And it's timey-wimey, too! I am just glad I watched Star Trek TOS before reading this, otherwise I might never have understood why the narrative worked that way. No more can be said without spoilering everything. I wonder though why Jenkins was named Jenkins, it does remind me of a totally different area of pop-culture.

PS: it's a quick read, I finished it in two evenings.

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