Redshirts - John Scalzi

Redshirts

ByJohn Scalzi

  • Release Date: 2012-06-05
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4
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From 1,011 Ratings

Description

Redshirts is John Scalzi’s Hugo Award-winning novel of the starship ensigns who were expendable...until they started comparing notes.

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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 belowdecks 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.

With a new introduction by Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Hugo-winning The Calculating Stars.

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Reviews

  • Hard to finish with a decent first half

    3
    By KWMTrumpet
    Finish the main story and it was entertaining. Second half was a slog and big question of “Why?” Sorry but it really turned me off to try and finish the book.

  • Redshirts

    4
    By NickIsMyRealName
    Great, fun read. Best ending. Ever.

  • Other books in series are way better

    2
    By Bmcclosk
    Worst book in the series. Didn’t finish it.

  • Hilarious

    4
    By larry the less than symbol
    John Scalzi has outdone himself with ‘Redshirts’, a book that shows how people who are thought to be expendable can break the system and come out on top.

  • Neat book mate

    1
    By Person 183
    Every universe you write a book on is another universe that an author is destroyed. Scalzi please don't kill us I don't want to go mad with power. The story was also very predictable due to the invisible star trek patterns that scalzi figured out. But don't worry we will end this madness once and for all.

  • Last of Several Hundred

    1
    By Crowcaine64
    I have read multiple hundreds of books in my life and this has got to be the dumbest most disappointing book that I have ever read. I actually thought that the part with the crazy machines had to be a dream and when I realized that it was actually real I almost quit reading. I just had to quit later on anyway. This is even more disappointing considering all of the enjoyment which I have derived from all of the other books that I have read by this author.

  • It's Good

    4
    By npuzar
    Take Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and the movie Galaxy Quest. Through in references from Star Wars, Dune, and The 6 Million Dollar Man, and you've got Redshirts a pretty funny and pretty touching story.

  • Hilariously thought provoking.

    5
    By JBents
    A trip through space through the eyes of the often overlooked with enough twists to keep you reading. A must read for anyone that likes the space military books or shows.

  • Oh well, it was mostly good.

    4
    By RiccoV
    This is a really good read, for the first 200+ pages. Then it really takes a turn for the worse. I've read most of John's books and had nothing to criticize. You'll like the story. Great fun. But skip the last 30-40 pages.

  • Stunned it Won

    3
    By Polarity Reversal
    I am stunned that Redshirts won the Hugo. I keep googling it to make sure I didn't misread it or something. But it did. It won the Hugo. Not that it's terrible or anything. It's OK, but that's about all you can say for it. What on earth has happened to the Hugos? Maybe it all really is just a bad science-fiction television show.

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