![]() In the original “Star Trek,” Kirk, Spock, Bones and Scotty were very dangerous men to stand next to if you were wearing the ensign’s red shirt. Scalzi’s, called it “a deeply sneaky book - in the best way.”Ī comic riff on the lives of the expendable and luckless, “Redshirts” plays off a phenomenon that science-fiction fans have long recognized. Cory Doctorow, an author of science fiction and a friend of Mr. Which is to say that this is a John Scalzi novel, and a reader must expect the unexpected, including a surprising emotional punch as the story unfolds, reconfigures and steps outside itself. That kind of thing.Īnyone who grew up on “Star Trek” or its descendants can figure out what’s going on in “Redshirts.” That is, until things get even funkier. New crew members come to realize that on the frequent “away missions,” some lowly ensign always seems to die a horrible and oddly hackneyed death. ![]() ![]() ![]() Something is terribly funky about the starship Intrepid. ![]()
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