Science Fiction · LightAboard the starship Intrepid, new ensigns notice that low-ranking crew keep dying on away missions
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
New ensigns notice an alarming pattern about away missions
Tor Books published the novel on 5 June 2012, and it runs to 317 pages. Its full title is Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas. It is a parody of Star Trek that takes place aboard the Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union. Low-ranking crew members keep dying on away missions alongside the senior officers, and newly assigned ensigns begin to notice the pattern. Wil Wheaton narrated the audiobook.
More about this book
Who
Ensign Andrew Dahl, Jimmy Hanson, Maia Duvall, Jasper Hester and Captain Lucius Abernathy.
World
The starship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union.
What makes it different
It ends with three codas. It won the Hugo and the Locus Award in 2013.
Feel
Funny and quick.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- RedshirtsWikipedia