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Redshirts

A Novel with Three Codas

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Redshirts

De: John Scalzi
Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
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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, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the facts that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces; (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations; and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.

Not surprisingly, a great deal of energy below decks is expended on avoiding, at all costs, being assigned to an Away Mission. Then Andrew stumbles on information that completely 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.

©2012 John Scalzi (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Ciencia Ficción Fantasía Premio Hugo Premio Locus Primer Contacto Divertido Ingenioso Para sentirse bien Aterrador
Clever Premise • Meta-fictional Elements • Excellent Pacing • Witty Dialogue • Unexpected Depth • Emotional Resonance

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I cannot fully express how much fun this book is.

I love the fact that Wil Wheaton reads this, and that he sounds like he is impersonating Captin Kirk in his rendition-This makes it even more fun.

It is outlandish and requires a complete suspension of disbelief. And, yes, I enjoyed Star Trek and its spin-offs (with the exception of Deep Space Nine) and there are lots of tongue-in-cheek references to the original series. I found myself smiling regularly as I listened and laughing out loud frequently. I highly recommend this book if you enjoyed Star Trek. Redshirts is a book I will bring out if I am feeling blue or nostalgic and need a dose of laughter.

I am relatively new to Scalzi, but I love his dry humor and ramapant sarcasm. He is a man after my own heart!

Highly recommended by a Trekkie (Ok, I never actually attended a convention so I might only be an honorary Trekkie~)

What Fun!!!`

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If you could sum up Redshirts in three words, what would they be?

Everyone should listen to this book. (I kinda thought this field would limit me to three words given the prompt, but I guess I beat the system on this one.)

What other book might you compare Redshirts to and why?

Oddly enough, a great companion book to this one is Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions". I found this book something of an uplifting and beautiful answer to the bleakly despondent outcome of "Breakfast of Champions" It's easier just to say listen to both of these excellent examples of literature and the connection between them becomes clear.

Which scene was your favorite?

"It gets worse...I don't think it's a very good show." - Jenkins

Any additional comments?

Most of this novel is as described in the plot summary, and is Scalzi doing the things he does best. His characters are sardonic and immediately lovable, his dialog sharp, and the way that he ruthlessly skewers every foible of the television sci-fi formula will leave you chuckling more or less constantly for the first several hours of the book, provided you have ever seen any television sci-fi (star trek included, but they're pretty much all that way). But just when you think the story is done with you and that it was amusing and really fun, the codas take the story to an entirely new and unexpected level, and turn the story from a must-read comedy into an important work of literature. I am sincerely grateful to Scalzi for writing this beautiful work.

I was glad to see WIl Wheaton reading this story, also. He's very good at audio narration and I hope to hear more from him in this field. Also, it's perfectly apropos for a Star Trek cast member to be reading this one.

Hilarious Novel, Three Remarkable Codas

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John Scalzi has become one of my favorite authors, and this book is simply a joy. Don't skip the three "Codas" at the end of the novel, as they really are riveting! The novel itself had me laughing and chuckling all the way, but please don't think this is just a comedy. It is a really thoughtful insight into the Sci-Fi genre, Star Trek, TV, and human nature. I loved the character development and thoroughly enjoyed Scalzi's writing.

That having been said, I almost wish that I had read this book rather than having listened to it. I tolerated Wil Wheaton's machine-gun narration in "Fuzzy Nation," but he was even more annoying with this one. They must not have paid him by the hour, judging from the way he seems to rush through everything. And the way he has of reading the "he said" and "she said" elements of each paragraph really got on my nerves. He reads the parts that you try to tune out with as much, if not more, emphasis than the actual dialog. It really made it hard to lose myself in the story. Will Wheaton really doesn't have a bad voice, but his delivery makes me constantly think the characters REALLY needed to go to the bathroom. I know that Will Wheaton and John Scalzi are friends, but I wish Mr. Wheaton would just slow down. HOWEVER, he did do a magnificent job on the three "Codas." Those were not written in the same style and they suited his narration style much better. I actually got a chill down my back at the end of the third Coda!

Excellent despite Will Wheaton's narration

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I really enjoyed this book - John Scalzi is a funny writer; Wil Wheaton is a great narrator. HOWEVER, the first half an hour or so is unbelievably stilted when read aloud. It's a lot of "he said," then "she said," then "he said" ad nauseum. I think when reading print, my eyes skip over those things and it's not a big problem. In audio, it's as if it's all I could hear. The first part, consequently, is irritating and confusing. Past that, it's a well written story that is ultimately about choices and consequences - thought I didn't realize it for awhile, because it is also very light and funny.

Just get past the first half an hour...

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This was my introduction to Scalzi and I have mixed feelings. The first 5.5 hrs was like an over long SNL skit about people who realize they’re just extras in a cosmically wrong universe patterned after a TV show. It was generally entertaining, Irreverently self-aware, and not too horribly meta. The minor downside, as other reviewers warned: he writes with 90% dialogue, better fitted for scripted TV, which makes for a lot of annoying “he said” tics.

Then that story ends and we slog through several hours of post scripts or “codas” as the author puts it. We get a story about a TV show writer that only other writers (or TV geeks that love, love, love getting meta) could love. As I am neither of those, I found it boring.. Then we get a screen rant story about (the author’s) bad road trip (car accident). I didn’t get it. Then we get a weird third person story about the author futzing around with Samantha. I was annoyed and rather pissed at the end- this was not the book I bought... and I loathe false advertising. The codas’ minor upside: the first and second parts are told in first and second person, and are free of the “he said” tic.

I would have been upset to pay a full credit for this book, but the first part was good enough that I may try another Scalzi book... if on sale...or free in another Audible 2 for 1 sale. Final silver lining: this was my first book with Wil Wheaton as narrator (kind of amazing because I love Sci-fi and fantasy, but to be fair, until my eyes started going bad, I was a reader, not a listener). Wheaton was excellent and I may seek out other books that he’s narrated.

First 5.5 hrs fun, next 2 hrs not so much

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