Redshirts by John Scalzi

Orr101 · 10-22-2020, 02:26 PM

If you like Startrek (or any of its similar "adventures in space of the heroes" variants, e.g. Babylon 5, Etc.) - Read this.

IT starts out as a well written twist on the theme - and by the end it has twists that make it become better, much better.

drofgnal · 10-23-2020, 05:43 AM

I like Scalzi's Old Man's war series, but never really cared enough to pick up some of his other works.

Uncle Robin · 10-23-2020, 06:01 AM

Redshirts was fun, and seems to have been the sort of concept picked up recently by shows like Star Trek: Lower Decks Old Man's War was a very different kettle of fish. Both good reads, for me, but too different to compare.

pwalker8 · 10-23-2020, 06:00 PM

I liked Redshirts as well. The audiobook is very well done, with Will Wheaton serving as the narrator (nice Star Trek connection there).

Uncle Robin · 10-23-2020, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

I liked Redshirts as well. The audiobook is very well done, with Will Wheaton serving as the narrator (nice Star Trek connection there).

It was Wil Wheaton's plugging Redshirts back in the days when he was active on social media that got mhelped give Redshirts the distinction of being one of only two audiobooks I ever managed to survive listening to more than a quarter of (Obama's first read by the author was the other one) .

PKFFW · 11-05-2020, 08:46 PM

Thoroughly enjoyed Redshirts. Also enjoyed Old Man's War series.

10-22-2020, 02:26 PM	#1
Orr101 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Kindle/Ipad, Kindle/Android Phone	Redshirts by John Scalzi If you like Startrek (or any of its similar "adventures in space of the heroes" variants, e.g. Babylon 5, Etc.) - Read this. IT starts out as a well written twist on the theme - and by the end it has twists that make it become better, much better.

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drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,433 Karma: 10519918 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	I like Scalzi's Old Man's war series, but never really cared enough to pick up some of his other works.

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Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,663 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	Redshirts was fun, and seems to have been the sort of concept picked up recently by shows like Star Trek: Lower Decks Old Man's War was a very different kettle of fish. Both good reads, for me, but too different to compare.

10-23-2020, 06:00 PM	#4
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I liked Redshirts as well. The audiobook is very well done, with Will Wheaton serving as the narrator (nice Star Trek connection there).

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PKFFW Wizard Posts: 3,793 Karma: 33500000 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: BeBook, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo H2O	Thoroughly enjoyed Redshirts. Also enjoyed Old Man's War series.