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title = "Redshirts - John Scalzi"
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date = 2015-01-28
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updated = 2021-02-12
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["books", "john scalzi", "reviews", "scifi", "comedy", "stars:5",
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"published:2012"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13055592-redshirts):
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Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship
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Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige
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posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s
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Xenobiology laboratory.
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{{ stars(stars=5) }}
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There are two simple words to describe this book: Galaxy Quest.
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And then, they aren't.
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"It's complicated", are some characters in the book say over and over again.
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But the first part is. And it's too damn hilarious -- if you're a Star Trek
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fan, that is. Or some of the lesser sci-fi series.
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But the story picks up every absurd psedo-science and plot twist from the
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series and extrapolates to the silliest level possible. I can't remember the
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last time a book made me laugh.
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It's silly. It's funny. It's the Galaxy Quest for every sci-fi series in the
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planet.
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And, then, after the curtains close... It goes into a deep, touching story
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about... life, basically. You think you're done, but then it gets deeper and
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serious and... touching, basically.
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. And my reading statuses for this book proves
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it.
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