AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Redshirts

Apr 15, 2013 18:00

Title: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
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five stars, humor, year published: 2012, audiobook, john scalzi, science fiction

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calico_reaction April 15 2013, 23:51:17 UTC
Will Wheaton narrating that thing has to be priceless!

I think this is the part where Redshirts becomes less about Start Trek, and more about criticizing bad writing in science fiction.

Amen.

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temporaryworlds April 16 2013, 00:10:35 UTC
"Will Wheaton narrating that thing has to be priceless!"

YES. The scenes where Andy comforts a stumbling drunk Kerensky had me laughing so hard.

I know you've read more works by Scalzi, but how do you think Redshirts compares? I know a lot of people seems to think it falls a little short. (Well, apparently not THAT many people has it got the Hugo nom and all...)

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calico_reaction April 16 2013, 00:18:16 UTC
I couldn't put this one down, and I had that same reaction to his previous book, Fuzzy Nation, and that one was more of a surprise, because I wasn't sure I'd like it.

Of course, his Old Man's War stuff is just awesome, but it's a different flavor. I think some people complain because his last two novels are humor-centric, and they want their SF to be SERIOUS or at least mostly so. :)

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temporaryworlds April 16 2013, 00:49:44 UTC
Humor can have just much value of the serious stuff. At least, when it's done well.

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