Maxim reviewed Redshirts by John Scalzi
Postmodernism at its finest
4 stars
An excellent piece of postmodern literature, with a good share of self-irony without which postmodern can't exist.
320 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2012
Redshirts (originally titled Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas) is a space adventure by science fiction writer John Scalzi that capitalizes on tropes from Star Trek and similar television series. The book was published by Tor Books in June 2012. The audiobook of the novel is narrated by Wil Wheaton. The book won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
An excellent piece of postmodern literature, with a good share of self-irony without which postmodern can't exist.
Layers and layers of (mostly) fun and thought provoking reading.
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