4/28/2013: A short, breezy, fun read. Not too much character development, not too much plot. A gimmick, if you will, that is just the right length and with the right touches of humor and drama. I won't give away the 'trick' [ it's complicated ;) ] but it comes early, I thought too early, but Mr....
Oh. My. Goodness. If you’ve ever felt the need to indulge in geekery + laugh-till-your-sides-split humor, you NEED to pick up John Scalzi’s Redshirts. Like, now. And because you’re a lucky duck, the paperback edition is coming on January 15th.And if you’ve never felt that need, well, we need to talk...
Redshirts by John Scalzifraudiopublished 2012sci-fiautumn 2012adventureamusinglibrary in norwayRecommended to Bettie by: Dog-sitters, novice knitters, new adults carniverous worms on a distant planet... Didn't grab me.Next!
Growing up, my parents subjected me to every Star Trek movie and episode that existed. My mother was such a fan that she could recognize each episode within the first five minutes. The surprising thing is that except for the second Star Trek movie (I never got over the ear worm thing from The Wrath ...
I thought it was very funny in places. The three codas were very weak. I enjoyed it, but there are a few things that bothered me. Am I the only one that was annoyed by the names? I wish I could search the reviews on goodreads by keywords to find out. There isn't enough difference in Dahl and Duval...
Many of Scalzi's books are like the block print Indian bedspreads you buy in a head shop--they're colorful, they have a lot going on, and they serve their purpose. At the same time, the closer you look, the blurrier and less differentiated the details appear, and the weave is loose. Redshirts is fun...
The short review: I really enjoyed this book. A little explanation:I cut my sci fi teeth on Star Trek re-runs. My entire family watched every Trek series together (original through to the first season of Voyager). I bought my uncle a red t-shirt that read "Expendable" (from Thinkgeek) for Christmas...
This is a hard one for me to review.First, I've loved all the Scalzi I've read before, and I don't think this one lives up to the others. It's entertaining and fun, but in a lot of ways it lacked the pathos and humanity of stories like Fuzzy Nation or Old Man's War and the plot was pretty obvious pr...
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