#100 in Adventure
Redshirts
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 0 weeks on the list
- Hugo Award for Best Novel
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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About the book
Redshirts is a postmodernist science fiction novel by John Scalzi that satirizes the tropes and narrative elements of Star Trek from the perspectives of several characters in a fictional TV show about the adventures of a starship and its crew who gradually become aware of their true nature.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 1,252 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Adventure average of 7.8 barely moves it. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 83 | 7% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 13 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 1.2K | 92% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“what an amazing satire, and at the same time, and incredible novel! I got so invested in the characters so quickly! This was my first Scalzi novel, and there will be many more to come!”
“I found it pretty predictable and the parody elements not all that funny. It's like Kaiju Preservation Society, something makes me feel like he's trying too hard. Too hard to have characters perform cute tricks and spout cool quips. Too hard to make sure we…”
Frequently asked
How long is Redshirts?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 76% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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