Redshirts by John ScalziMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Scalzi has some fun imagining a starship like the Enterprise from the redshirt's perspective, as they try to dodge away missions, figure out why the entire bridge crew beams down for no apparent reason, and try to understand why no one has noticed the captain of the fleet's flagship has the highest casualty rate in history.
The first third is all Galaxy Quest style jokes, and is pretty awesome. Then Scalzi seems to decide (probably correctly) that he couldn't keep that up for the whole book and develops both a plot and a theme. The end result is OK but part of me wishes it had been done by someone who embraced the farce the whole way through.
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