You sooo don't want to be a REDSHIRT!

REDSHIRTS
By John Scalzi
  
Publisher: Tor Books; First Ed edition (June 5, 2012) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0765316994 
ISBN-13: 978-07653

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.

Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations, and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed. Not surprisingly, a great deal of energy below decks is expended on avoiding, at all costs, being assigned to an Away Mission. Then Andrew stumbles on information that completely transforms his and his colleagues’ understanding of what the star-ship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.-amazon

So, normally I try to put the synopsis of a book into my own words, but in this case I will just run with the amazon one.  There is no way to change how AWESOME this book is!!!

The premise is StarTrek meets time travel.  Redshirts is fantastic!  John Scalzi is an amazing writer and this one is my new favorite.  The characters are well developed, the plot humorous and fun, and the storyline interesting.  I like the way each character has an explanation and is well thought out.  Wonderful!

5 stars came out tonight