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For anyone unfamiliar with Scalzi, he’s an accomplished science fiction author. My favorite of his is Redshirts, an odd take on a Star Trek-esque world. https:

• bryanlarsen 4y ago
  OTOH, that's my least favorite book of his. Ironically, it's probably his most "clever" book, using contrivances for humor. In most of his other books the humor is not the primary goal. But they're filled with witty characters, so contain much more good humor IMO than Redshirts where humor is the primary goal. John Scalzi writes some of my favorite books, but Redshirts isn't among them. Our disagreement is another example of the central thesis of his linked essay!
  • mcphage 4y ago
    That’s weird, I didn’t think Redshirts was really that funny. Honestly, I though it was pretty bleak, although in the final third or so I thought it was really excellent.
    • balsam 4y ago
      Scalzi says here that he intended it to be funny https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/726k57/comment/dnhg4v7/ https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/726k57/comment/dnhg4...
      • mcphage 4y ago
        I definitely thought it was going to be funny, but instead of "ha ha, we're all going to die!" it was "oh god, we're all going to die!". Still, by the time I got to the final bit (if you've read it, you know the part I'm talking about), I thought it was really excellent.