Comments on: Redshirts

By: The most dangerous job in the galaxy | Supernova Condensate

The most dangerous job in the galaxy | Supernova Condensate — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:39:54 +0000

[...] a tip of the phaser to the Bad Astronomer, whose subtle hints about it reminded me a bit of that scene in Spaceballs where they play a copy [...]

By: mike burkhart

mike burkhart — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:18:16 +0000

Yes if you re wearing a red shirt in Star Trek and your name is not Scotty you will die (altho Scotty was killed by the probe Nomad and then brought back to lifeby it ) this was a runing thing in Star Trek. By the way on the site Grudge Match they did :Red shirted ensins (Star Trek) vs Stormtropers (Star Wars) The Stormtoropers wiped them out easly.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:39:47 +0000

@ Jeremy C (35) -
I thought the reciproverse-exclusion was a tense formation described in Dr Dan Streetmentioner’s Time Traveller’s Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations.

Is it, or not really?

By: JeremyC

JeremyC — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:49:17 +0000

Sounds like a pretty standard reciproverse excluson-type event.

By: Pat Hoppe

Pat Hoppe — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:23:22 +0000

For those of you in the Audible universe, Redshirts is available for download, read by ….. Wil Wheaton. How can you lose?

By: richie

richie — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:21:21 +0000

There is a kindle version. But due to localisation, I can’t read it until NOVEMBER.

Would Scalzi forgive me if I got a pirated version now, and then bought the legit version later? Because hearing the hype and being denied like that by Amazon has got me in a very villanish mood.

By: Wayne Robinson

Wayne Robinson — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:41:10 +0000

I have just finished reading ‘Redshirts’. Absolutely brilliant. 5 stars.

Now could someone just tell me WTF it was about?

By: Eleri

Eleri — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:42:06 +0000

“does a TV show exist in the history of the fictional TV show universe?”

*chuckle* This made me think of Myst Online: Uru Live- Where (if you’re into the mythos) Uru takes place real world-real time, and the Myst games are based on the original journals that were shared with Cyan Worlds (makers of the games) by the DRC (people exploring the lost underground civilization)

By: Chris Winter

Chris Winter — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:38:51 +0000

Indeed, Tony. Not only a science-fiction icon, but a great inspirational speaker and a pioneer advocate of livable communities. IIRC he lived in a Latino neighborhood of Los Angeles since he arrived there from the midwest.

Probably the best obituary comes from the newspaper of his home town:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ray-bradbury-20120607,0,5622415.story

President Obama issued a statement, but the URL for that didn’t work when I tried it.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:51:25 +0000

Just read a headline stating that the great Ray Bradbury has passed away. We lost a true science fiction icon today.