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Redshirts satirises the tropes and storytelling conventions of Star Trek. It is told from the perspectives of several characters in a fictional television show about a starship and its crew, who gradually become aware of their true nature. John Scalzi’s novel was published by Tor Books in 2012 and was originally titled Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas.
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