This year’s winner in The Best Novel category is:
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (M)
by John Scalzi
“Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship’s actual purpose.” – publisher
“Scalzi is best known for his military sf (Old Man’s War), but he’s also written some lighter sf (Android’s Dream; Fuzzy Nation). His new book is an entertaining look at a universe that will be familiar to fans of a certain 1960s television show. Ensign Andrew Dahl is excited to begin his tour of duty aboard the Universal Union flagship Intrepid. But he and other new crew members soon notice certain odd practices: old hands tend to disappear whenever the bridge crew comes looking for members of an away team. Someone on each of these teams always dies, but it’s never one of the senior officers. As Dahl and his friends investigate, they encounter a crew member who’s been hiding in the service tunnels and has a bizarre theory: their universe is being affected by an old television show! VERDICT Dealing with issues of time travel, identity, love, and loss, this humorous and thought-provoking novel should appeal to fans of sf (especially Star Trek devotees) who like a good laugh along with their big ideas and space action.” – Library Journal
Runners up included:
Throne of the Crescent Moon (M)
by Saladin Ahmed
2312 (M)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (M)
by Lois McMaster Bujold
