Redshirts

I found John Scalzi's amusing metafiction,full of wry affectionate sly digs at Star Trek very engaging. Some crew members on a spaceship become aware that every time there is an away mission someone dies. But then they slowly come to realize that they are actually expendable extras in a badly written TV science fiction series,and contrive to go back and change the series narrative to save their lives. I know many people didnt like this book,but I am a sucker for metafiction.and loved all the digs at Star Trek.Learning at the end that Scalzi was a writer on Stargate was just the cherry on the cake. Great fun.