Recommended Age:
13
+
Great for readers who like humorous, immersive, character-driven science fiction with suspenseful narrative elements.
About the Book
New crew members of the Universal Union flagship Intrepid begin to notice that junior officers die at an absurd and statistically impossible rate whenever senior officers go on away missions, and set out to investigate the terrifying meta-fictional reason why. A witty, affectionate parody of Star Trek and the conventions of television science fiction that also becomes a genuinely poignant meditation on narrative and the value of fictional lives. A Hugo Award winner.
Content Ratings
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Mild Themes
The book explores the nature of storytelling, the ethics of using characters as disposable cannon fodder, and what responsibility creators bear to the characters whose lives they invent. The ending sections are surprisingly affecting.
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Mild Violence
Characters die in contrived mission accidents. Violence is emotionally weighted but handled with tonal balance.
Engagement:
Genre:
Science Fiction
Published:
2012
Page Count:
317
