📚心得【星艦求生日誌】｜ Review 《Redshirts 》 by John Scalzi, 2012

#2013年雨果獎 #2013年軌跡獎 #喜劇 #軟科幻 #繁中譯本 #stormtroopers

又是本得獎眾多、科幻成分不多的鬧劇作品。這本要歸類在科幻也有些玄，它本質是「吐槽Star Wars這類的暴風兵類型Space Opera的喜劇」，說是科幻嘛…也只是設定上而已。

看這本和當初翻開《Murderbot》和《克拉拉與太陽》時的動機差不多：有得各種科幻文學獎、有名氣，應該不會太差吧？但看完當下的想法是，這是奇幻喜劇吧？是不難看，但和我想的差十萬八千里。

想像自己已經看過《星際大戰》的部分劇情了，轉眼間發現自己現身在企業號上，且自己身穿紅衣（意思就是跑龍套、出事會先死的角色），自己該死死扒住主角群、還是躲得遠遠的不出地面任務，才能最大化生存率呢？自己又如何逃脫這個迴圈？看主角們如何閃躲飄，試著當稱職的邊緣人。

但說到底這部真的不太算科幻啊…得獎獎項和內容有些不符，稍許失望了。

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IMO總分：51分，其實是蠻優秀的喜劇小說，但自己是在評科幻而非喜劇才低分的普作。

核心思想：★☆☆☆☆ 核心討論議題是否有趣*5

劇情細節：★★★☆☆ 綜觀整體劇情的質與量*4

角色刻畫：★★★★☆ 角色群的必要性與深度*3

科學軟硬：★☆☆☆☆ 是否符合現實物理現象*3

結局滿意：★★★☆☆ 結局滿意度與有無餘韻*3

易讀程度：★★★★★ 閱讀時章節是否難消化*2

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#2013_Hugo_Award #2013_Locus_Award #Comedy #Soft_Scifi #Chinese_Translated #Stormtroopers

Another award-winning, low sci-fi content "farce". It's a bit of a stretch to call this one sci-fi at all. Its essence is more of a "comedic take on Star Wars style stormtroopers in space operas," and calling it sci-fi? The only thing that is sci-fi in the story is the setting, nothing more.

I approached this book with similar expectations as when I first opened 《Murderbot》 and 《Klara and the Sun》: it’s got multiple sci-fi literary awards, is well-known, so it shouldn’t be bad, right? But after reading it, my initial thought was, this is more of a fantasy comedy than sci-fi, isn’t it? It’s not bad to read, but it’s light-years away from what I expected.

Imagine having watched some of the 《Star Wars》franchise, only to find yourself suddenly on the Enterprise, wearing red (meaning you’re just a background character who dies first in an emergency). Should I cling onto the main characters for dear life or stay as far away as possible to avoid getting caught up in dangerous ground missions? How can I break out of this cycle? It’s all about watching the main characters dodge and weave, trying to not be a dead background player.

But ultimately, this really doesn’t feel like sci-fi at all. The award wins don’t quite match the content. A bit disappointed.

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IMO Rating: 51. Honestly, it’s a pretty solid comedy novel, but since I’m evaluating it as sci-fi rather than comedy, it feels like an average piece in that category.

Core Theme: ★☆☆☆☆ (*5)

Plot Quality: ★★★☆☆ (*4)

Character Development: ★★★★☆ (*3)

Science Validity: ★☆☆☆☆ (*3)

Ending Satisfaction: ★★★☆☆ (*3)

Readability: ★★★★★ (*2)