Redshirts

There was one that wasn't.

It was Agents of the Stars, but literally Old Man's War, Red Shirts, Monsters of Ohio, obviously.

They've all been written here in Bradford, Ohio, which makes Bradford, Ohio, by the way, the literary capital of Dark County, Ohio.

I'm very proud to have achieved that for my little town.

We moved out in February of 2001 and we have been here ever since.

Now, almost all of my novels have been written here in Ohio since then.

There was one that wasn't, it was Agents of the Stars, but literally Old Man's War, Red Shirts, Monsters of Ohio, obviously.

They've all been written here in Bradford, Ohio, which makes Bradford, Ohio, by the way, the literary capital of Dark County, Ohio.

And honestly, there is no better place to start than the very bottom of the interstellar food chain.

So let's talk about John Scalzi's 2012 book, Redshirts.

Oh, man, a phenomenal starting point.

Really.

His range is incredible.

It really is.

But Redshirts is something incredibly special, especially if you are a fan of shows like, uh, Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Yes.