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Do you know why you should never beam down in a red shirt? Or question why the captain and high ranking officers always come home, whereas ensigns are often expendable? If you do, you should read Redshirts. If you don't, I think you still may enjoy Redshirts. Can these incidents really be coincidence? Or is something lurking behind them? Local author John Scalzi's latest has just been nominated for a top science fiction honor - the Hugo Award for Best Novel! If you get a chance, check out all the 2013 nominees:

2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson 

Blackout by Mira Grant 

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi 

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed 

An overview of the Hugo Award, as well as previous winners and nominees, can be found on the Science Fiction Awards Database, or go to the The Official Site of The Hugo Awards for oodles of information. This year's winners will be announced on September 1st. Scalzi also has a cool blog called Whatever.