If you cracked up when Lt. Kerensky kept surviving away missions by sheer “narrative immunity,” you’ll love how Arthur Dent bumbles through space thanks to an Infinite Improbability Drive and Vogon bureaucracy. Like the Intrepid’s hilariously contrived crises, Adams skewers classic space-opera logic while delivering nonstop quips. The same irreverent tone that powers Andrew Dahl’s misadventures fuels Ford Prefect’s deadpan explanations and Zaphod’s chaos in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

When Dahl and Jenkins discover they’re trapped inside a poorly written TV show—and even confront the writer—that meta twist echoes the way Goldman ‘edits’ S. Morgenstern’s tale, interrupts with asides, and toys with narrative authority. If the Hollywood confrontation in Redshirts delighted you, you’ll enjoy how The Princess Bride winks at its audience while still delivering swashbuckling adventure, much like the codas in Redshirts reframed everything you’d just read.

If the rapid-fire banter on the Intrepid—Dahl’s deadpan observations, Captain Abernathy’s melodramatic orders, and Jenkins’s conspiracy monologues—hit your funny bone, Year Zero brings that same wit. When an interstellar music obsession triggers galactic copyright chaos, hapless humans must lawyer their way out—much like the Redshirts crew trying to outsmart TV tropes with logic. It’s fast, quippy, and gleefully absurd in the way the Intrepid’s ‘Box’ solutions are.

If you enjoyed how Dahl, Duvall, Hester, and the rest of the Intrepid’s junior crew bonded while dodging doomed away missions, you’ll love riding with Rosemary, Sissix, Kizzy, and the Wayfarer’s family. Like the camaraderie that grows even after Jenkins lifts the curtain on their universe, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet thrives on character chemistry, found-family warmth, and lively shipboard scenes where every crewmate matters.

If the appeal of Redshirts was less the science and more the people—the way Dahl’s crew navigates absurd plotting with human (and humane) choices—then Murderbot’s voice will hook you. As a security unit safeguarding a survey team against corporate malfeasance, Murderbot’s wry introspection and reluctant attachment echo the Intrepid crew’s human-scale stakes beneath cosmic antics. Think Jenkins’s pragmatic problem-solving, but delivered through one unforgettable internal monologue.