Redshirts

Redshirts - I thought it was very funny in places. The three codas were very weak. I enjoyed it, but there are a few things that bothered me. Am I the only one that was annoyed by the names? I wish I could search the reviews on goodreads by keywords to find out. There isn't enough difference in Dahl and Duvall to use for the two main characters, it would have been fine if that had been called by their first names, but they're not, you just have to memorize which is which. Then, there are two Nicks in the book, I don't understand that at all. I actually went to the author's blog and searched, thinking maybe the names were all tuckerizations or something, that would at least have explained it.