Reddit mentions of Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel)

Not 100% what you're describing, but the John Scalzi novel Redshirts may very well fulfill that fantasy for you. https://www.amazon.com/Redshirts-Novel-Three-Codas-Winner-ebook/dp/B0079XPUOW/ref=sr_1_1

Redshirts, Lock In and Fuzzy Nation too.

Long Trip to a Small Angry Planet

https://www.amazon.com/Long-Small-Angry-Planet-Wayfarers-ebook/dp/B00ZP64F28/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504576843&sr=8-1&keywords=long+trip+to+a+small+angry+planet




Redshirts

https://www.amazon.com/Redshirts-Novel-Three-Codas-Winner-ebook/dp/B0079XPUOW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1504576869&sr=1-1&keywords=redshirts

Some great books already on this list, I'll add in a few that I would also recommend, or that I see come up a lot:

• Year Zero. Very funny, in the vein of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
  
• Snow Crash. I actually just bought this book, and don't know much about it, but it is heavily recommended on this sub. Very excited to read it.
  
• Old Man's War Or anything else by John Scalzi (Including Fuzzy Nation and Redshirts ). He's by no mean's a profound writer, but all his books are easy, fun, and pretty imaginative.
  
  Have fun dude!

Redshirts by John Scalzi does this quite well.

One thing I like in fanfic is deconstructions. Two deconstructions I've enjoyed are Soon I Will Be Invincible and Redshirts.

Everyone who is excited about this just needs to read Redshirts and thank me later.
http://www.amazon.com/Redshirts-John-Scalzi-ebook/dp/B0079XPUOW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407524468&sr=1-1&keywords=redshirts

John Scalzi, Old Man's War series or Redshirts .