This was a fun read. ( )

as a curler I really enjoyed that curling was a major plot point. the book itself was an enjoyable farce. I look forward to more

Disclosure: An electronic copy of this book was provided in exchange for review by publishers Thinkling Books, via Library Thing.

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Loomis shows off a fine sense of the ridiculous here in a space opera send-up featuring a technological Jonah who ends up sentenced to a year in the Galactic Universal Peacemongering Paradigm Emergent Action Spacefleet (GUPPEAS) after her floatcar accidentally pokes a rather large hole in City Hall.

Inexplicably named captain of a tatterdemalion ship with a disgruntled crew and a pouting computer, Janet Delane does her best to carry out her first mission – the rescue of an Earth scientist being held prisoner on Pluto.

The plot, which is basically superfluous, has the crew gallivanting about trying to discover a closely-held Plutonian secret while occasionally remembering the captured scientist. Oh, and there’s coffee, chocolate, and a hunky diplomat as a love-interest.

Don’t sweat the small stuff – just go along for the wacky, FTL-paced action that borrows largely from opera bouffe (or perhaps space-opera bouffe). If there’s a quibble, it’s that Loomis didn’t take just a few minutes longer to play with the Spacefleet’s full name in ordered to come up with something that would acronymize to GUPPIES. (Come on, -- Space Guppies? How could you resist?)

This looks like the beginning of a series, and if it is, I’d like to sign up. What minor law do I have to break to get gang-pressed into GUPPEAS? ( )

The Cosmic Turkey is short, light hearted and easy to read. It didn't have any laugh out loud moments for me and I doubt that I'll remember it in a few months time, but it was fun while it lasted and worth an afternoon of your time. ( )

My neighbors called and said my laughter was annoying them, and my husband was concerned that I looked way too happy when he got home from work.

Okay, that didn’t really happen, but it could have. This book is so much fun!

I’m not a typical sci-fi fan. In fact, I rarely read the genre, and yet I seriously loved this book. So if you’re like me, don’t let the starship and interplanetary travel deter you. First, eat your fill of chocolate, because it’s illegal where you’re going, then settle in for a wild adventure.

The Cosmic Turkey is playful, satirical, and witty, but beneath that is a thoughtful, meaningful story.

*I received a review copy from Thinklings Books.* ( )