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Summary: A Woman's Gotta Do What A Woman's Gotta Do
Review: I found this novel fast and fun. It reminded me a bit of the hit British television series Red Dwarf. Drewcilia Qwah, a hard as nails Salvager who runs her ship (the Garbage Scow) with the aid of a tall, hairy alien named Van Gar, is asked to transport an important mission to return a captured Queen to her King. Drewcilia, who is somewhat suspicious of the setup, lets her love of money overcome her good sense and agrees. Thus begins a rather rollicking space opera.Drewcilia has fun. She thinks that every ship should have an ice chest full of beer on the bridge. When not downing cold beer she likes mixed drinks with suggestive names that pack a hell of a hangover. When it comes to trading her morals are somewhat lacking but she does not double cross her friends. Her plans also tend to succeed, if everyone else would just keep out of the way and let her work. For those of delicate sensibilities, yes the language is rough, but it's real language as used by real rednecks not toned down for a "pg13" rating. Lynn Abbey in her introduction talks about how well Rosen's writing lends itself to being read. I agree. It's not that Drew doesn't have some delicacy of feeling, it's just that she expresses it in actions and not words.
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Summary: skip this one
Review: I generally disliked this book. Most of the characters are two dimensional, and the much-vaunted bawdiness is really just tedious repetitions of the f-word. Whooppee. Too bad, because the premise is interesting, though I can't say more without straying into spoilers. I'm not entirely sure why I bothered to finish it - normally I just stop reading books I don't like. There are tantalizing bits of interestingness - enough to keep you going, but not enough to make it worthwhile to buy this book unless you're really really really desparate for something to read and have already read everything Bujold, Lee & Miller, and other worthwhile authors have already published.
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Summary: Loved this book
Review: I loved this book. It was a fast read and really entertaining. I love the writing style and the bawdy humor. She writes the perfect female sci-fi female character. The story has a fresh twist and will keep you engrossed for hours. I cant wait to see what she does next!
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Summary: Loved this book
Review: I loved this book. It was a fast read and really entertaining. I love the writing style and the bawdy humor. She writes the perfect female sci-fi female character. The story has a fresh twist and will keep you engrossed for hours. I cant wait to see what she does next!
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Summary: Take a break, sit back, pop a beer, and open this book!
Review: If you are looking for nose-in-the-air literature, you are looking in the wrong place with Queen of Denial.
However, if you want a lightening fast read that will leave you chuckling, kick back and enjoy. Drewcila Qwah is the best salvager in the galaxy. She loves beer, smoking, rousting about with her first mate Van Gar (a large fur covered alien) in the spaceport bars, and causes a disturbance wherever she goes. Surprisingly, her garbage scow is hired to transport King Zarco back to his homeworld, and she is made an offer she can't refuse.
But during her mission, she finds out that Zarco has been searching for his missing queen Taralin, and that she's the one he's looking for. She has no memory of her abduction or anything prior to it, for her captures removed part of her brain. Still, she decides to go ahead with Zarco and see what she can get from this planet. After all, she's their Queen. In an uproarously funny adventure, Drew and Van Gar wind out turning Barion upside down while trying to fix their post war problems, all while someone keeps making attempts on Drew's life. This book is nothing more than a simplistic romp from one planet to another, more of a character story with a sci-fi background. There is hardly any prose at all, which causes the book to be a bit jumpy, but the dialogue is smart and sassy and filled with laughs and clever banter. If I were ever to take a space adventure, I would want Drew as my pilot. So put away your snobbish discretion and settle down into the wacky capers of the irascible Queen of Garbage. Enjoy!
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: If you like an outrageously funny adventure this book is for you! Selina Rosen is one of the best new SF writers in years. Not only was it a wild ride, but if you look under the surface of salvage scows and beer cans you will see a ton of good sense and a writer with a message. "Get a Life!" "Take a Joke!" "Don't have a cow!" "Buck up!" The pages flew by and I laughed out loud so often that my wife thought I was insane......In short, Fantastic!
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Summary: Funny!
Review: It takes a special kind of wit to sustain humor for a whole novel, and Selina Rosen has that rare wicked, earthy cleverness. I laughed out loud, and on comedy I'm the hardest sell in the universe. --cj cherryh
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Summary: Wonderful fun!
Review: QUEEN OF DENIAL is a blast! It's fun and funny. It was just the escape I needed after a tough day at work. I found myself laughing out loud--something I rarely do when reading. I can't wait for her next book.
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Summary: read this book
Review: Selin has out did her self with this book. I realy recomend that people read it. She has her own style that just makes you not able to put the book down.give this book a try, you wont be sorry.
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Summary: Hilarious four and a half star debut
Review: Selina Rosen has a winning effort in "Queen of Denial." The plot is fairly easy to sum up; Drewcila Quah has been a Salvager for many years. She's good at it; she drinks hard, loves hard, and swears a whole lot, as the other Salvagers do. However, there's a secret in her past that is about to be revealed; seems that she's the missing Queen of an important planet. Her husband waited five years to come after her; now, he's found her. The sparks fly, but not the way he wants. The King, Zarco, is a very boring guy; he's done a whole lot of warring, he slept with Drew's sister Stasha, and he's not a very nice guy at all in my opinion. Drew, even with all her swearing, bedding and other stuff, is the sympathetic one. I really liked Drew; she's extremely funny. Her partner the alien is also amusing, and they interact well together. Her sister Stasha is also played for laughs, and is much more sympathetic than any other character in this book other than Drew. Thing is, plot alone is not the reason to read this. The reason to read it is because it's absolutely, positively hilarious. There are many laugh out loud moments here, too many to list, and the _only_ real drawback is that the frontispiece for the novel (the initial page, explaining things) has a whole lot of punctuation and spelling errors. I don't completely understand this; how did it get through one printing that way, much less multiple printings? Never mind. Ignore that page. The rest is extremely good. So, the final tally is four and a half stars, highly recommended. Barb Caffrey
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