Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic: From the minds Behind The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Monty Python
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From the minds of Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and Terry Jones (Monty Python) comes Starship Titanic, the hilarious novelization of the third-best adventure game of 1999.
Welcome on board the Starship Titanic.
The Ship that Cannot Possibly Go Wrong.
At the centre of the galaxy, a vast, unknown civilization is preparing for an event of epic proportions: the launch of the greatest, most gorgeous, most technologically advanced spaceship ever built – the Starship Titanic.
An Earthling would see the ship as something really, really big, but rather less provincial onlookers would recognize it as the design of Leovinus, the galaxy’s most renowned architect. Before the launch Leovinus is having one last little look round and begins to find that things just aren’t right: poor workmanship, cybersystems out of control, robots walking into doors. How could this have happened?
The following morning, while the galaxy’s media looks on, the fabulous ship eases away from the construction dock, picks up speed, sways a little, wobbles a bit, veers wildly and, just before it can do untold damage to everything around it, appears to undergo SMEF (Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure). In just ten seconds, the whole stupendous enterprise is over. And our story has just begun . . .
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Additional information
| Publisher | Pan (18 May 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 2739 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 218 pages |
by Mike
I’ve not read the book yet but I have no doubt it will be awesome being part of the DA legacy.
What is definitely not awesome is the actual quality of the book itself, I could have done better on my home printer and a pair of scissors.
The final trimming of the book is so slanty that the back cover is unreadable, thankfully it does not encroach on the internal text.
I’ve waited something like 6 months for this book so I guess there is no point complaining officially as I have to wait another half a year for a replacement.
I’ll just chalk it up to a quirky DAism!
by Pippa
Suspend disbelief and enjoy a wild ride of humour, misadventure, interspecies courtship and more. Once you start you may not be able to stop. I particularly loved how the bimbo is the saviour of the piece, both brains and beauty.
by Mr. Lee David Newsum
Wasn’t for me. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it just didn’t do anything for me.
by Iain
This is a great book in the style of Douglas Adams it has a slow and steady progression building to a quick but flowing pace. A must read for any Douglas Adams fan.
by Andrew B.
Good story.
by Andrew Aicken
A brilliant lead in to the Dr. Who Christmas show.
Enjoyed every page.
by Jem Shaw
I really wanted to love this book but I can’t manage it. I’m a great admirer of Terry Jones’s work, but this just doesn’t hit the spot for me. That’s just my opinion; you may love it.
Adams was consistently funny, but there was an effortlessness about it. Jones always seems to be reaching for the ludicrous. The cover billing suggests that this was written by Douglas Adams, with input from Terry Jones. That’s not the case; it’s a book by Terry Jones, based on an idea by Douglas Adams.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing; fans of Mr Jones’s style may well find it hilarious. But for me, it’s too stretched, too self-consciously anarchic. Mixing Monty Python with the Hitchhiker’s Guide is a recipé that spoils two wonderful flavours.
by julie golder
I read this book because it was the last part of my childhood! I love the books by Douglas Adams! This wasn’t quite as long as I had hoped, but it more all the hallmarks of HGTTG! Fast, weird, recognisable characters, and made no sense!
I absolutely adored it.