Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic

a novel

by Terry Jones

Hardcover, 246 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 1997 by Harmony Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-609-60103-7

(20 reviews)

From the minds of Douglas Adams (The Hitchhikers 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 center 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, cyber-systems out of control, robots walking into doors. How could this have happened? The following morning, while the galaxy's media looks on, …

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jonn reviewed Starship Titanic by Douglas Adams

Adamsian study of humans being humans

5 stars

I loved everything about the book: corrupted genius, quickly-reverting epiphanies, deranged space travel and two new alien species, unheard of in previous Adams’s works.

I also love it when no details are inconsequential, when the story loops onto itself and ties so tightly that there are no holes.

My only nudge against the book was that Nettie’s character was too consistently flawless. But her story is not without an unexpectedly epic twist too.

I loved the preface by Douglas Adams too, some laughs there, don’t sleep on it.

Good stuff through and through, 5/5, would read again.

And, traditionally, the quote of the book. Enjoy the misandry! :3

"What on Earth d’you think you’re doing, Bozo?" When Nigel sounded playful he was always at his most dangerous.

"Sh!" said Nettie. "I’m taking a photo of the house. Don’t jog the car." "I don’t know whether you’ve noticed, Einstein." There was …

I loved everything about the book: corrupted genius, quickly-reverting epiphanies, deranged space travel and two new alien species, unheard of in previous Adams’s works.

I also love it when no details are inconsequential, when the story loops onto itself and ties so tightly that there are no holes.

My only nudge against the book was that Nettie’s character was too consistently flawless. But her story is not without an unexpectedly epic twist too.

I loved the preface by Douglas Adams too, some laughs there, don’t sleep on it.

Good stuff through and through, 5/5, would read again.

And, traditionally, the quote of the book. Enjoy the misandry! :3

"What on Earth d’you think you’re doing, Bozo?" When Nigel sounded playful he was always at his most dangerous.

"Sh!" said Nettie. "I’m taking a photo of the house. Don’t jog the car." "I don’t know whether you’ve noticed, Einstein." There was sheer joy in Nigel’s voice. He loved ridiculing his girl-friends. "But it’s night." "’Sright!" replied Nettie, not moving her blond head so much as a millimeter. "I’m taking a photo called: ’Dan and Lucy’s Hotel Beneath the Stars.’ Maybe you’ll frame it and hang it in the entrance hall?" "You can’t take photos at night unless you’ve got a flash, Dumbbell." Nigel opened the car door. "Hey! You’ve jogged it!" Nettie screamed out. "Get in, Brainbox, I’ll drive," said Nigel. "I guess it was long enough," said Nettie to Dan.

TimMason reviewed Starship Titanic by Douglas Adams

Review of 'Starship Titanic' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I was unable to read this. It grinds on and on, and thinks its very witty. It's a bore.

The Gnome King reviewed Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones

Review of "Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I found this pretty entertaining, a lot of thought has been put into making the starship as bad as possible. Some good laughs in this, the first terry Jones book I have read.