Starship Titanic - Douglas Adams

Following the sad demise of Mr Adams , I sought out the Terry Jones penned Adams inspired novel to glimpse once again the joys of his humour. The game is great, I recommend that too, but the book is probably a better read if you have NOT played the game. It follows the basic plot of the game, but makes a few changes in the spirit of narrative coherance. I mean, Terry Jones changes things so it makes some kind of sense. An alien luxury liner craashes on earth, the only remaining passengers are the robotic crew, a parrot, and a sentient bomb (reminiscent of Dark Star). The robots decide, oddly ... more

For some reason, my expectations regarding this book were low. Being a huge Hitch-hiker's guide fan (I recite dialogue in my sleep), I was disappointed by the Dirk Gently books, and expected Titanic to be similarly non-HitchHikers. However... I have to confess that I cheated, and rather than reading the book, had it read to me by the co-author Terry Jones, on the Simon & Schuster audio cassette. Without doubt, this is the best way to read the book. Not only does the book have a great story, with some wonderful lines, but Terry's delivery adds so much extra to the story, from his female voices ... more