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Summary: Not very good
Review: Douglas Adams is now outsourcing his writing! How disappointing. I will try the interactive game, and I hope it's better than the book.
Rating: 
Summary: I expected more.
Review: As an avid fan of Adams and Jones, I really expected a, well, funnier book. Instead, what I got was a hastily thrown-together narration wrapped around what is essentially a computer-game plot. Elements of Adams and Jones tend to collide rather than gel and the noticable lack of Adams-style tangents and in-line jokes makes for a rather dull read. I really wanted to like this book, but, couldn't. Sorry.
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Summary: A bad quick read...
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. I am a fan of both Douglas Adams and Monty Python (here represented by Terry Jone). Unfortunately, the book which is based on a forthcoming CD-ROM game, reads like a CD-ROM game set to text. It lacks the inventiveness of a full-fledged novel (humorous or otherwise). I didn't give the book a 1 because there were a few funny, inventive moments widely scattered in the text. Wasted money for me.
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Summary: Very dissapointing. More like a hint book for the adventure.
Review: I couldn't help thinking all the way through reading this that it was "a novel of the adventure game". There's so manys parts where it's blatently obvious. People being unable to get through doors before various tasks are accomplished, needing to find various objects, etc. There's a load of sex and swearing throughout, but that doesn't disguise it's paper thin storyline and characters (see also "The Illuminatus Trilogy").
All in all a real dissapointment
Rating: 
Summary: boring
Review: I didn't like anything in this book. Couldn't even finish it. Maybe my expectations were just too high, with douglas adams' name on the cover.
Rating:
Summary: It's No Douglas Adams. I don't recommend it
Review: This is no Douglas Adams book, that is clear from the first page. Though you can see some of Adams' handy work it doesn't help rescue this book from sinking. The best thing about this book is Adams' name on the cover. The characters are one dimensional and weak, the plot tired and the premise of the Starship was mishandled from the beginning. The thing that makes Adams' books great are the compleate off the wallness of the characters and the insaneness of the plot and the way it all comes together (or at least goes somewhere) at the end. This book just drags us along with its sorry characters into the murky depths. My recomendation - don't get on the boat. If it says Titanic it means trouble.
Rating: 
Summary: Rather odd...
Review: I thought it to be rather odd that the book is called 'Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic : A Novel'.
Shouldn't 'Terry Jones' Starship Titanic : A Novel' be a better name for it?
I only found out that the book wasn't actually written by Douglas Adams until I read a review about it here on amazon.com.
I haven't read it yet (Holland is a bit behind, and I didn't want to wait a long time, so I didn't order it here), but it sort of spoiled the fun to find out Douglas' name is associated with marketing instead of writing...
I'd rather have him write his own books instead of selling his name to someone who wants to be a writer.
Don't get me wrong, I like both their work (a lot), but I feel a wee bit (yes. I've been to Scotland) misguided. It better be a good book...
Rating:
Summary: A good read if you like this sort of thing
Review: I have to admit, I didn't know this story was based on a CD-ROM game until I bought the book and read the introduction. I wish now that I hadn't. While I found many of Jones' observations and plot twists very ammusing, I couldn't get the video game out of my head while reading. So many of the details of the plot are obviously driven by the functions of the game (having to constantly re-set a bomb's countdown, gathering the scattered parts of the ship's central computer) that it becomes rather tedious when you just want the plot to move in some sort of direction. All in all, I did enjoy this book just for its plain silliness, but I guess I was hoping for more from two great comic talents.
Rating:
Summary: A good quick read
Review: Collaborations of comic geniuses never work out as well as one would suspect. Adams, the brilliantly funny author behind the Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy provided the basic setup for this book in Life, the Universe, and Everything. Jones, the brilliantly funny cast member of Monty Python, wrote the actual book. And the book has very many funny moments, which make it a worthwhile read. Unfortunately, what keeps the book from reaching the status of the Hitchhiker's Guide books is the lack of distinctive characterizations and of character development. There is no equivalent to Arthur Dent or Ford Prefect here, and indeed the book provides no consistent character focus. The lack of strong characters ultimately prevents the book from being a masterpiece. It is, however, a worthwhile read, especially if you enjoy the comic style of either Adams or Jones.
Rating:
Summary: Don't Panic!: Not good, but better than it should be.
Review: The best part of this book is the three and a half page introduction written by Douglas Adams. This isn't to say that the rest of the book isn't good; it is, a light and entertaining read. But Terry Jones never quite captures the careless levity that is the trademark of the Hitchiker Trilogy. In fact, while reading the book certain dialog and situations appear stilted, and it's only if you realize that most of these areas are the result of incorporating material from the computer game of the same name does it become more excusable. Still, the result is a book that, while entertaining to read, wouldn't be particularly entertaining to read again. The short length of the book produces a feeling more of relief than regret, a sure sign of a thin plot.
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