Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic

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Summary: Funny, Smart, and Amusing!
Review: I think Starship Titanic had a great plotline but could've been writen a smigin better. Just one question for Terry, why did you leave the parrot out of the story and made it a big deal in the CD-rom.

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Summary: Good, but not THAT good
Review: I read this book expecting something along the lines of the hitchhiker's trilogy. I got something completely different, but funny in it's own way. I attribute it to the book not being written by Adams himself. Terry, if you read this, write a book of your own, OK?

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Summary: A beautiful and luxurious ship of it's kind .Lovely forever.
Review: When I first got starship in March '98 I was stunned by the amazing talking device that it had to actually talk with the bots. I am 13 and I see alot of adults using this game. It's great for any age over 10 and has great treats to share with the whole family.

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Summary: It's defininetly a game worth getting!
Review: Even though it took up a load of memory and took forever (give or take a few weeks) to complete, it was certainly the best game I have ever played. The language interaction isn't just cool, it's downright fun. The game is extremely complicated, but the people who made it are real user-friendly, and made a strategy guide for people like me who often get stuck. Once you get yourself going on this game, it's pretty hard to stop. The game is extremely creative and extremely fun as well. I might add that this game is not for people with little patience. You'll never complete the game if you're all tense. I could tell you why, but that would be a spoiler.

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Summary: Good, but Douglas Adams would have done better
Review: When I bought the book, I was expecting the humor one finds in the Hitchiker Trilogy ( I know there are more than three books, but that is what it is called), but I did not. Terry Jones made an attempt that was not to the full of his abilities. Although, I believe that it was an interesting book, yet it could have been longer, more jokes, and a little less sex ( I can't believe I said that!)

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Summary: possibly the worst novel ever written
Review: The plot has promise, but the execution is incompetent, and the (attempts at) humor infantile. Let this be a lesson to us all: do not allow someone else to write your novel.

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Summary: Our Titanic sunk; Starship Titanic stunk.
Review: The cover was attractive. The misleading monicer 'Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic' was promising. Having Python troupe member Terry Jones' name on the byline piqued my interest. But this book is terrible. The Hitchhiker's Guide was founded on startling imagination, and priceless turns of phrases. Never before had a read an author who so joyously experimented with language as Adams did in his Hitchhiker series -- and I fear I may never again. Jones' weak novel might well have been imagined in one 15 minute seating: there are no memorable characters, no ingenuous planets, no hillarious creatures, no sparkling exchanges of dialogue. What little chuckles reside in this book are temporary: readers won't be recalling them throughout their life as hysterical social commentary, much like I still do with the Hitchhiker series. I will tell you the funniest part: there is a self-destruct mechanism which is accidentally set in motion, and the computer begins to count down the seconds to detonation. With no other idea of how to stop their doom, one of the drab characters (I don't even care who, anymore) goes down and talks to the computer to make it lose count. This the computer does, until it realizes it's being duped, and then it begins to count resentfully again, and again he is distracted... Not worth it, folks. Watch Life of Brian, or read Mostly Harmless. Or flog yourself with belts -- just don't read Starship Titanic.

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Summary: A Sad Attempt to Market Douglas Adams's Name
Review: If Douglas Adams were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave. This book, billed as a 'Douglas Adams' novel, is really just a very cheap attempt by Terry Jones (a very funny man) to write a book in the Adams style. It does not come off very well -- in fact, it reads rather like a piece of low quality high school fiction. The book is based on a stragegy game by the same name which was designed by Douglas Adams -- the book appears to be an afterthought inspired by the game. So, if you're looking for some new material from Douglas Adams, get the game, or go back and re-read some of the classic Hitchhikers or Dirk Gently novels. You won't find anything of that calibre here.

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Summary: Arguably The Best Game I Have Ever Played!
Review: Beside the fact that it seems to take forever to get going, Starship Titanic is arguably the best game I have ever played! The smart-alec remarks of the robots are hillarious, and the puzzles are fun and challenging. And now, the downers: If the action was more continuous in the game, however, I would have definately given it a five. Also, it takes a HUGE chunk of your computers memory. Still, exploring the ship, solving the puzzles, and talking to the bots is just great. It's definately worth the buy.

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Summary: Worse than Myst (I wouldn't have thought I'd say that)
Review: ... and I HATED Myst. All the things that Myst gets right, ST does, too. Unfortunately, that's a list which doesn't include gameplay or story. ST is gorgeous, but the puzzles are insulting and illogical. Much of the game is spent fighting with deliberately bad interfaces and user-hostile computers. If I wanted that, I'd have just stayed in Windows.