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Starship Titanic
Author: Douglas Adams
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Written and read by one of the Monty Python team, this humorous science-fiction story features a vast, unknown civilization which is preparing for an event of epic proportions the launching of the greatest, most gorgeous, most technologically-advanced starship ever built.From School Library JournalYAAJones, of Monty Python fame, has successfully translated Adamss vision into a manic interstellar romp that is a welcome companion to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. Starship was launched into the publics consciousness as a brief sentence in Life, the Universe and Everything (Pocket, 1990) and, after experiencing Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure, has resurfaced as a well-received CD-ROM game and as this amusing novel. With not much more plot than a Seinfeld episode, Starship follows the efforts of a cast of daft characters who must earn a free upgrade on the most extravagant and technologically advanced ship ever created. Their mission is to bring the ships lobotomized computer brain back online while distracting a single-minded bomb and battling an army of hostile shipbuilders who do more good than harm. Absurdities pile on oddities, leaving oxygen-starved readers gasping between giggles. This collaborative effort between Jones and Adams sparkles with the inane humor and fondness for the ridiculous that has earned them a cult following. It will be popular with their many fans and the release of the CD-ROM in April will create new converts among the few who have thus far missed the boat.ARobin Deffendall, Prince William Public Library System, VA 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalConceived by Adams, author of the cult classic Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and executed by Sheckley (The Draconian New York, Forge, 1996), this story concerns the most technologically advanced starship ever designed and the very human tensions that arise among the Architect, the Manager, and the Accountant when the ship is finished. 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Written and read by one of the Monty Python team, this humorous science-fiction story features a vast, unknown civilization which is preparing for an event of epic proportions the launching of the greatest, most gorgeous, most technologically-advanced starship ever built.From School Library JournalYAAJones, of Monty Python fame, has successfully translated Adamss vision into a manic interstellar romp that is a welcome companion to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. Starship was launched into the publics consciousness as a brief sentence in Life, the Universe and Everything (Pocket, 1990) and, after experiencing Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure, has resurfaced as a well-received CD-ROM game and as this amusing novel. With not much more plot than a Seinfeld episode, Starship follows the efforts of a cast of daft characters who must earn a free upgrade on the most extravagant and technologically advanced ship ever created. Their mission is to bring the ships lobotomized computer brain back online while distracting a single-minded bomb and battling an army of hostile shipbuilders who do more good than harm. Absurdities pile on oddities, leaving oxygen-starved readers gasping between giggles. This collaborative effort between Jones and Adams sparkles with the inane humor and fondness for the ridiculous that has earned them a cult following. It will be popular with their many fans and the release of the CD-ROM in April will create new converts among the few who have thus far missed the boat.ARobin Deffendall, Prince William Public Library System, VA 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalConceived by Adams, author of the cult classic Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and executed by Sheckley (The Draconian New York, Forge, 1996), this story concerns the most technologically advanced starship ever designed and the very human tensions that arise among the Architect, the Manager, and the Accountant when the ship is finished. 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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