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    <![CDATA[ Douglas Adams hat mit <em>Starship Titanic</em> ein Grafik-Adventure präsentiert, das sich großer Beliebtheit erfreut. Das Buch wurde verfasst von keinem Geringeren als von <em>Monty Python</em> Terry Jones! Er ist in seiner Arbeitskleidung auf dem hinteren Innencover abgebildet, den Laptop auf dem hüllenlosen Schoß. Natürlich spielt Jones' schräger englischer, keineswegs immer jugendfreier Humor eine tragende Rolle.<p>  Im Herzen unserer Galaxis hat eine Zivilisation, von der wir bisher nichts wussten, den größten und schönsten Sternenkreuzer gebaut, den es je gegeben hat -- die <em>Starship Titanic</em>. Im Inneren majestätisch und luxuriös ausgestattet, erinnert es an eine Mischung aus dem Hotel Ritz, dem Chrysler-Gebäude, dem Grab des Tutenchamun und dem Stadtbild von Venedig. Die <em>Starship Titanic</em> ist ein unübertroffenes Wunderwerk der Technik. Da kann nichts schiefgehen. Rein Theoretisch! Denn obwohl es entworfen wurde vom größten Genie des Universums, haben seine Teilhabern gepfuscht und Geld unterschlagen -- wie im richtigen Leben.<p>  Kaum zu seiner Jungfernfahrt aufgebrochen, wird das Schiff Opfer eines SMEF (Spontaner Massiver Existenz-Fehlschlag), fliegt in den Hyperspace und verschwindet -- nur um Sekunden später auf der Erde in das neue Haus von Dan, Nettie und Lucy zu krachen, die dort gerade eine Pension einrichten wollten. Aus der Traum! Während sich der vierte Mann, Nigel, aus dem Staub macht, entsteigt dem Raumschiff Leovinus, der Konstrukteur, und verschwindet. An Bord geht Nettie, dicht gefolgt von Lucy und Dan. Mit einem mulmigen Gefühl im Bauch findet das Trio einen Weg ins Innere und ist fasziniert. Doch als sie gerade anfangen wollen, das eindrucksvolle Interieur zu bestaunen, setzt sich das Schiff in Richtung Weltraum in Bewegung. Aber keine Angst: Man ist nicht allein.<p>  Die Besatzung besteht aus einer Vielzahl nicht richtig funktionierender Roboter und einem verwirrten Papagei. Auch der Journalist, der Leovinus gefolgt war, taucht auf -- und verliebt sich heftig in Lucy, die eigentlich die Freundin von Dan ist bzw. war. Das Trio stellt erstaunt fest, dass es sich mit der Crew unterhalten kann. Man versucht, sich den neurotischen Robotern verständlich zu machen und trifft zum Beispiel Fenice, den eingebildeten Portier, oder Nobby, den eingebildet kranken Liftboy, der in Kriegserlebnissen schwelgt. Am Anfang sind die Drei Passagiere der 3. Klasse, doch die Temperatur sinkt unaufhaltsam, da die Erbauer auch an der Energieversorgung gespart haben -- und innerhalb kürzester Zeit nimmt eine der mächtigsten Kräfte, die der Mensch kennt, Besitz von ihnen: der unstillbare Wunsch nach einer kostenlosen Umbuchung -- Upgrade -- in eine höhere Klasse. Leider hat der zuständige Page, eine Tischlampe, so seine eigenen Vorstellung, welche Berechtigung dafür legitim ist. Über die 2. Klasse arbeitet man sich langsam aber sicher in die erste Klasse vor, während einem immer mehr Räume des Schiffes zugänglich werden und sich sein Geheimnis mit jedem Schritt ein wenig mehr lüftet.<p>  Es stellt sich heraus, dass Leovinus sein wunderbares Schiff von einer Künstlichen Intelligenz namens Titania steuern lassen wollte. Allerdings fehlen die wichtigsten Bestandteile der KI, der &quot;Memory Core&quot;. Diesen gilt es nun sukzessive zusammenzusetzen. Aus Versehen wird eine Bombe aktiviert, die von 1.000 herunterzählt, die sich aber stets kurz vor Null verwirren lässt, sodass sie erneut anfängt zu zählen. Schließlich wird das Schiff auch noch angegriffen und gekapert. Doch Netties heroischer Einsatz beschwichtigt die Piraten -- es sind die ersten Erbauer des Schiffs -- und es geht zum Heimatplaneten von Leovinus. Der Weg zurück zur Erde ist jedoch noch weit.<p>  Mehr wird nicht verraten, doch es gibt ein Happyend. Terry Jones macht seinen Job gut: Es gibt reichlich komische Szenen, aber nicht von der schenkelschlagenden Sorte. Die Bombe sorgt für Spannung, und bis Leovinus gerettet ist, dauert es auch noch ein Weilchen. Wie sich ein Journalistenkollege von der Computer-Fachzeitschrift <em>c't</em> äußerte: &quot;Ganz nett, aber kein epochales Werk -- eher etwas zum Zeitvertreib.&quot; Er brauchte nur etwa 3 Stunden zum Lesen der 242 Seiten. <em>--Michael Matzer</em></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Die Titanic sollte eigentlich der größte Luxusliner der Weltraumgeschichte werden, allerdings hat sich das der Projektleiter ein anderes Konzept überlegt: Wenn das Schiff bereits beim Stapellauf zerstört wird, dann vergütet die Versicherung den Wert und es ist nicht wichtig, dass die Ausstattun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39665993">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<br/>Arguably the greatest collaboration in the whole history of comedy!<br/><br/>Bestselling author Douglas Adams wrote the storyline based on his CD-ROM game of the same name (as this novel, not as him, obviously).<br/><br/>Terry Jones of Monty Python wrote the book. In the nude! Parents be warned! Most of the words in this book were written by a naked man!<br/><br/>So. You want to argue with that? All right, we give in.<br/><br/>Starship Titanic is the greatest, most fabulous, most technologically advanced interstellar cruise line ever built. It is like a cross between the Queen Mary, the Chrysler Building, Tutankhamen's tomb, and Venice. Furthermore, it cannot possibly go wrong. . . .<br/><br/>Sadly, however, seconds after its launch it undergoes SMEF, or Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure. And disappears. <br/><br/>Except, everything's got to be somewhere. <br/><br/>Coming home that night, on a little known planet called Earth, Dan and Lucy Gibson find something very large and very, very shiny sticking into their house. . . <br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[easily the best book I've ever read that was based on a CD-ROM computer game, especially under the sub-category of books written by comedians I like based on CD-ROM games by favorite authors.  I dare say it tops both of those lists.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I learned that this book existed, I was desperate to find a copy. The brainchild of Douglas Adams, as interpreted by Terry Jones of &quot;Monty Python&quot; fame?! Where do I sign my soul away?<br/><br/>I'm very glad I didn't shell out a lot of cash for this book. It showed promise, but read ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18344103">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Starship Titanic</em> is a science-fiction adventure set aboard a colossal spaceship (which is named after a fairly well-known cruise ship from the planet Earth). It seems that something has gone horribly wrong aboard the <em>Starship Titanic</em>--a fact that becomes evident as the vessel slams into the cozy confines of your living room. Now, at the request of the ship's robotic crew, you must go aboard, figure out what went wrong, and fix it.<p> The game uses impressively rendered graphics to depict <em>Starship Titanic</em>'s opulent interior. For the most part, you can make your way through the ship and the game using the mouse as you would in <em>Myst</em>. For conversations with the robot attendants, you use the keyboard and the game's text parser. This combination of contemporary adventure-game graphics and classic-style text conversations works well.<p> As with any adventure game, this one has a lot of puzzles for you to solve. And like everything else Douglas Adams comes up with, the puzzles in this game are complex, challenging, and often downright silly. You'll have to disarm a bomb, for example, that has a 20-digit &quot;combination&quot; and that constantly taunts you. (Monty Python's John Cleese plays the voice of the bomb.)  You'll also have to deal with an annoying, chicken-eating parrot (played by Terry Jones, another Python veteran and author of the <em>Starship Titanic</em> novel).One thing to keep in mind as you play <em>Starship Titanic</em> is that the puzzles <em>will</em> leave you frustrated at times. That's OK--in fact, that's probably what Adams had in mind from the start--because most of the solutions to these puzzles are incredibly bizarre and unusual. If you get really stuck, the DoorBot and BellBot can usually be of some assistance.<p> Even with a little help from these automated assistants, however, <em>Starship Titanic</em> will have you puzzling for hours and hours. <em>--Michael Ryan</em></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<em>Starship Titanic</em> is a science-fiction adventure set aboard a colossal spaceship (which is named after a fairly well-known cruise ship from the planet Earth). It seems that something has gone horribly wrong aboard the <em>Starship Titanic</em>--a fact that becomes evident as the vessel slams into the cozy confines of your living room. Now, at the request of the ship's robotic crew, you must go aboard, figure out what went wrong, and fix it.<p> The game uses impressively rendered graphics to depict <em>Starship Titanic</em>'s opulent interior. For the most part, you can make your way through the ship and the game using the mouse as you would in <em>Myst</em>. For conversations with the robot attendants, you use the keyboard and the game's text parser. This combination of contemporary adventure-game graphics and classic-style text conversations works well.<p> As with any adventure game, this one has a lot of puzzles for you to solve. And like everything else Douglas Adams comes up with, the puzzles in this game are complex, challenging, and often downright silly. You'll have to disarm a bomb, for example, that has a 20-digit &quot;combination&quot; and that constantly taunts you. (Monty Python's John Cleese plays the voice of the bomb.)  You'll also have to deal with an annoying, chicken-eating parrot (played by Terry Jones, another Python veteran and author of the <em>Starship Titanic</em> novel).One thing to keep in mind as you play <em>Starship Titanic</em> is that the puzzles <em>will</em> leave you frustrated at times. That's OK--in fact, that's probably what Adams had in mind from the start--because most of the solutions to these puzzles are incredibly bizarre and unusual. If you get really stuck, the DoorBot and BellBot can usually be of some assistance.<p> Even with a little help from these automated assistants, however, <em>Starship Titanic</em> will have you puzzling for hours and hours. <em>--Michael Ryan</em></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[ Douglas Adams hat mit <em>Starship Titanic</em> ein Grafik-Adventure präsentiert, das sich großer Beliebtheit erfreut. Das Buch wurde verfasst von keinem Geringeren als von <em>Monty Python</em> Terry Jones! Er ist in seiner Arbeitskleidung auf dem hinteren Innencover abgebildet, den Laptop auf dem hüllenlosen Schoß. Natürlich spielt Jones' schräger englischer, keineswegs immer jugendfreier Humor eine tragende Rolle.<p>  Im Herzen unserer Galaxis hat eine Zivilisation, von der wir bisher nichts wussten, den größten und schönsten Sternenkreuzer gebaut, den es je gegeben hat -- die <em>Starship Titanic</em>. Im Inneren majestätisch und luxuriös ausgestattet, erinnert es an eine Mischung aus dem Hotel Ritz, dem Chrysler-Gebäude, dem Grab des Tutenchamun und dem Stadtbild von Venedig. Die <em>Starship Titanic</em> ist ein unübertroffenes Wunderwerk der Technik. Da kann nichts schiefgehen. Rein Theoretisch! Denn obwohl es entworfen wurde vom größten Genie des Universums, haben seine Teilhabern gepfuscht und Geld unterschlagen -- wie im richtigen Leben.<p>  Kaum zu seiner Jungfernfahrt aufgebrochen, wird das Schiff Opfer eines SMEF (Spontaner Massiver Existenz-Fehlschlag), fliegt in den Hyperspace und verschwindet -- nur um Sekunden später auf der Erde in das neue Haus von Dan, Nettie und Lucy zu krachen, die dort gerade eine Pension einrichten wollten. Aus der Traum! Während sich der vierte Mann, Nigel, aus dem Staub macht, entsteigt dem Raumschiff Leovinus, der Konstrukteur, und verschwindet. An Bord geht Nettie, dicht gefolgt von Lucy und Dan. Mit einem mulmigen Gefühl im Bauch findet das Trio einen Weg ins Innere und ist fasziniert. Doch als sie gerade anfangen wollen, das eindrucksvolle Interieur zu bestaunen, setzt sich das Schiff in Richtung Weltraum in Bewegung. Aber keine Angst: Man ist nicht allein.<p>  Die Besatzung besteht aus einer Vielzahl nicht richtig funktionierender Roboter und einem verwirrten Papagei. Auch der Journalist, der Leovinus gefolgt war, taucht auf -- und verliebt sich heftig in Lucy, die eigentlich die Freundin von Dan ist bzw. war. Das Trio stellt erstaunt fest, dass es sich mit der Crew unterhalten kann. Man versucht, sich den neurotischen Robotern verständlich zu machen und trifft zum Beispiel Fenice, den eingebildeten Portier, oder Nobby, den eingebildet kranken Liftboy, der in Kriegserlebnissen schwelgt. Am Anfang sind die Drei Passagiere der 3. Klasse, doch die Temperatur sinkt unaufhaltsam, da die Erbauer auch an der Energieversorgung gespart haben -- und innerhalb kürzester Zeit nimmt eine der mächtigsten Kräfte, die der Mensch kennt, Besitz von ihnen: der unstillbare Wunsch nach einer kostenlosen Umbuchung -- Upgrade -- in eine höhere Klasse. Leider hat der zuständige Page, eine Tischlampe, so seine eigenen Vorstellung, welche Berechtigung dafür legitim ist. Über die 2. Klasse arbeitet man sich langsam aber sicher in die erste Klasse vor, während einem immer mehr Räume des Schiffes zugänglich werden und sich sein Geheimnis mit jedem Schritt ein wenig mehr lüftet.<p>  Es stellt sich heraus, dass Leovinus sein wunderbares Schiff von einer Künstlichen Intelligenz namens Titania steuern lassen wollte. Allerdings fehlen die wichtigsten Bestandteile der KI, der &quot;Memory Core&quot;. Diesen gilt es nun sukzessive zusammenzusetzen. Aus Versehen wird eine Bombe aktiviert, die von 1.000 herunterzählt, die sich aber stets kurz vor Null verwirren lässt, sodass sie erneut anfängt zu zählen. Schließlich wird das Schiff auch noch angegriffen und gekapert. Doch Netties heroischer Einsatz beschwichtigt die Piraten -- es sind die ersten Erbauer des Schiffs -- und es geht zum Heimatplaneten von Leovinus. Der Weg zurück zur Erde ist jedoch noch weit.<p>  Mehr wird nicht verraten, doch es gibt ein Happyend. Terry Jones macht seinen Job gut: Es gibt reichlich komische Szenen, aber nicht von der schenkelschlagenden Sorte. Die Bombe sorgt für Spannung, und bis Leovinus gerettet ist, dauert es auch noch ein Weilchen. Wie sich ein Journalistenkollege von der Computer-Fachzeitschrift <em>c't</em> äußerte: &quot;Ganz nett, aber kein epochales Werk -- eher etwas zum Zeitvertreib.&quot; Er brauchte nur etwa 3 Stunden zum Lesen der 242 Seiten. <em>--Michael Matzer</em></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hat eine Weile gedauert, bis ich das Buch endlich mal zur Hand genommen hab. Und nach den ersten zehn Seiten war ich auch nicht sicher, ob ich es nicht doch lieber weglegen möchte. Irgendwie muss man sich auf solche Geschichten erst um- und einstellen, sich vorbehaltlos auch in diese skurrile Welt ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8341209">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic</em> by Terry Jones, a book based on a computer game inspired by a paragraph from a trilogy of five books.<br/><br/>Can you really say more?<br/><br/><em>Monty Python</em> vet Terry Jones does his best to emulate Douglas Adams, and while it's imperfect, it's still rather funny...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4510036">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Starship Titanic</em> is a science-fiction adventure set aboard a colossal spaceship (which is named after a fairly well-known cruise ship from the planet Earth). It seems that something has gone horribly wrong aboard the <em>Starship Titanic</em>--a fact that becomes evident as the vessel slams into the cozy confines of your living room. Now, at the request of the ship's robotic crew, you must go aboard, figure out what went wrong, and fix it.<p> The game uses impressively rendered graphics to depict <em>Starship Titanic</em>'s opulent interior. For the most part, you can make your way through the ship and the game using the mouse as you would in <em>Myst</em>. For conversations with the robot attendants, you use the keyboard and the game's text parser. This combination of contemporary adventure-game graphics and classic-style text conversations works well.<p> As with any adventure game, this one has a lot of puzzles for you to solve. And like everything else Douglas Adams comes up with, the puzzles in this game are complex, challenging, and often downright silly. You'll have to disarm a bomb, for example, that has a 20-digit &quot;combination&quot; and that constantly taunts you. (Monty Python's John Cleese plays the voice of the bomb.)  You'll also have to deal with an annoying, chicken-eating parrot (played by Terry Jones, another Python veteran and author of the <em>Starship Titanic</em> novel).One thing to keep in mind as you play <em>Starship Titanic</em> is that the puzzles <em>will</em> leave you frustrated at times. That's OK--in fact, that's probably what Adams had in mind from the start--because most of the solutions to these puzzles are incredibly bizarre and unusual. If you get really stuck, the DoorBot and BellBot can usually be of some assistance.<p> Even with a little help from these automated assistants, however, <em>Starship Titanic</em> will have you puzzling for hours and hours. <em>--Michael Ryan</em></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reads like the transcript of an old-school text adventure game, which is what it actually is! For completists only.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Starship Titanic</em> is a science-fiction adventure set aboard a colossal spaceship (which is named after a fairly well-known cruise ship from the planet Earth). It seems that something has gone horribly wrong aboard the <em>Starship Titanic</em>--a fact that becomes evident as the vessel slams into the cozy confines of your living room. Now, at the request of the ship's robotic crew, you must go aboard, figure out what went wrong, and fix it.<p> The game uses impressively rendered graphics to depict <em>Starship Titanic</em>'s opulent interior. For the most part, you can make your way through the ship and the game using the mouse as you would in <em>Myst</em>. For conversations with the robot attendants, you use the keyboard and the game's text parser. This combination of contemporary adventure-game graphics and classic-style text conversations works well.<p> As with any adventure game, this one has a lot of puzzles for you to solve. And like everything else Douglas Adams comes up with, the puzzles in this game are complex, challenging, and often downright silly. You'll have to disarm a bomb, for example, that has a 20-digit &quot;combination&quot; and that constantly taunts you. (Monty Python's John Cleese plays the voice of the bomb.)  You'll also have to deal with an annoying, chicken-eating parrot (played by Terry Jones, another Python veteran and author of the <em>Starship Titanic</em> novel).One thing to keep in mind as you play <em>Starship Titanic</em> is that the puzzles <em>will</em> leave you frustrated at times. That's OK--in fact, that's probably what Adams had in mind from the start--because most of the solutions to these puzzles are incredibly bizarre and unusual. If you get really stuck, the DoorBot and BellBot can usually be of some assistance.<p> Even with a little help from these automated assistants, however, <em>Starship Titanic</em> will have you puzzling for hours and hours. <em>--Michael Ryan</em></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<em>Starship Titanic</em> is a science-fiction adventure set aboard a colossal spaceship (which is named after a fairly well-known cruise ship from the planet Earth). It seems that something has gone horribly wrong aboard the <em>Starship Titanic</em>--a fact that becomes evident as the vessel slams into the cozy confines of your living room. Now, at the request of the ship's robotic crew, you must go aboard, figure out what went wrong, and fix it.<p> The game uses impressively rendered graphics to depict <em>Starship Titanic</em>'s opulent interior. For the most part, you can make your way through the ship and the game using the mouse as you would in <em>Myst</em>. For conversations with the robot attendants, you use the keyboard and the game's text parser. This combination of contemporary adventure-game graphics and classic-style text conversations works well.<p> As with any adventure game, this one has a lot of puzzles for you to solve. And like everything else Douglas Adams comes up with, the puzzles in this game are complex, challenging, and often downright silly. You'll have to disarm a bomb, for example, that has a 20-digit &quot;combination&quot; and that constantly taunts you. (Monty Python's John Cleese plays the voice of the bomb.)  You'll also have to deal with an annoying, chicken-eating parrot (played by Terry Jones, another Python veteran and author of the <em>Starship Titanic</em> novel).One thing to keep in mind as you play <em>Starship Titanic</em> is that the puzzles <em>will</em> leave you frustrated at times. That's OK--in fact, that's probably what Adams had in mind from the start--because most of the solutions to these puzzles are incredibly bizarre and unusual. If you get really stuck, the DoorBot and BellBot can usually be of some assistance.<p> Even with a little help from these automated assistants, however, <em>Starship Titanic</em> will have you puzzling for hours and hours. <em>--Michael Ryan</em></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<br/>Arguably the greatest collaboration in the whole history of comedy!<br/><br/>Bestselling author Douglas Adams wrote the storyline based on his CD-ROM game of the same name (as this novel, not as him, obviously).<br/><br/>Terry Jones of Monty Python wrote the book. In the nude! Parents be warned! Most of the words in this book were written by a naked man!<br/><br/>So. You want to argue with that? All right, we give in.<br/><br/>Starship Titanic is the greatest, most fabulous, most technologically advanced interstellar cruise line ever built. It is like a cross between the Queen Mary, the Chrysler Building, Tutankhamen's tomb, and Venice. Furthermore, it cannot possibly go wrong. . . .<br/><br/>Sadly, however, seconds after its launch it undergoes SMEF, or Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure. And disappears. <br/><br/>Except, everything's got to be somewhere. <br/><br/>Coming home that night, on a little known planet called Earth, Dan and Lucy Gibson find something very large and very, very shiny sticking into their house. . . <br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel was so entertaining and hilariously funny! If you admired Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy and if you are also a fan of Monty Python, this is a novel for you. Even if Monty Python doesn't match quite well your sense of humor, this book would be for you, as there weren't offensive parts in any...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54675653">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the malfunctioning countdown computer on the ship.]]></body>
    
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