I could almost see the characters in this story doing their thing!  Funny, witty, sarcastic, AND and adventure all rolled into one. This has little to do with the modern-day world in spite of any similarities you might see in the way things are run. Laugh and enjoy while life and death decisions are made about the characters and their homes.  Nothing is "normal" and Mr Jones does an excellent job of honoring Douglas Adams.

I originally bought the game, found it beautiful to browse through and daunting to play, so I put it aside.  Years later on a binge of "books on tape" buying I bought a used copy of the audio version.  Then I read the bad reviews and never even tried to start it.  A month ago I bought a nice used car with a cassette player in it and needed something to test the player, so I popped in "Titanic".  I've just now finished listening to it, and I'm awfully sorry I waited.  Certainly it's not on a par with the first three "Hitchhiker's" books, mostly because it's not that densely funny.  And yes, there are echoes of "Hitchhiker's" concepts and story construction in this book.  But it's pretty clever and engrossing all on it's own terms, and to my mind, it's better than some of Douglass' other books, say, the fifth Hitchhiker's novel.  There's something else that's different, there's a fair amount of sex and profanity.  It's all still comic and cheerful, and frankly, a welcome change.  If I have any complaint, it's that there's probably too much complaining by the main characters about their relationship problems, and (as mentioned by another reviewer) far too little of the parrot.  As to the charge leveled at this book that's it's just an advertisement for the game, actually, it's a nice way of learning how to approach the game.  The irony is that, unless you're an old technology geek, you're not going to be able to play the game, as it's written for outdated computers, and has not been (and sadly will probably never be) updated for the newest operating systems.  Finally, I must mention how surprised I was at the high level of Terry Jones' narration.  He manages to do a fair number of distinct voices, including a couple of women, and his normal speaking voice is much more light and pleasant than the voice he assumes when acting.  It's a very nice read, and may be the best way to enjoy the piece.  Dig out your old cassette players and buy a copy!

It was a good read. A story taken straight out of a footnote in one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the demise of the Starship Titanic.

The book is very tongue in cheek and had its good bits, just don't expect it to be off the same caliber as even the worst of the Hitchhiker's books. I'm not sorry I read it, but if you're not a huge fan of Douglas Adams and his work, you'll probably be very underwhelmed.

Exactly as described/expected

This was typical of a Douglas Adams novel even though it is written by Terry Jones . Full of irrelevance and impractical information  making it a great read full of back handed humour.