Synopsis
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Douglas
Adams's Starship
Titanic
At the centre
of the galaxy, a
vast, unknown
civilization is
preparing for an
event of epic
proportions, the
launch of the
greatest, most
gorgeous, most
technologically
advanced spaceship
ever built - the
Starship Titanic.
An Earthling
would see the ship
as something
really, really
big but rather
less provincial
onlookers would
recognize it as
the design of
Leovinus, the
galaxy's most
renowned
architect.
Before the launch
Leovinus is having
one last little
look around and
begins to find
that things aren't
right; poor
workmanship,
cybersystems out
of control, robots
walking into
doors. How
could this have
happened?
The Starship
Titanic is The
Ship That Cannot
Possibly Go Wrong
.....
While the
galaxy's media
looks on the
following morning,
hugely,
magnificently, the
fabulous ship
eases away from
the construction
dock, picks up
speed, sways a
little, wobbles a
bit, veers wildly
and just before it
can do untold
damage to
everything around
it appears to
undergo SMEF
(Spontaneous
Massive Existence
Failure). In
just ten seconds,
the whole,
stupendous
enterprise is
over. And
our story has just
begun ... |
