Connie Willis' entertaining comedy inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's [Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)][1].
[Robert A. Heinlein][2] mentioned the earlier work in [Have Spacesuit will Travel][3] as Kip's father's favorite.
[1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1793164W/Three_Men_in_a_Boat_(to_say_nothing_of_the_dog)
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL28641A/Robert_A._Heinlein
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL59727W/Have_Space_Suit_Will_Travel
