Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan

by Morgan Robertson

Overview

Published fourteen years prior to the sinking of the TITANIC, this is the uncanny story of a collision between a large oceanliner and an iceberg in the North Atlantic between New York and Britain. Named the TITAN, the ship is the largest vessel afloat when launched, is deemed "unsinkable" due to her watertight doors and compartments, and does not carry nearly enough lifeboats for all the souls aboard. Since the 1912 sinking of TITANIC, many have commented on the remarkable similarities between the fictional TITAN and the R.M.S. TITANIC.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013993952
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	02/21/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	836,037
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Morgan Andrew Robertson (1861-1915) was a popular American writer of short stories and novellas. His best-known work is FUTILITY, which bears a remarkable--and unnerving--similarity to the TITANIC. In addition to his seeming ability to foresee the TITANIC disaster, Robertson wrote about a fictional war between Japan and the United States in which Japan launches a surprise attack without declaring war; American victory is assured through the use of a 'super-weapon' which cripples military personnel through blindness, intense heat, and burns.