About this title: With eerie similarities to the "Titanic" disaster that followed 14 years after its 1898 publication, this is a fictional tale about the "Titan", the largest passenger ship ever built, which ultimately hits an iceberg and sinks. Believers in psychic phenomena cite this book as a genuine foretelling of future events.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: FILIQUARIAN PUB LLC
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781599869582ISBN:1599869586
Description: New. Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is a novel which was originally writtena nd published in 1898 by Morgan Robertson. This novel is the story of an ocean liner, called the Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic ocean after hitting an iceberg. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781419121357ISBN:1419121359
Description: New. An eerie 1898 story featuring the ocean liner Titan which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. The Titan and its sinking have been noted to be very similar to the RMS Titanic which sank fourteen years later. read more
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: FILIQUARIAN PUB LLC
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781599866987ISBN:1599866986
Description: New. Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is a novel which was originally writtena nd published in 1898 by Morgan Robertson. This novel is the story of an ocean liner, called the Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic ocean after hitting an iceberg. read more
"Written in 1898, The Wreck of the Titan (or "Futility," as it was originally published) contains some creepy similarities to what happened in April 1912. The Titan is described as the largest ship created, and unsinkable. She has watertight compartments and only enough lifeboats to satisfy the law, but of course they won't be needed because nothing can sink this vessel.
The book is very much a product of the Victorian era, from language to scenario. The publisher's foreword and introduction were extremely useful in explaining the discovery and reprinting of this story, and preparing me for the step back in time that I would be taking by reading it. There is an appalling, though not surprising, plot point using a negative Jewish character. There are other things that mark the story as being from 1898, but for all that it's a compelling read, and those who study the Titanic disaster should have this one on their shelves simply for its historic interest."
"I discovered this book while reading another--and just had to follow up on it. Pretty interesting. Although this is actually a book of novelettes, I only read the first."
"Presages the wreck of the Titanic, to almost the last detail. Is not so much the story of the ship, however, as it is the story of a man haunted by his past, and finding redemption after the shipwreck."
"This is a short read, the majority of the book is a different story. It is interesting in that it sort of foreshadows the titanic wreck. There are of course differences, but enough similarities to make it seem a little prophetic."
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