"The Wreck of the Titan" was published in 1898. For what date and reason was it important?

Question

Hint: 1912

This is interesting. My source is the book "Signs of Things to Come." It states the book had a single printing, made a feeble ripple and was then withdrawn until after the Titanic disaster.

Now, I've got to pick someone for the 10 points.

Answer 1

"The Wreck Of The Titan" was fiction written by a seaman , Morgan Robertson, about a supposedly "unsinkable" ocean liner.

Sound familiar?........"The HMS Titanic" ring a bell?

There are some eerie parallels between the book and the real life Titanic disaster:

Both ships were supposedly unsinkable
Both ships were on their maiden voyage
Both ships hit icebergs
Both ships had an inadequate number of life boats

The date?..........April 14, 1912.........almost 95 years ago.

Robertson's book was never published. The reason? Publishers all said that..."it is too unrealistic". Robertson wrote his book in 1898...... Fourteen years BEFORE the Titanic hit the iceberg.

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, eh?

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Hi there Pingrahm,

You are correct. It seems my source should have clarified and stated that the book was not published until AFTER the actual Titanic disaster. Here is my source:

"Robertson's book The Wreck of the Titan was never published. Each time it was rejected by editor's, they told him the same thing. The story was unbelievable. Surely the events he wrote of could not possibly happen to an unsinkable ship."

http://www.gettysburgghosts.net/titan.htm

Thanks for clarifying that. :-)

Answer 2

Joey Bagadonuts: The Wreck of the Titan, aka Futility, WAS published - several times following the Titanic disaster. It's also available on line at source 1.

Copies of the original are available on ebay.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Don't know what date but the reason is that alot of people died.

Answer 5

That's messed up.