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It was discussed as a book written 14 years prior to the Titanic sinking, with striking similarities in its plot, including a large ship called the Titan that hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.
We could not talk about the Titanic without talking about Futility, the 1898 book that was written by a guy named Morgan Robertson.
— Episode: How the Titanic Worked: Part Two
Episode: How the Titanic Worked: Part Two
It was discussed as a book written 14 years prior to the Titanic sinking, with striking similarities in its plot, including a large ship called the Titan that hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.
We could not talk about the Titanic without talking about Futility, the 1898 book that was written by a guy named Morgan Robertson.
And it's about the biggest ship ever built, the Titan, that is headed from Liverpool to New York to Liverpool when it encounters an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.
And like the description of the Titan almost matches the Titanic, even though it was built 14 or it was written 14 years before.
Episode: How the Titanic Worked: Part Two
The book, published in 1898, was discussed in relation to the Titanic due to the striking similarities between the fictional ship, the Titan, and the real-life Titanic, including the ship's size, route, and fate.
We could not talk about the Titanic without talking about Futility, the 1898 book that was written by a guy named Morgan Robertson.
And it's about the biggest ship ever built, the Titan, that is headed from Liverpool to New York to Liverpool when it encounters an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.
And like the description of the Titan almost matches the Titanic, even though it was built 14 or it was written 14 years before.
Episode: How the Titanic Worked: Part Two
It was mentioned as a book published in 1898, about a large ship called the Titan, sinking in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg, which eerily foreshadowed the Titanic disaster.
We could not talk about the Titanic without talking about Futility, the 1898 book that was written by a guy named Morgan Robertson.
And it's about the biggest ship ever built, the Titan, that is headed from Liverpool to New York to Liverpool when it encounters an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.
And like the description of the Titan almost matches the Titanic, even though it was built 14 or it was written 14 years before.
