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The Titanic was one of the grandest ships ever built. Everyone has heard of it, but the film about the sinking of this ship has not received any prestigious award. The luxury liner, which was believed to be indestructible, set off across the North Atlantic in April, only to hit an iceberg and end up at the bottom of the ocean. But it was not the Titanic, but the Titan.
The fictional ship Titan sank in the pages of Morgan Robertson's 1898 book Futility, later called The Wreck of the Titan.
"This ship was the largest on the surface of the ocean...", with these words the book begins, describing the Titan that bears a strong resemblance to the Titanic, at least according to the book.
Apart from the similar names, they are about the same size, the Titanic is somewhat faster and longer. The same number of propellers (three), as well as a similar number of lifeboats (Titan 24, Titanic 20).
When these similarities were discovered, Titan's creator was hailed as prescient. However, the former sailor quickly dismissed the paranormal origins of his story, claiming that the book was born out of his knowledge and experiences gained during various travels.
He certainly knew all these things, his father was a ship captain and he was born in Oswego on Lake Ontario, said George Demas, Oswego city historian.
As a young man, Robertson followed his father everywhere and fell in love with the sea from an early age, later becoming a sailor himself.
Frustrated by the inaccuracies in stories and novels about ships and seafaring, he decided to become a writer and convey his knowledge through interesting stories.
Despite so many similarities, however, there are numerous differences between Titanic and Titan, such as a drunken officer fighting a polar bear on an iceberg, which exists in the book and is not present in the story of Titanic- ut.
Futility was out of print at the time the Titanic sank, so the book revived in reader interest and Robertson got to enjoy some of the money from it. Despite a rich career, with more than 200 stories and 14 books, he ended up in poverty and died in 1915.
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