Futilidad O El Naufragio del Titán - by Morgan Robertson (Paperback)

About the Book

The Titanic sank more than 100 years ago. We are now publishing one of those curious books that have attracted many readers throughout the 20th century, since it was written fourteen years before the famous shipwreck and tells a practically identical story: an ocean liner called Titan sinks in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg. The Titanic looks disconcertingly similar to the Titan that Robertson created in fiction: they even match in weight, length and passenger capacity. Also, the Titan was a ship with excessive luxury that carried an insufficient number of lifeboats. Some believe that it is a mere coincidence and others that the author wrote a premonitory book of what would happen years later, which gives the text a clear historical interest. Morgan Robertson was a visionary, like Jules Verne, of whom this novel will undoubtedly remind us stylistically.

About the Author

Morgan Robertson (Oswego, 1861 - Atlantic City, 1915). Fue un oficial estadounidense de la marina mercante, además de escritor y posible inventor del periscopio. Popularmente es conocido como el hombre que escribió en 1898 la novela Futilidad o El hundimiento del Titán. Del mismo modo, escribió en 1914 la novela titulada Más allá del espectro, pronóstico de una futura guerra entre Estados Unidos y Japón, incluyendo un ataque furtivo de los japoneses. La historia coincide con el enfrentamiento de USA y Japón en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el ataque a Pearl Harbor por parte de ese país asiático, hechos ocurridos años después de la publicación del libro.