Was The Titanic Tragedy Created by A Novel And The Thoughts of Those Who Read It?

Imagining Creates Reality

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In 1898 The American author Morgan Robertson wrote the novella Futility, which has now come to be known as Futility: Or, The Wreck of the Titan.

It was about the most fantastic ocean liner ever built. The liner set sail with wealthy people and sank on a cold April night when it collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The name of this ship was the Titan.

Fourteen years after Futility was published, the Titanic sailed on April 19, 1912, from Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage. It collided with an iceberg and sank on a chilly April night in the North Atlantic.

Did Morgan Robertson’s novel and the thoughts of all those who read it cause the tragedy of the Titanic?

There were many similarities between the fictional Titan and the real Titanic.

• The names are similar.
• Both the Titan and the Titanic were said to be unsinkable.
• Both hit icebergs and sank in the North Atlantic on a cold night in April.
• The Titan was 800 feet long while the Titanic was 882.5 feet.