Futility - The Wreck of the Titan

Morgan Robertson

Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

2011

95 páginas

3h 10m

ISBN-10: 1599869586

Futility is a story about a huge ocean liner called the "Titan" which was the largest and most luxurious ship in the world. The Titan hits an iceberg on its starboard side and sinks in the icy North Atlantic during the month of April. I wanted to read this story because it was believed by some that this story would foretell the sinking of the Titanic 14 years later. I found parts of the book to be interesting; but I had a hard time trying to follow all of the events without rereading some of the pages. At one point, I put the book down because it became a little boring at times. Overall, Futility is a good book to read, and no doubt was a good sea adventure in 1898! I cannot really say there is any similarities to the way the "Titan" sank compared to the Titanic disaster. I gave this book 4 stars, because Morgan Robertson spoke of important nautical terms (like the Titan's 19 watertight compartments, triple screw expansion,etc). These were on ocean liners of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Futility is not the best book I have ever read, but I think it was a pretty good one. It is hard not to try to compare the events unfolding in Futility and compare it to the events leading up to the sinking of Titanic; since the two events are similiar. It is a story that any Titanic enthusiast or historian must read!

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Eu sinceramente esperava bem mais desse livro… A princípio eu comecei a ler ele por causa do acontecimento do Titanic, principalmente pelo livro ter sido escrito antes do naufrágio. Principalmente por se chamar Wreck of the Titan eu imaginei que a história relataria mais sobre o náufragio, o desespero das pessoas e os momentos finais do navio, porém o livro foca só em um personagem, os acontecimentos do navio foram muito superficiais sem contar que a história ficou um pouco forçada para chegar logo ao final…