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The Wreck of the Titan
The Wreck of the Titan
or, Futility
The story of a collision between a large trans-Atlantic oceanliner and an iceberg on the ship's maiden voyage to New York. Written 19 years before the Titanic disaster.
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there rang out overhead a startling cry from the crow's-nest:
"Something ahead, sir--can't make it out."
The first officer sprang to the engine-room telegraph and grasped the lever. "Sing out what you see," he roared.
"Hard aport, sir--ship on the starboard tack--dead ahead," came the cry.
"Port your wheel--hard over," repeated the first officer to the quartermaster at the helm--who answered and obeyed. Nothing as yet could be seen from the bridge. The powerful steering-engine in the stern ground the rudder over; but before three degrees on the compass card were traversed by the lubber's-point, a seeming thickening of the darkness and fog ahead resolved itself into the square sails of a deep-laden ship, crossing the Titan's bow, not half her length away.
"H--l and d--" growled the first officer. "Steady on your course, quartermaster," he shouted. "Stand from under on deck." He turned a lever which closed compartments, pushed a button marked--"Captain's Room," and cr
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(1898) Nautical / War / Adventure
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THE WRECK OF THE TITAN
o Genre: Nautical, Thriller.
o An ocean liner that could not sink.
o An ocean liner going too fast in the North Atlantic.
o An ocean liner that hits an iceberg.
o Sounds a little familiar.? This was pre Titanic by many years.
o One man becomes a hero, to everyone but the woman who's opinion really counts.
THE PIRATES
o Genre: Nautical, Modern Pirate, War.
o Military prisoners steal a war ship.
o One officer is on board and has to deal with the situation.
o The situation is complicated by the later presents of a shipwrecked girl.
BEYOND THE SPECTRUM
o Genre: War, Adventure, Sci-fi.
o War between the US and Japan (pre WWII).
o The Japanese seem to have a secret weapon on their side.
o One man has some insight to the weapon and sets out to end the minis.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
o Genre: Intrigue
o A submarine is sabotaged for the revenge of a lost love.
o Two men (one the saboteur) and a girl are aboard on a tour.
o All three are trapped at the bottom of the harbor.
Published 1898. Re-released after the wreck of the Titanic.
Plot bullets
THE WRECK OF THE TITAN
o Genre: Nautical, Thriller.
o An ocean liner that could not sink.
o An ocean liner going too fast in the North Atlantic.
o An ocean liner that hits an iceberg.
o Sounds a little familiar.? This was pre Titanic by many years.
o One man becomes a hero, to everyone but the woman who's opinion really counts.
THE PIRATES
o Genre: Nautical, Modern Pirate, War.
o Military prisoners steal a war ship.
o One officer is on board and has to deal with the situation.
o The situation is complicated by the later presents of a shipwrecked girl.
BEYOND THE SPECTRUM
o Genre: War, Adventure, Sci-fi.
o War between the US and Japan (pre WWII).
o The Japanese seem to have a secret weapon on their side.
o One man has some insight to the weapon and sets out to end the minis.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
o Genre: Intrigue
o A submarine is sabotaged for the revenge of a lost love.
o Two men (one the saboteur) and a girl are aboard on a tour.
o All three are trapped at the bottom of the harbor.
Published 1898. Re-released after the wreck of the Titanic.
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This is a great book. What it doesn't say, is that it is actually 4 short stories, all sea oriented. It is not quite misogynistic, but very close. Typical for a book from this era. I liked the stories, I thought they were well written. I just wish there had been a bit of follow through with them all.
--Hazel
--Hazel
06/10/2010