A novella called “Futility” that was published 14 years before the Titanic set sail seemed to have predicted the disaster.
The crew of the Titanic waiting at Portsmouth Town Hall.
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“Futility,” a novella written by American author Morgan Robertson, was published in 1898, 14 years before the Titanic set sail. It centered around the sinking of a fictional ship called the Titan.
According to Time, there’s an eerie number of similarities between the ship’s sinking in “Futility” and the Titanic in real life.
First, the ship names are just two letters off (Titan vs Titanic). They were also said to be almost the same size, and both sank in April, due to an iceberg. Both ships had been described as unsinkable, and, sadly, both had just over the legally required amount of lifeboats, which were nowhere near enough.
The author was accused of being a psychic, but he explained that the uncanny similarities were simply a product of his extensive knowledge, saying, “I know what I’m writing about, that’s all.”
