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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Question 1053

Question from Sukanto:

X is a famous American author of short stories and novels, and the first person to apply a patent for the periscope. He is best known for his short novel Y, whose main plot is said to have striking similarities to a disaster that happened fourteen years after the book was written, thus being the subject of discussion for many supernatural theorists and the like.



Id X and Y, and the disaster.




Answer: X is Morgan Robertson, and the novel is titled "Futility", also known as " The Wreck Of The Titan " it has an uncanny resemblance to the Titanic's sinking.
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18 comments:

  1. wheelsandwingsMarch 17, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    X:Morgan Robertson
    Y:Futility
    sinking of the Titanic

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  2. ArchimondeMarch 17, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    X- Morgan Robertson
    Y- Futility
    The disaster is the sinking of the Titanic

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  3. AdityaMarch 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    X is Moragan Andrew Robertson
    Y is "Wreck of the Titan"
    Disaster is the "Sinking of the Titanic"

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  4. AdityaMarch 17, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    Correction.
    Y is 'Futility'.

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  5. Rahul VarmaMarch 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    X-Morgan Andrew Robertson
    Y-Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan
    Disaster of couse it shuld be the Titanic.........

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  6. Siddarth PaiMarch 17, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    morgan roberston wrote futility about how the titan sank
    mirrors the sinking of the titanic

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  7. $!dMarch 17, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    x-Morgan andrew robertson
    y-futility/the wreck of the titan
    z-sinking of the ship RMS titanic

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  8. QqsachinMarch 17, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    X-Morgan Robertson
    Y-Sinking of Titanic..

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  9. SaswatMarch 17, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Morgan Robertson
    The novel is Futility & its the Titanic Disaster

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  10. Sarang RamakrishnanMarch 17, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    X - Morgan Robertson
    Y - Wreck of the Titan

    Titanic Disaster

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  11. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    Morgan Andrew Robertson
    the novel is titan
    and the incident is sinking o f titanic

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  12. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    morgan andrew robertson(X)

    the book is wrech of the titan(Y)

    the incident was the tragedy of the titanic(disaster)

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  13. Prashanth AnnamreddiMarch 19, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    Author-Morgan robertson
    Book-Titan
    Sinking of the Titanic

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  14. Matthew(M.A.Thai)March 19, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Morgan Robertson
    Futility

    the sinking of titanic

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  15. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    X is Morgan Robertson
    Y is Futity
    The disaster is Titanic ship Incident

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  16. Aditya DMarch 20, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    X is Morgan Robertson
    and Y is his
    fictional novel The Wreck of the Titan; or, Futility(1898)

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  17. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Morgan Robertson

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  18. Aviral ShrivastavaMarch 22, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan an 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson.

    The sinking of Titanic

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