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Futility - Morgan Robertson

Description: ISBN 1419121359 / Author: Morgan Robertson / Genre: Fiction / John Rowland is a man in much reduced straights. Once an officer on a U.S. ... more

Futility - Morgan Robertson ... Naval warship, he fell in love with a woman who ultimately rejected him, and then descended into alcoholism at the cost of everything. Things might be looking up, when he finds himself a berth as a common sailor aboard the brand new passenger liner Titan, the largest, fastest, most technologically advanced ship afloat. However, when Rowland witnesses the Titan ramming and sinking a smaller ship during the night, he realizes he must stand for what is right. Things become much worse, when the Titan sinks after ramming an iceberg, and Rowland finds himself one of the few survivors, along with the captain.

Newest Review: ... Rowland a whisky-loving atheist which is the main reason the religiously Victorian Christian prude Myra dumped the guy ... more

... saying: "I felt as though in the presence of something unclean," and her attempts to turn him to a good, honest, Jesus-loving Christian were faced with ridicule and that he would not become a hypocrite to gain her affections. The idea of religion and the existence of God is one of those things Rowland often finds himself thinking about, ready to accept that God, heaven and hell are nothing but the products of humanity's imagination, even entertaining the thought that there could be another unseen Being, not God...more

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Futility - Morgan Robertson: Prophesised Futility (1283 words)
by berlioz II - written on 22.06.06 (Very useful, 134 readings)
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American author Morgan Robertson is not very well remembered today, his entire output consisting of only a handful of novellas and other short stories as well as the invention of the periscope (as appearing in the book The Submarine Destroyer). In fact, the only real book of his that is still remembered today is the novella Futility, which tells of the struggles of a sailor named John Rowland, a man haunted by the rejection of the love of his life, Myra. As ill luck would have it, Rowland again comes in contact with her on the ship he has been assigned to, Myra being now married and has a child, also named Myra. Added to this vexation, the steamer speeding at ...

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