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Hello all, I'm currently at work on a historical horror fiction novel set aboard the Titanic and could use some help. Although a few of the main characters are fictional, I do want to throw in historical figures in the the novel (Smith, Ismay, Gracie, Butt, possibly Murdoch and Lightoller). I...

Hi all Titanic lovers, after years of reading this is my first post. I am Laura, from Italy and I am the nth writer who’s working on a novel based on the facts we all well know and love. Even if it’s fictional I want it to be historically correct and I have many doubts about what to include and...

It's sometimes said anecdotally (mentioned in some documentaries) that before the wreck was found, many people genuinely expected that it would be in good condition because it was in dark, cold water, which it was mistakenly thought would help preserve the ship. But crucially, did any qualified...

Hello! After collecting several (albeit probably wayyy too many haha!) Titanic nonfiction books, i've started to look for books more into my favorite genre, historical fiction. Does anyone have any recommendations or reviews of books in this genre about Titanic so i can get to know what i'm...

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I have wanted to do a novel set during the voyage for ages and my previous attempt never got beyond the New York incident. The story is to follow several parties: A. The historical crew, wireless operators, Andrews, and Ismay. B. A four-member Maryland family returning to the US, travelling...

When I first gained an interest in the Titanic, I was somewhat younger and less observant of historical accuracy, so I tended not to notice if a work of fiction contained a historical error. At the time, I just read as many books featuring the Titanic as I could. However, now that I'm older, as...

I found this and I am just speechless after reading it. It's not good, I literally don't know what to think of it. It's a fan fiction featured a clear Mary Sue by the name of Kane and several fictional characters fixed with Jack and Rose from 1997 and the Sturges family from 1953. The big...

I've been a Titanic buff since I was 3 years old back in the 70s. When I heard James Cameron would be releasing a Titanic film, I was naturally excited, so I tracked down the script. For the most part, the details are great, and he stays true to history (with the exception of the Jack and Rose...

Hello all Time-travel novels relating to the Titanic seem to be all the rage lately (Marlene Dotterer's excellent 'Shipbuilder' comes to mind), so I hope that no-one minds if I also try and carve out a space for myself here. I recently self-published an e-novel entitled 'Timewreck Titanic'...

Why is most Titanic fiction so bad & what I am doing about it Why is most Titanic fiction in print so bad? The only novel I ever enjoyed related to it was Clive Cussler's famous "what if" Raise The Titanic! I disliked B. Bainbridge's Every Man For Himself as too predictable and too blah and...

Amazon.com: The Titanic Secret (9781451679229): Jack Steel: Books Saw this at my local B&N. It was on the New Fiction table. I didn't buy it, but I did take note of the haunting cover photo.

Hi all, I'd like to share a bit the new novel by Katherine Howe, called The House of Velvet and Glass. Katherine is the author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, which was a New York Times bestseller in 2009. Howe is known both for attention to historical detail and for compelling and...

I've read a number of primary and secondary sources about the Titanic and its sinking for both my general edutainment and research for my book and after realizing how many Titanic buffs exist in the world, I began to wonder how to approach the tragedy in historical fiction. The basic...

I'm close to signing with a publisher for my novel about Titanic, but I wonder about something. I know you all aren't lawyers (although maybe some of you are), but some of you may have experience with this kind of thing. Does anyone know if there are privacy issues for descendants or estates...

What do you think of the stories of the Titanic for children? Some of them are good, but others bring in too many different urban legends about the "Titanic." Anyone else have an opinion about this?

You may not be aware that a modern form of the old Text Adventures of yesteryear are still on the go. Now known as Interactive Fiction, each year an annual contest takes place called the IFComp. In last years IFComp 2005 I entered "Escape to New York", which is a game based loosely on the...

Has anyone else got Arthur C Clarke's novel 'The Ghost of the Grand Banks' on their Titanic shelf? It's set in 2012 and part of the story revolves around one of the world's most (fictional!) powerful corporations efforts to raise the wreck.

I've searched the archive of the ET forum - there're mention of the film that was made on this book, but I'd like to notice some interesting episodes from the book connected with the sinking of the Titanic. Unfortunately, I've read only the Russian translation - so I cannot be sure if I make a...