Not all the remaining passengers on the Titanic were afraid of dying

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preynolds

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I discovered a charming fantasy by a NY author named Scott Munson. His book is titled A Gift From Saint Elmo.
I picked it up via one of the big e-tailers. What a delightful tale! Two angels helping a doomed passenger and his daughter who would live to become one of the oldest survivors of that terrible night.
I cried happy tears.
 
It does have that look, doesn't it? But I'm betting on a well-meaning friend or family member.
 
Interesting.

Have you tried google for the title and then going to the link - the publishers price list includes a marketing/promotional campaign.
 
Oh, I searched the title all over the internet, but I can't find a connection between the person who started this thread and the author or the publisher. Nevertheless, we all know what this kind of first-post breathless endorsement of a book by a self-published author usually means.

I wish that the people who prey on aspiring authors didn't keep telling them that viral marketing campaigns work, because they don't. Maybe they did once. But now everyone is on to them.
 
I love the title of the thread. As if it were a contrarian point of view to some misconception we all considered to be a universal truth.

What?? Some of the passengers weren't afraid of dying? But my mommy told me they were wetting their pants! We all know they were afraid.

Are you saying my mother's wrong, Mr. Munson?

ARE YOU?!
 
Was he too busy with his writing? ;)

There was a lot of that "stiff upper lip" stoicism aboard the RMS Titanic, and not only among the typical British Upper Class. There are also a few "urban legends" too. John Jacob Astor IV put his wife on a life-boat and then returned to his death, but is also meant to have done all kinds of other heroic things that are very unlikely.
 
What a refreshingly naive opening post. It actually makes me feel quite pleasantly surprised -- not to the extent of crying happy tears, I hasten to add, in case anyone thinks I'm getting soft -- that someone would think such a cack-handed attempt at puffing a book would meet with any success at all!

preynolds: please stick around. We have need of such an innocent world-view in this place of jaded cynicism.
 
Already come to judicial attention, DA. I'm awaiting submissions from Counsel for the Defence before passing sentence.
 
Your Honour, I thought I'd made some very sound submissions on behalf of young eric-whatever-the-rest-of-his-screen-name is. A case of mistake of fact, and the young lad already received a sound horse-whipping by Devilsgrin prior to any verdict from the bench.

The case should be dismissed, with a warning.
 
An excellent defence, indeed, in a case of mistaken identity. Case dismissed, but with admonitions to avoid similar situations. Devil's Advocate to buy the Defendant a drink -- non-alcoholic in view of the boy's age and DA's whereabouts.
 
I just found out something interesting and wanted to share. I know this is an 'odd' thread, but thought it better to put it here than to begin a new one.

John Jacob Astor, who I mentioned earlier and who died on the Titanic, actually wrote a science fiction novel called A Journey to Other Worlds.

A science fiction novel set in the year 2000, written in 1887 by millionaire inventor and Titanic victim JJ Astor. Topics covered include air travel, space travel, anti-gravity devices, television, a world-wide telephone network, and solar energy.
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Titanic Disaster Historical Document Archive
 
I'm beginning to smell a rat.

Was he a time travelling escapee from the far future. Is that why it had to sink?

Had he made his fortune from his knowledge of the future?

Was that the only way the time police could get rid of him?

It would explain a lot.
 
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