Can you believe it? I've been asked to do some preliminary work on yet another Titanic book.
Is it something about big things that go wrong (Titantic, dinosaurs, World War II) that gives them enduring appeal, or is it simply the same basic economics (ie most of the marketing already done for you, hence Jaws I - XXXX)?
That said, the T is a fascinating subject for someone who's never previously got beyond Kenneth More being frightfully British and Kate Winslet and Leonardo Potato doing steamy things in the back of an old car before freezing to death. I'm looking at lifeboats at the moment: extraordinary that the number of lifeboats demanded of a vessel was based on its tonnage (max conceivable 10,000) rather than the number of passengers.
Watertight compartments and double hulls next.
Is it something about big things that go wrong (Titantic, dinosaurs, World War II) that gives them enduring appeal, or is it simply the same basic economics (ie most of the marketing already done for you, hence Jaws I - XXXX)?
That said, the T is a fascinating subject for someone who's never previously got beyond Kenneth More being frightfully British and Kate Winslet and Leonardo Potato doing steamy things in the back of an old car before freezing to death. I'm looking at lifeboats at the moment: extraordinary that the number of lifeboats demanded of a vessel was based on its tonnage (max conceivable 10,000) rather than the number of passengers.
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