By the way, what was the name of that diver who was killed?' Well, Admiral, it's probably the best course, but let me talk to the CNO before I make a final decision.

I'll do that.'Ĭornell sensed the meeting was over and rose to leave. (What has this to do with Spider Robinson? Patience, friend.) Years worth of Manhattan soot clung to the walls. When Analog magazine was housed over at Graybar Building on Lexington Avenue, our offices were far from plush. Thomas 'Speedy' Rice for valuable legal background on the rules of salvage.Īaron Priest, agent and old friend, for his usual support, encouragement, and advice. 'Have someone in your office get me the names and address or addresses of his next of kin. (However, there really was an 1898 novel called Futility, which uncannily predicted the Titanic's fate.) Thus, the interior scenes, like the characters participating in the two expeditions, are totally imaginary. The truth about the exploration of the Titanic's interior is that no human being has ever entered the sunken ship.

To all Titanic buffs, I recommend a work I found not only valuable but stirring: Charles Pellegrino's Her Name, Titanic (McGraw-Hill, 1988). John Chase and William Felix for data on gold value and bullion shipments.

(Our present offices, in the spanking new Conde Nast Building on Madison Avenue, are a little closer to that dream.) He had, of course, expected whirring computers, telephones with TV attachments, smoothly efficient robots humming away, ultramodern furniture, and a general appearance reminiscent of a NASA clean room. Yet this is a work of fiction based partially on fact, and I can only ask their indulgence toward one who shares their love of the great liner. It is possible that Titanic buffs more expert than I will find technical lapses in this narrative.

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