''The Ghost from the Grand Banks'' is a 1990

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novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story deals with two groups, both of whom are attempting to raise one of the halves of the wreck of ''

Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, Unit ...

'' from the floor of the

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in time for the sinking's centennial in 2012. Chapter 7 is an editorial from ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...

'' for April 15, 2007 which urges that the Titanic be left alone: "There is no need to revisit her to be reminded of the most important lesson the Titanic can teach—the dangers of over-confidence, of technological hubris." As the plot develops, Clarke moves events through complications that echo the editorial. The title "Ghost from the Grand Banks" was also previously used as the title of a chapter in an earlier Clarke book, ''

Imperial Earth ''Imperial Earth'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1975 by Gollancz Books. The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplo ...

'', which also regards a recovered ''Titanic''.

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