Torpeda czasu is important enough to list even though I’ve read only summaries,
I’ve never found a translation, and I’m uncertain about the date. The notes accompanying
this particular cover indicate a 1923 publication date, but elsewhere the date of 1924 is
common, and Wikipedia has 1926. Never mind!
The short novel’s heroes—Professor Pankton
and his beautiful daughter Haydnee, historian Tolna, and journalist Hersey—set out from the
year 2123 to change the Napoleonic Wars, starting with the French Revolution and aiming to
fix matters so that mankind can advance intellectually without the hindrance of war. But the
outcome is even more miserable than the original bloody history.
Should I ever track down a
copy, I shall need help from my Polish colleagues in computer science to translate the story
to English.
Nie zapominajcie, że to Francuzi, najwaleczniejszy naród europejski, że to są ludzie,
których brawura i dzielność oślepia.
Do not forget that the French, bravest among all the European nationalities, are a people
blinded by their very own braggadocio and past prowess.