Marooned in 1492, or Under Fortune’s Flag

by W. W. Cook

Release: August to December 1905
Format: Novel
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Two adventurers, Trenwyck and Blinkers, answer a strange ad and eventually find themselves stranded in 1492 without enough of the time-travel corn for the entire party to return, so they send Columbus into the future to procure more of the precious kernels.

Fantasy or science fiction? Nothing particularly scientific about the time travel method, but the presentation of the want ad for a party of courageous men convinced us to tag Cook’s yarn as both sf and fantasy.

— Michael Main

Wanted—A party of courageous men, experts in the various trades, to accompany a philanthropic gentleman on a mission of enlightenment to the Middle Ages. Single men only. References exchanged. An opportunity offers to construct anew the history of several benighted nations. If interested, call or write. Percival Tapscott, No. 198 Forty-Third Street.

DEBUT

Marooned in 1492, or Under Fortune’s Flag, serialized in Argosy, August to December 1905.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Themes

Classified Ad: Adventurers Wanted

Groupings

Argosy · All-Story (periodical)

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.