The Fall of Mercury
- by Leslie F. Stone
- Novella
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “The Fall of Mercury” by Leslie F. Stone, in Amazing Stories, December 1935.
Mort Forrest and his fellow explorer Bruce are headed for supposedly uninhabited Mercury when they are captured by Mercurians intent on taking over the solar system, but fortunately, a friendly Saturnian named Chen-Chak (with a small globe that can momentarily transfer bad guys into the future) rescues them, tells them of the history of species from all the planets, and saves the solar system.
—based on Frank J. Bleiler
“They are not dead,” he averred; “within half an hour of your time they will be returned, unaware of what has taken place. They must wait for Time to catch up with them!”
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Pocket Time Machine: Chen-Chak’s has a handheld globe-shaped weapon, used to send Mercurians half an hour into the future, but the story’s not really about that.
- Themes
- Long Life: the Saturnians
- Fictional Tags
- Aliens
- Future Wars: the Mercurians v. the Saturnians
- Groupings
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- “The Fall of Mercury” by Leslie F. Stone, in Amazing Stories, December 1935.