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El Anacronópete

English release: The Time Ship: A Chrononautical Journey Literal: He who flies backwards in time

by Enrique Gaspar
Mad scientist Don Sindulfo and his best friend Benjamin take off in Sindulfo’s flying time machine along with Sindulfo’s niece, her maid, a troop of Spanish soldiers, and a bordelloful of French strumpets for madcap adventures at the 1860 Battle of Téouan, Queen Isabella’s Spain, nondescript locales in the eleventh and seventh centuries, 3rd-century China, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and a biblical time shortly after the flood.

After taking a year of Spanish at the University of Colorado, I undertook a three-year project of translating Gaspar’s novel to English, which is available in a pdf file for your reading pleasure. Even with the unpleasant twist at the end, it was still a fine, farcical romp through history.

— Michael Main
—Poco á poco—argumentaba un sensato.—Si el Anacronópete conduce á deshacer lo hecho, á mi me pasrece que debemos felicitarnos porque eso no permite reparar nuestras faltas.

—Tiene usted razón—clamaba empotrado en un testero del coche un marido cansado de su mujer.—En cuanto se abra la línea al público, tomo yo un billete para la vispera de mi boda.

“One step at a time,” argued a sensible voice. “If el Anacronópete aims to undo history, it seems to me that we must be congratulated as it allows us to amend our failures.”

“Quite right,” called a married man jammed into the front of the bus, thinking of his tiresome wife. “As soon as the ticket office opens to the public, I’m booking passage to the eve of my wedding.”

English
[ex=bare]El Anacronópete | He who flies backwards in time[/ex] by Enrique Gaspar, in Novelas [Stories] (Daniel Cortezo, 1887).

When Knights Were Bold

by Harriet Jay and Robert Buchanan
The plot of . . . “When Knights Were Bold,” is more or less original as modern comedies go. It circles round the love affair of a man and a maid. In the first act, a very twentieth century one, the hero, despite the pronounced encouragement of the heroine, fails to screw up his courage to the proposing point. When alone he can declare his love manfully enough, but in the maid’s presence he becomes as shy as an early Victorian school miss. As the curtain falls, he writes himself down as an ass, takes a big drink, smokes a cigarette, and—dreams.

Act II represents the dream. It is the medieval age—the age of chivalry, of bold, bad barons and gallant knights. An ancestor of the hero is one of these latter. His love story is depicted vividly. There is nothing lackadaisical about the lovemaking. The bold knight finally seizes the maiden in his arms and carries her off bodily to the altar in the face of strenuous opposition.

In act III the twentieth century again appears. There hero wakes up and follows, so far as modernity will let him, the example of his ancestory shown him in the second act.

— San Francisco Call, 14 December 1906

Sadly, we haven’t tracked down the script (possibly because it was never published), but we know from several reviews that the modern day Sir Guy loathes the very mention of days of old.
When Knights Were Bold by Harriet Jay and Robert Buchanan (at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK, 17 September 1906).

When Knights Were Bold

by Frank Miller (early screenwriter), directed by Maurice Elvey
. . . we thought [Kenilworth Castle] might account for the cold in the head which was the cause of Sir Guy’s tribulations [possibly his dream or trip to the past]. . . . The story of the play has been followed closely, and the humour of its situations and much of its dialogue skilfully preserved, while the more spacious setting provides opportunities for many effective scenes which add greatly to its interest.
— from The Bioscope, 10 August 1916
When Knights Were Bold by Frank Miller (early screenwriter), directed by Maurice Elvey (at movie theaters, UK, May 1916).

Il cavaliere del silenzio

Literal: The silent knight

[writer unknown], directed by Oreste Visalli
We have sparse information about this silent film apart from a note in Alan Goble’s The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film, which lists the 1907 [sic] play When Knights Were Bold as the source of the 1180-meter film, directed by Oreste Visalli, released by Aquila Film, and featuring Jeanne Nolly, Giulio Del Torre, and Claudia Zambuto.
— Michael Main
Il cavaliere del silenzio [writer unknown], directed by Oreste Visalli (at movie theaters, Italy, June 1916).

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

by Bernard McConville, directed by Emmett J. Flynn
We may never see this first movie adaptation of Twain’s story, since only three of the eight silent reels are known to still exist. The Yankee in this version is Martin Cavendish, who after reading Twain’s book, is knocked on the head by a burglar and slips into the time of Camelot. The result is high comedy coupled with a romantic interest and replete with motorcycles, explosions, Model T Fords, telephones, indoor plumbing, and lassos at a jousting tournament. As we did for Twain’s original, we classify the story as science fiction for the Yankee’s attempts at bringing modern technology to the distant past. And yes, the hero predicts a solar eclipse to save his life.

One review at Silent Hollywood indicates that the ending has Martin awakening from a dream and there is no explicit mention of actual time travel. With this in mind, we’re marking the time travel as debatable. Oh, and Mark Twain himself appears in the film, played by Karl Formes.

— Michael Main
All this nobility stuff is bunk.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Bernard McConville, directed by Emmett J. Flynn (at movie theaters, USA, 14 March 1921).

When Knights Were Bold

[writer unknown], directed by Tim Whelan
This is a very free adaptation of the merry farce in which James Welch made so great a success, and with the greater scope of the screen, with some characters omitted and new ones introduced, there remains little beyond the main idea to make any comparison with the original more than a matter of antiquarian history. As, however, the majority of modern picture audiences will never have seen the original play, the film will be judged on its own merits, and there is little doubt that its fantasy and quaint humour will recommend it to popular favour.

— The Bioscope, 6 February 1929

When Knights Were Bold [writer unknown], directed by Tim Whelan (at movie theaters, UK, February 1929).

A Connecticut Yankee

by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt, directed by David Butler
This version of Twain’s story borrows some sf tropes from Shelley’s Frankenstein (a mad scientist) and Kipling’s “Wireless” (recovering sound from the past), although all that is small potatoes next to Will Rogers’ folksy wit. His character—Hank “Martin—is tossed back to Camelot when a bolt of lightning and a suit of armor knock him over at the mad scientist’s lab, and at the end, he returns via a similar timeslip. In between, we get one-liners, tommy guns, tanks, cars, characters that are eerily familiar from Martin’s present-day life—and a lot of time to debate whether this version has a real timeslip or is just a dream.
— Michael Main
Think! Think of hearing Lincoln’s own voice delivering the Gettysburg address!
A Connecticut Yankee by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt, directed by David Butler (at movie theaters, USA, 6 April 1931).

When Knights Were Bold

by Douglas Furber and Austin Parker, directed by Jack Raymond
In this first talkie adaptation of the 1906 play, Sir Guy sings a song about his love Lady Rowena and immediately falls asleep, only to appear in the Age of Chivalry, where he tap dances (still attired in his 20th century tuxedo) and is now beguiled by Rowena of days gone by.
— Michael Main
♫ Then let me dream and never awake until I make you mine ♫ . . . Ah, Rowena [falls asleep]
When Knights Were Bold by Douglas Furber and Austin Parker, directed by Jack Raymond (at movie theaters, London, 19 February 1936).

The Land Where Time Stood Still

by Arthur Leo Zagat
Twentieth-century American Ronald Stratton and Arthurian damsel Elaise find themselves in a land with people from all ages as well as predators from the 400th century.

This may be the earliest use of something akin to a “wheel of time.”

Time’s all mixed up. It’s as if the universe were the rim of a great wheel, whirling through Time. As if, somehow, we have left that rim, shot inward along different spokes whose outer ends are different years, far apart, and reached the wheel’s axis where all the year-spokes join. The center point of the hub, that doesn’t move at all through Time, because it is the center. Where there is no Time. Where the past and the present and the future are all one. A land, in some weird other dimension, where Time stands still.
“The Land Where Time Stood Still” by Arthur Leo Zagat, Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936.

Master Gerald of Cambray

by Nat Schachner
Unassuming Gerald Cambray, a professor of Latin at Harvard in 1939, has a dizzy spell and wakes in Paris of AD 1263 where his accent in speaking Latin is considered odd and his makeshift plan to earn a living by teaching astronomy brings dangers that even his brazen, swashbuckling young student, Guy of Salisbury, might be unable to forestall.
— Michael Main
“My subject,” he began, “is the science of astronomy. I am going to be frank. In my land and time . . . uh . . . that is—” Guy frowned. He had warned him against any mention of that insane delusion of his about having been catapulted back from a future age. But Cambray recovered himself. “What I meant is that there are far greater masters of this science where I come from. I am familiar only with the skirts of this knowledge. Yet what I have to say will be novel to you, and will doubtless upset many of your present concepts.”
“Master Gerald of Cambray” by Nat Schachner, in Unknown Fantasy Fiction, June 1939.

Vintage Season

by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
More and more strange people are appearing each day in and around Oliver Wilson’s home; the explanation from the euphoric redhead leads him to believe they are time travelers gathering for an important event.
— Michael Main
Looking backward later, Oliver thought that in that moment, for the first time clearly, he began to suspect the truth. But he had no time to ponder it, for after the brief instant of enmity the three people from—elsewhere—began to speak all at once, as if in a belated attempt to cover something they did not want noticed.
“Vintage Season” by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, Astounding, September 1946.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

by Edmund Beloin, directed by Tay Garnett
Bing Cosby’s delightful portrayal of the Yankee Hank Martin (why not Morgan?!) begins in 1912 after he’s already returned from Camelot. He’s just traveled to England and sought out the very castle of his 6th-century musical adventures, where he proceeds to tell his story to the master of the castle.

Based on Hank’s knowledge of the castle and its displays, the time travel definitely occurred in this version, with both the travel back and travel forward caused by clonks on the head. And based on the ending, Hank might not have been the only traveler through time.

— Michael Main
Docent: Kindly notice the round hole in the breastplate, undoubtedly caused by an iron-tipped arrow of the period.
Hank Martin: [shakes head and grunts] . . . I mean, well, that happens to be a bullet hole.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Edmund Beloin, directed by Tay Garnett (premiered at an unknown movie theater, New York City, 7 April 1949).

Weird Fantasy #17 (1951)

The Time Machine and the Shmoe!

by Harvey Kurtzman
Cleaning man Donald Yubyutch is fed up with everyone at the time travel lab thinking he’s nothing but a shmoe.
— Michael Main
Please sir, professor, sir! Can I go along with you on the time machine?
“The Time Machine and the Shmoe!” by Harvey Kurtzman, Weird Fantasy #157 (EC Comics, January/February 1951).

Return of the Moon Man

by E. L. Malpass
During a surprise trip to the moon by Grandpa, Grandma is mad about being left behind and leaves town with another man with a time machine. Grandpa returns, finds another time machine, and strands Grandma in time and space.
— Dave Hook
We got the meal ready, and then someone said, “Where is Grandfather?”
“Return of the Moon Man” by E. L. Malpass, in The Observer, 2 January 1955.

Unusual Tales #12

Time of the Dragon

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno
RAF pilot Clive St. George is a snooty chap because of his fine ancestry until one day he has motor trouble while flying through a storm.
— Michael Main
Motor trouble! Must go down! According to my reckoning I must be close to my ancestral home in West Croyden . . .
“Time of the Dragon” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #12 (Charlton Comics, July 1958).

Unusual Tales #13

After Tomorrow!

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno
While preparing for war against Bulavia, King Gustave of Translovia sees two visions of the future by way of a magnificent timepiece.
— Michael Main
I have had a vision of my victory tomorrow!
“After Tomorrow!” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #13 (Charlton Comics, September 1958).

Future Science Fiction, February 1960

Through Other Eyes

by R. A. Lafferty
Although the story is not about time travel, the characters do spend the first couple of pages reminiscing about their disappointing experiences with a time machine.
— Fred Galvin
“And watching the great Pythagorous at work.”
“And the three days that he spent on that little surveying problem. How one longed to hand him a slide-rule through the barrier and explain its working.”
“Through Other Eyes” by R. A. Lafferty, Future Science Fiction, February 1960.

The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass

by Frederik Pohl
This cautionary tale about Snodgras—time traveler who brought modern-day healthcare back to the Roman Empire—originally appeared as an essay in the editorial pages of Pohl’s Galaxy[/em] along with a nod to L. Sprague de Camp’s Lest Darkness Fall, but it’s since made its way into more than one story compilation.
— Michael Main
Snodgrass decided to make the Roman world healthy and to keep its people alive through 20th century medicine.
“The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass” by Frederik Pohl , Galaxy Magazine, June 1962.

Lem’s Star Diaries

Czarna komnata profesora Tarantogi

Literal: Professor Tarantoga's black room

by Stanisław Lem
Professor Tarantoga saves human civilization! After using his chronopad to investigate the leading scientists and artists in history, Tarantoga concludes that without exception they are lazy drunkards. So naturally, he sends smart young people into various eras to invent differential calculus, to paint the Mona Lisa, etc.—all while a pair of police inspectors have their eye on him.
— based on Wikipedia
[ex=bare]Czarna komnata profesora Tarantogi: Widowisko telewizyjne | Professor Tarantoga’s black room: Television show[/ex] by Stanisław Lem, in Noc księżycowa (Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1963).

A String in the Harp

by Nancy Bond
Twelve-year-old Peter Morgan is not happy about being uprooted from Massachusetts and hauled off to a tiny coastal hamlet in Wales, but he is fascinated by the ancient harp key that he finds wedged between two cracks on a dike. Oh, did I mention that the key is magic, letting him (and eventually other children) see the legendary Welsh bard Taliesin?
— Michael Main
I can tell you that the things you have seen and explained with reason could fit the story of Taliesin, though your sister would rather not hear it.
A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond (Margaret K. McElderry, 1976).

Time Bandits

by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, directed by Terry Gilliam
A boy’s bedroom is invaded by six dwarves who have stolen The Supreme Being’s map, which naturally leads both boy and dwarves on adventures through time.
— Michael Main
Is it all ready? Right. Come on then. Back to creation. We mustn’t waste any more time. They’ll think I’ve lost control again and put it all down to evolution.
Time Bandits by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, directed by Terry Gilliam (at movie theaters, USA, 16 July 1981).

Merlin and the Sword

by David Wyles, directed by Clive Donner
When Katherine Davidson falls into an underground ice cave beneath Stonehenge, she finds that Merlin and his lover Niniane have been trapped there for a millennium, whereupon Merlin and Niniane proceed to show Katherine the story of how Morgan le Fay trapped them.
— Michael Main
Love cancels all curses, love breaks all spells. Love is a magic greater than any wizard or witch, warlock or shaman.
Merlin and the Sword by David Wyles, directed by Clive Donner (at limited theaters, Davao, Phillipines, 5 January 1985).

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

by Geoff Chapple, Kely Lyons, and Vincent Ward, directed by Vincent Ward
To ward off the Black Death, young Griffin, local hero Connor, and others from their village plan to dig a hole through the Earth where they’ll give an offering to the powers that be, but instead, they end up digging a tunnel to a marvelous twentieth-century city.
— Michael Main
Think how much power you’d need for all that!
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey by Geoff Chapple, Kely Lyons, and Vincent Ward, directed by Vincent Ward (Toronto International Film Festival, 16 September 1988).

Bill & Ted I

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, directed by Stephen Herek
The Two Great Ones, Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted “Theodore” Logan, are the subjects of time-traveler Rufus’s mission, but instead they end up using his machine to write a history report to save their band, Wyld Stallyns.
— Michael Main
Most excellent!
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, directed by Stephen Herek (at movie theaters, USA, 17 February 1989).

Oxford Historians 1

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis
We may never know just how young Kivrin Engle wrangled her academic advisor and the powers-that-be at the University of Oxford into sending her to previously off-limits, 14th-century England, but her timing was not ideal given that she’dd just been exposed to a recently re-emerged influenza virus. Oh, and the inexperience tech who also got hit with the virus with the virus after the drop may have sent Kivrin to the wrong year.
— Ruthie Mariner
You know what he said when I told him he should run at least one unmanned? He said, “If something unfortunate does happen, we can go back in time and pull Miss Engle out before it happens, can’t we?” The man has no notion of how the net works, no notion of the paradoxes, no notion that Kivrin is there, and what happens to her is real and irrevocable.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra, July 1992).

The Magic Tree House 2

The Knight at Dawn

by Mary Pope Osborne
Cautious Jack and his gung-ho sister Annie have their second adventure through time when a book in the magic tree house sends them to the age of knights and chivalry. For the most part, they’re passive observers, but when they return back to Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, Jack discovers another clue about the magic person who may have built the treehouse.
— Michael Main
“My magic wand!” Annie said, waving the flashlight. “Get down. Or I’ll wipe you out!”
The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, February 1993).

The Magic Tree House 5

Night of the Ninjas

by Mary Pope Osborne
The tree house finally returns to Frog Creek, but with only a note from Morgan[/ex] pleading for help, so the kids end up following a clue to medieval Japan where they find the first of four items that they’ll need to save Morgan.
— Michael Main
“The moonstone will help you find your missing friend,” the master said.
Night of the Ninjas by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, March 1995).

The Magic Tree House 15

Viking Ships at Sunrise

by Mary Pope Osborne
Another book for Jack and Annie to rescue, this time a collection of Celtic tales from the 9th century AD.
— Michael Main
The serpent’s neck was as tall as a two-story building. Its green scales were covered with sea slime.
Viking Ships at Sunrise by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, October 1998).

The Magic Tree House 16

Hour of the Olympics

by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie meet Plato and learn about the treatment of women in ancient Greece, while also rescuing a fourth lost book from history for Morgan’s library
— Michael Main
At that moment, Plato returned. With him was a young woman dressed in a long tunic with a colored border. She was holding a scroll.
Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, December 1998).

The Magic Tree House 24

Earthquake in the Early Morning

by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie help a man rescue old, treasured books after the Great San Francisco Earthquake and before the fire. And with their fourth piece of writing, they finally get to visit Camelot!
— Michael Main
Jack slowly stood up. His legs felt wobbly. As he brushed off his pants, the deep rumbling came again—louder than before.
Earthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, August 2001).

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 1*

Christmas in Camelot

by Mary Pope Osborne
On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie’s tree house transports them to King Arthur’s castle in Camelot. They arrive to find that all is not well in Camelot, Merlin has been banned, and all magic use is forbidden. Many of the bravest knights have been lost on a mysterious quest to the Otherworld. The Christmas feast is interrupted by a knight, who sets a challenge to find the knights and break the curse. He demands to know “Who will go?” Annie, naturally, accepts. She and Jack set out on a quest to the Otherworld, to bring back magic and joy to Camelot.
— based on fandom.com
Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, October 2001) [print · e-book].

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 2*

Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve

by Mary Pope Osborne
In their magic tree house, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur’s realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke’s castle in an uproar on Halloween night.
— based on fandom.com
Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, June 2003) [print · e-book].

A Time Odyssey 1

Time’s Eye

by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
And she was continually amazed at how easily everyone else accepted their situation, the blunt, apparently undeniable reality of the time slips, across a hundred and fifty years in her case, perhaps a million years or more for the wretched pithecine and her infant in their net cage.
Time’s Eye by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter (Del Rey, January 2004).

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 3*

Summer of the Sea Serpent

by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to the land of the mystical selkies to seek a magical sword for Merlin.
— based on fandom.com
Summer of the Sea Serpent by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, March 2004) [print · e-book].

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 6*

Season of the Sandstorms

by Mary Pope Osborne
Guided by a magic rhyme, Jack and Annie travel to ancient Baghdad on a mission to help the caliph disseminate wisdom to the world.
— based on fandom.com
Season of the Sandstorms by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, June 2005) [print · e-book].

7 Zwerge #2

7 Zwerge: Der Wald ist nicht genug

English release: 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough Literal: 7 Dwarves: The forest Is not enough

by Otto Waalkes, Bernd Eilert, and Sven Unterwaldt, Jr., directed by Sven Unterwaldt, Jr.
In this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, an older Snow White is the distraught mother in danger of losing her child, and she enlists the help of her seven old friends who (among other things) travel through a magic mirror to modern-day Hamburg. Do they time travel? That depends on whether you consider their homeland to be a secondary world (which implies travel from one world or universe to another) or a part of old Germany (which implies actual time travel!). There is a case to be made for it being old Germany, given that the first movie in the 7 Zwerge series told us that they lived in a “sinister forest, deep in the heart of a country known as . . . Germany.”
— based on Wikipedia
I need you. All seven of you.
[ex=bare]7 Zwerge: Der Wald ist nicht genug | 7 Dwarves: The forest is not enough[/ex] by Otto Waalkes, Bernd Eilert, and Sven Unterwaldt, Jr., directed by Sven Unterwaldt, Jr. (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Hamburg, Germany, 24 October 2006).

[tag-3841 | Masters of Time Romance[/ex] 1

Dark Seduction

by Brenda Joyce
Claire has done everything possible to make a safe, secure life for herself in a city where danger lurks on every street corner, especially in the dark of night. But nothing can prepare her for the powerful and sexual warrior who sweeps her back into medieval Scotland—a treacherous, frightening world where the hunters and the hunted are one and the same. Claire needs Malcolm to survive, yet she must somehow keep the dangerously seductive Master at arm’s length.
— based on publicity material
She turned her back to him, hugging herself, aware that her entire body was shaking as if with convulsions. She had always wanted to believe in time travel. There were scientists who said it was possible, and they had put forth theories of quantum physics and black holes to explain it. Claire hadn’t even tried to understand, as science was not an easy subject for her. But she understood the basics: If one traveled faster than the speed of light, one would go into the past.

None of the theories or what she had thought or even currently believed mattered. She know with every fiber of her being that Malcolm was the medieval laird of Dunroch.

Dark Seduction by Brenda Joyce (Harlequin, January 2007).

[tag-3841 | Masters of Time Romance[/ex] 2

Dark Rival

by Brenda Joyce
A golden man, he is called Black Royce—a battle-hardened soldier of the gods. His vows are his life—until he is sent to New York City to protect a Healer from those who would use her powers for themselves. The moment Royce sees beautiful, feisty Allie Monroe, he knows she will be his only weakness—and he is right.
— from publicity material
No, he had stepped out of time, she somehow thought. Allie trembled, her heart accelerating so wildly she felt faint. There was so much power emanating from him, and finally he was bathed in moonlight. Allie breathed hard. He was even better than she had dreamed. Big, bronzed, beautiful.
Dark Rival by Brenda Joyce (Harlequin, September 2007).

Masters of Time Romance 3

Dark Embrace

by Brenda Joyce
Aidan, the Wolf of Awe, has abandoned the Brotherhood and forsaken his vows. Feared by all and trusted by none, he hunts alone, seeking vengeance against the evil that destroyed his son. He has not saved an Innocent in sixty-six years—until he hears Brianna Rose’s scream of terror across centuries, and leaps to modern-day Manhattan to rescue her.
— from publicity material
Aidan hadn’t noticed her, she was certain, but she had taken one look at him and had fallen hard. She was hopelessly infatuated. She thought about him every day, dreamed about him at night and had even spent hours on the Web, reading about themedieval Highlands.
Dark Embrace by Brenda Joyce (Harlequin, August 2008).

Masters of Time Romance 4

Dark Victory

by Brenda Joyce
Ruthless Highlander Black Macleod has refused his destiny. His life is revenge for the massacre of his family. But fate is impatient and, when a woman from another time summons him, he cannot resist her powers—or her.
— from publicity material
Across the room, upon the floor, he saw the gold necklace she had worn for two-and-a-half centuries, the amulet he had given her. The talisman was an open palm, a pale moonstone glittering in its center.

It had survived the fire, untouched and unscarred; his wife, who had powerful magic, had not.

“No!” He leaped into time.

Dark Victory by Brenda Joyce (Harlequin, February 2009).

Masters of Time Romance 5

Dark Lover

by Brenda Joyce
Ian Maclean’s arrogance hides a terrible secret – for decades he was held prisoner by demons and he is tormented by his darkest memories. As the powers of the evil from his past gather, Samantha Rose will do anything to help him – even if it means following him into a different time and facing his worst nightmares with him.
— based on publicity material
Sam’s excitement increased. She believed in the Duisean. The Rose women had their own book, the Book of Roses, which contained all the magic and wisdom entrusted to them by higher powers, and passed down through the generations. The Book was now in Tabby’s keeping—it was always in the keeping of a Rose witch. One of the Highlanders had come for it, to bring it back to her. Why wouldn’t the Masters of Time have a book of power?
Dark Lover by Brenda Joyce (Harlequin, August 2009).

The Egg

by Andy Weir
After a man dies, he meets God, upon which he doesn’t find out the meaning of life, but he does discover something about time and the meaning of the universe.
Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?
English
“The Egg” by Andy Weir, in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added 15 August 2009) [ongoing e-collection].

No Time

by Andrew Bale
A battlefield plunderer meets his own dead self.
You get attacked, you have no backup, so you become your own.
“No Time” by Andrew Bale, 365 Tomorrows, 13 August 2011 [webzine].

The Chronicles of St. Mary’s 1

Just One Damned Thing after Another

by Jodi Taylor
Fresh from finishing her Ph.D., Madeline Maxwell (aka Max) runs into her high school mentor who encourages her to apply for a position with a cloistered group of historians called St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research.
— Michael Main
Think of History as a living organism, with its own defence mechanisms. History will not permit anything to change events that have already taken place. If History thinks, even for one moment, that that is about to occur, then it will, without hesitation, eliminate the threatening virus. Or historian, as we like to call them.
Just One Damned Thing after Another by Jodi Taylor (Accent Press, June 2013).

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 27*

Night of the Ninth Dragon

by Mary Pope Osborne
When a mysterious note invites them to Camelot, Jack and Annie travel in the magic tree house to the magical kingdom where they must find a lost dragon.
— based on fandom.com
Night of the Ninth Dragon by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, July 2016) [print · e-book].

내가 이 나라의 평강공주다

Mai onri leobeusong English release: My Only Love Song Literal: My only lovesong

by 김수진, directed by 민두식
Diva actress Song Soo-jung drives off in a huff in her manager’s VW van—Boing Boing—only to find herself in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo where she meets characters from her historical TV show including the real Princess Pyeonggang and the roguish hero On-Dal.
— Michael Main
The history changed because of me, right? That’s why I should go.
Mai onri leobeusong by 김수진, directed by 민두식 (Netflix, 9 June 2017).

The Knight before Christmas

by Cara J. Russell, directed by Monika Mitchell
In AD 1334, a crone prophesizes Sir Cole’s future and sends the Englishman on an ambiguous quest to 2019 Ohio, where he does knightly non-Ohioan things and discovers the love of his life on Christmas Eve.
— Michael Main
You shall travel to faraway lands, see things undreamed of: flying steel dragons and horses, magic boxes that make merry.
The Knight before Christmas by Cara J. Russell, directed by Monika Mitchell (Netflix, USA, 21 November 2019).

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Narwhal on a Sunny Night

by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie visit the first Icelandic settlers in Greenland.
— Michael Main
“Oh, I get it—your dad is Erik, so you are called Erik-son!” said Annie.
Narwhal on a Sunny Night by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House, January 2020).

Arthur Travels Back in Time

by Gene Lipen and Judith San Nicolas
Arthur the fearless dog travels to different times in a large blue cannister. The story is written in verse that ignores meter and uses rhymes that don’t quite work.
— Ruthie Mariner
With sights on events his eyes have never seen, Arthur is ready for his new time machine.
Arthur Travels Back in Time by Gene Lipen and Judith San Nicolas (Gene Lipen, November 2020).

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The Knight at Dawn: The Graphic Novel

adapted by Jenny Laird, Kelly Matthews, and Nicole Matthews
Retells, in graphic form, the tale of eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister, Annie, who are whisked back in the magic tree house to the time of knights and castles.
— from publicity material
Annie: [turning on her flashlight] That’s right! We have a magic wand and we’re not afraid to use it!
The Knight at Dawn: The Graphic Novel adapted by Jenny Laird, Kelly Matthews, and Nicole Matthews (Random House Children’s Books, November 2021) [print · e-book].

Flashback

written and directed by Caroline Vigneaux
After high-powered lawyer Charlie Leroy gets her client cleared from a rape charge by claiming that the accuser’s lacy underwear was consent to have sex, Charlie finds herself transported by a divine cabdriver to historical moments that were key for women’s rights.
— Michael Main
Attends . . . si maman n'épouse pas papa, je vais pas naître. Je viens de me tuer.
Wait . . . if Mom never marries Dad, I won’t be born. I just killed myself.
English
Flashback written and directed by Caroline Vigneaux (Amazon Prime, 11 November 2021).
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