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Cover of A Round Trip to the Year 2000; Or A Flight Through Time

A Round Trip to the Year 2000; Or A Flight Through Time

William Wallace Cook (1908)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SettingNear-Future Earth
CSM age12
Goodreads4.2

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

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Hopeful Ending

Tropes

Time TravelRobot CompanionSoft SF

Themes

AI ConsciousnessIdentityPolitical Intrigue

Synopsis

This remarkable novel originally appeared in 1903 in The Argosy magazine, but was not published in book form until 1925. By then, Karel Capek's RUR had been written, and Cook's work, in which mechainical men appeared for the first time in science fiction, received little notice.

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Early SFPulp FictionProto-CyberpunkScientific Romance