"A Round Trip to the Year 2000 or a Flight Through Time"

1903 Cook, William Wallace (1867-1933). “A Round Trip to the Year 2000 or a Flight Through Time.” The Argosy (New York) 42.4 – 43.4 (July – November 1903): 636-52; 64-75; 305-16; 504-16; 730-46. Rpt. without the subtitle. New York: Street & Smith, 1903. The Adventure Library No. 4. Rpt. New York: Street and Smith, 1925. The Adventure Library No. 120, which is rpt. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974 with an unpaged introduction “A Cook’s Tour of Tomorrow” by Sam[uel] Moskowitz, who is unaware of the 1903 Street and Smith edition. DLC, HRC, PSt

Satire and dystopia. Trusts, such as the Air Trust which sells air for breathing (Compare to 1915 England) , women who are too assertive for the protagonist, men and women dressing alike, thought control, and robots that revolt. A sequel is “Castaways of the Year 2000.” The Argosy (New York) 70.3 - 71.3 (October 1912 - February 1913): 582-98, 871-91; 152-70, 405-24, 673-88, in which some from 2000 return to 1900 and then go back to 2000 to rescue the rest..