1920 in science fiction
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The year 1920 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
- January 2: Isaac Asimov, American writer, (died 1992).[1]
- May 9:
- William Tenn, American writer (died 2010)[2]
- Richard George Adams, British writer (died 2016)[3]
- June 13: Walter Ernsting, German writer, (died 2005)[4]
- August 22: Ray Bradbury, American writer (died 2012)[5]
- October 8: Frank Herbert, American writer (died 1986)[6]
- Peter Phillips, British writer (died 2012)[7]
Events
Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
Novels
- We, novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin.[8]
- A Voyage to Arcturus, novel by David Lindsay.[9]
- (in French) Le Formidable Événement, novel by Maurice Leblanc.[10]
- City of Endless Night, novel by Milo Hastings.
Short stories
- The Comet, short story by W. E. B. Du Bois, originally published as a chapter in Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil.[11]
Audiovisual outputs
Movies
Set in 1920
This section lists science fiction works not published in 1920 but whose narrative is set, wholly or partly, in the year 1920.
Short stories
- The Repairer of Reputations, short story by Robert W. Chambers, first published in The King in Yellow (1895), depicting an alternate vision of the year 1920.[14]
See also
References
- ↑ "Isaac Asimov". The Telegraph. October 16, 1992. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ Jonas, Gerald. "William Tenn, Satirical Science Fiction Author, Dies at 89". nytimes. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Obituary: Richard Adams". BBC News. December 27, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ III, Harris M. Lentz (2006). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 9780786424894.
- ↑ "Ray Bradbury". The Telegraph. June 6, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Frank Herbert | American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ Mamczak, Sascha; Pirling, Sebastian; Jeschke, Wolfgang (2013). Das Science Fiction Jahr 2013 (in German). Heyne Verlag. p. 900. ISBN 9783641105952.
- ↑ "Yevgeny Zamyatin | Biography & Books". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ Moorcock, Michael (August 30, 2002). "Review: A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay". the Guardian. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ Horn, Pierre L. (1991). Handbook of French Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 9780313261213.
- ↑ Du Bois, W. E. B. (1920). Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. Harcourt, Brace and Howe.
- ↑ Donahue, Neil H. (2005). A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism. Camden House. p. 325. ISBN 9781571131751.
- ↑ Rhodes, Gary Don (1997). Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. McFarland. p. 8. ISBN 9780786402571.
- ↑ Chambers, Robert W. (1895). The King in Yellow. F. Tennyson Neely.