1926 in science fiction
The year 1926 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
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Births and deaths
Births
- February 20 – Richard Matheson, American writer (died 2013)[1]
- March 19 – Jimmy Guieu, French writer (died 2000)[2]
- March 29 – Lino Aldani, Italian writer (died 2009)[3]
- April 1 – Anne McCaffrey, American writer (died 2011)[4]
- May 9 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., British writer (died 2002)[5]
- August 9 – Frank M. Robinson, American writer (died 2014)[6]
- November 25 – Poul Anderson, American writer (died 2001)[7]
Events
- April – first publication of Amazing Stories, which ran until 1995 (and again from 1998–2000, 2004–2005 and 2012–present)[8]
Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
Novels
- Metropolis, by Thea von Harbou[9]
- The Land of Mist, by Arthur Conan Doyle[10]
- (in Russian) The Lord of the World, by Alexander Belayev[11]
Short stories
- (in French) The Coming of the Ice, by Green Peyton Wertenbaker[12]
Audiovisual outputs
References
- Hawtree, Christopher (25 June 2013). "Richard Matheson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Authors : Guieu, Jimmy : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Authors : Aldani, Lino : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Priest, Christopher (23 November 2011). "Anne McCaffrey obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Priest, Christopher (3 May 2002). "Obituary: John Middleton Murry". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Vitello, Paul (4 July 2014). "Frank M. Robinson Dies at 87; Author and Adviser to Harvey Milk". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Poul Anderson". The Independent. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Culture : Amazing Stories : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Media : von Harbou, Thea : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- The land of mist. 1926. OCLC 1106012.
- Lemon, Alaina (2017). Technologies for Intuition: Cold War Circles and Telepathic Rays. Univ of California Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780520967458.
- Bleiler, Everett Franklin; Bleiler, Richard (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years : a Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines ... from 1926 Through 1936. Kent State University Press. p. 552. ISBN 9780873386043.
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