1919 in science fiction
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The year 1919 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
[edit]Births
[edit]- October 3 : John Boyd, American writer (died 2013)[1]
- October 15 : Edwin Charles Tubb, British writer (died 2010)[2]
- November 26 : Frederik Pohl, American writer (died 2013)[3]
Deaths
[edit]Events
[edit]- Creation of the French review Sciences et Voyages.[4]
Awards
[edit]The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
[edit]Novels
[edit]- First publication of (in French) Out of the Silence, by Erle Cox.[5]
Stories collections
[edit]Short stories
[edit]Comics
[edit]Audiovisual outputs
[edit]Movies
[edit]The Harry Houdini serial The Master Mystery featured the first robot in film, called the Automaton.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Authors : Boyd, John : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Holland, Steve (14 November 2010). "EC Tubb obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Frederik Pohl | American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Panchasi, Roxanne (2009). Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars. Cornell University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780801446702.
- ^ "Erle Cox". The Institute of Australian Culture. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Kaufman, Richard (December 1, 2015). "The first robot in cinema". Boing Boing.