The year 1919 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
editBirths
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
editEvents
edit- Creation of the French review Sciences et Voyages.[4]
Awards
editThe main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
editNovels
edit- First publication of (in French) Out of the Silence, by Erle Cox.[5]
Stories collections
editShort stories
editComics
editAudiovisual outputs
editMovies
editThe Harry Houdini serial The Master Mystery featured the first robot in film, called the Automaton.[6]
See also
editReferences
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.