The year 1937 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
editBirths
edit- February 19 : Terry Carr, American writer and editor (died 1987)[1]
- February 22 : Joanna Russ, American writer (died 2011)[2]
- April 9 : Barrington J. Bayley, British writer (died 2008)[3]
- May 13 : Roger Zelazny, American writer (died 1995)[4]
- May 27 : Gérard Klein, French writer and editor[5]
- September 19 : Jean-Pierre Andrevon, French writer[6]
Deaths
editEvents
editLiterary releases
editNovels
edit- (in French) La Cité des asphyxiés, by Régis Messac.[7]
- Star Maker, by Olaf Stapledon.[8]
- Galactic Patrol, by Edward Elmer Smith.[9]
- Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin.[10]
Stories collections
editShort stories
edit- Travel by Wire!, Arthur C. Clarke's first published story[11]
Comics
edit- (in French) Futuropolis, by René Pellos.[12]
Movies
editAwards
editThe main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Authors : Carr, Terry : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Joanna Russ: Writer and critic who helped transform the science". The Independent. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Barrington J. Bayley: Science-fiction writer who treated the human". The Independent. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Roger Zelazny | American writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Authors : Klein, Gérard : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Rottensteiner, Franz (1999). View from Another Shore: European Science Fiction. Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781846314360.
- ^ NRP Collège - Les mondes de la science-fiction - Mars 2016 (Format PDF) (in French). Nathan. 2016. p. 22. ISBN 9782091117287.
- ^ McCarthy, Patrick A. (2004). "The Genesis of "Star Maker"". Science Fiction Studies. 31 (1): 25–42. JSTOR 4241227.
- ^ Sawyer, A.; Wright, P. (2011). Teaching Science Fiction. Springer. p. 90. ISBN 9780230300392.
- ^ McManus, Darragh (12 November 2009). "Swastika Night: Nineteen Eighty-Four's lost twin". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Stableford, Brian (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 9781135923747.
- ^ Roberts, Adam (2016). The History of Science Fiction. Springer. p. 274. ISBN 9781137569578.
- ^ "Night Key (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2019.