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The year 1921 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.
First contact is a common theme in science fiction about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient species' first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites. It is closely related to the anthropological idea of first contact
Franz Rottensteiner is an Austrian publisher and critic in the fields of science fiction and speculative fiction in general.
The year 1901 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1911 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1915 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1919 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1923 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1924 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1925 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1926 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1927 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1928 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1929 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1933 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1934 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
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The year 1937 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
The year 1895 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Space travel, or space flight is a classic science-fiction theme that has captivated the public and is almost archetypal for science fiction. Space travel, interplanetary or interstellar, is usually performed in space ships, and spacecraft propulsion in various works ranges from the scientifically plausible to the totally fictitious.