1930 in science fiction

The year 1930 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• June 3  : Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (died 1999) ^[1]
• November 15  : J. G. Ballard, British writer (died 2009) ^[2]
• Donald Malcolm, Scottish writer (died 2013) ^[3]

Events

• Creation of the American magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science, now called Analog Science Fiction and Fact . ^[4]

Literary releases

Novels

• Last and First Men , by Olaf Stapledon. ^[5]
• Tarzan at the Earth's Core , by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ^[6]
• (in French) Utopolis , by (in German) Werner Illing. ^[7]

Movies

• Just Imagine directed by David Butler ^[8]

Awards

The main science fiction awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

See also

• 1930 in science

References

1. "Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
2. Pringle, David (19 April 2009). "Obituary: JG Ballard". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
3. Donald Malcolm. "Worldcat" . Retrieved 21 July 2018.
4. "Culture : Astounding Science-Fiction : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
5. Westfahl, Gary (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 1127. ISBN   9780313329531.
6. Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1930). Tarzan at the earth's core. Grosset & Dunlap. OCLC   6964038.
7. Fritzsche, Sonja (2006). Science Fiction Literature in East Germany. Peter Lang. p. 47. ISBN   9783039107391.
8. "David Butler | American director". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 April 2019.