1936 in science fiction

The year 1936 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• April 19  : Tom Purdom, American writer ^[1]
• June 11  : (in French) Bernard Dufossé, French illustrator (died 2016) ^[2]
• November 18  : Suzette Haden Elgin  : American writer (died 2015) ^[3]
• November 19  : Wolfgang Jeschke, German writer (died 2015) ^[4]

Events

• First publication of the British magazine Novae Terrae; the magazine will be named New Worlds in 1939.

Literary releases

Serialized novels

• The Cometeers by Jack Williamson, Astounding Stories , published in book form in 1950.
• The Incredible Invasion by Murray Leinster, Astounding Stories, published in book form as The Other Side of Here in 1955.

Short stories

• (in French)Les Mains et la machine (Stenographer's Hands, 1928), translate by Régis Messac.
• (in French)La Nourrice automatique (The Psychophonic Nurse, 1928), translate by Régis Messac.
• (in French)Les Mains et la machine (The Ivy War, 1930), translate by Régis Messac. ^[5]

Movies

Ksenia Moskalenko as a cosmonaut in Soviet film Cosmic Voyage

• Flash Gordon , by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor.
• Things to Come , by William Cameron Menzies.
• Kosmicheskiy reys (Cosmic Voyage), by Vassili Jouravlev.

Awards

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

See also

• 1936 in science

References

1. Reginald, Robert (2009). Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Wildside Press LLC. p. 220. ISBN   9781434478573.
2. "Bernard Dufossé (1936-2016)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
3. "Authors : Elgin, Suzette Haden : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
4. "Authors : Jeschke, Wolfgang : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
5. La Guerre du lierre. la Fenêtre ouverte. 1936.