1931 in science fiction
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The year 1931 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
- January 9 : Algis Budrys, American writer, (d. 2008)[1]
- January 28 : Sakyo Komatsu, Japan writer, (d. 2011)[2]
- December 3 : Bob Shaw, British writer, (d. 1996)[3]
Deaths
Events
Literary releases
Novels
- (in French) Druso oder : die gestohlene Menschheit, by (in German) Friedrich Freksa.[4]
Stories collections
Short stories
Comics
Audiovisual outputs
Movies
- Frankenstein, by James Whale.[5]
- End of the World, by Abel Gance.[6]
- A Connecticut Yankee, by David Butler.[7]
Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also
References
- ^ Holland, Steve (11 September 2008). "Obituary: Algis Budrys". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Sakyo Komatsu | Japanese author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "OBITUARY : Bob Shaw". The Independent. 17 February 1996. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Fischer, William B. (1984). The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction. Popular Press. p. 324. ISBN 9780879722586.
- ^ "Frankenstein | film by Whale [1931]". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Labuza, Peter (2014). Approaching the End: Imagining Apocalypse in American Film. BookBaby. p. 7. ISBN 9781941629017.
- ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa; Lupack, Alan (2008). Illustrating Camelot. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 9781843841838.