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1922 In Science Fiction
The year 1922 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * April 16: John Christopher, British writer (died 2012) * May 24: Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian writer (died 2013) * May 30: Hal Clement, American writer (died 2003) * September 19: Damon Knight, American writer (died 2002) * November 11: Kurt Vonnegut, American writer (died 2007) * Bob Leman, American writer (died 2006) Deaths Events Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. Literary releases Novels Stories collections Short stories Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * ''Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'', by Fritz Lang. See also * 1922 in science * 1921 in science fiction * 1923 in science fiction References {{Reflist Science fiction by year * science-fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christopher
Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), was a British writer, best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels ''The Death of Grass'', ''The Possessors'', and the young-adult novel series ''The Tripods''. He won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976. Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye. Biography Sam Youd was born in Huyton, Lancashire (though Youd is an old Cheshire surname). Youd was educated at Peter Symonds' School in Winchester, Hampshire, then served in the Royal Corps of Signals from 1941 to 1946. A scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation made it possible for him to pursue a writing career, beginning with ''The Winter Swan'' (Dennis Dobson, 1949), published under the name Christopher Youd. He wrote science fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokulananda Mahapatra
Gokulananda Mahapatra (24 May 1922 – 10 July 2013) was an Indian scientist and science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ... writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children science books. Some of his notable contributions are ''Krutrima Upagraha'', ''Prithibi bahare Manisha'', ''Chandra ra Mrutyu'', ''Nishabda Godhuli'', ''Madam Curie'' and ''Nila Chakra Bala Sapare''. He was the founding member of Orissa Bigyana Prachar Samhiti with the objective of making science popular in the state of Orissa. He received Orissa Sahitya Akademy Award for his book ''E juga ra sreshtha abiskara''. Early life and career Mahapatra was born in Bhadrak district, Bhadrak, Odisha. He went on to do MSc from the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Clement
Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard. In 1998 Clement was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and named the 17th SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (presented in 1999). Biography Harry Clement Stubbs was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on May 30, 1922. He went to Harvard, graduating with a B.S. in astronomy in 1943. While there he wrote his first published story, "Proof", which appeared in the June 1942 issue of '' Astounding Science Fiction'', edited by John W. Campbell; three more appeared in later 1942 numbers. His further educational background includes an M.Ed. (Boston University 1946) and M.S. in chemistry (Simmons College 1963). During World War II Clement was a pilot and copi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Knight
Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of "To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for ''The Twilight Zone''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone'', p. 51. He was married to fellow writer Kate Wilhelm. Biography Knight was born in Baker City, Oregon in 1922, and grew up in Hood River, Oregon. He entered science-fiction fandom at the age of eleven and published two issues of a fanzine titled ''Snide''. Knight's first professional sale was a cartoon drawing to a science-fiction magazine, ''Amazing Stories''.Knight, "Knight Piece," Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison, ''Hell's Cartographers'', Orbit Books, 1976, p. 105. His first story, "The Itching Hour", appeared in the Summer 1940 number of ''Futuria Fantasia'', edited and published by Ray Bradbury. "Resilience" followed in the February 1941 number of ''Stirring Science Stories'', edited by Donald A. Wollh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the US Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox, with whom he had three children. He adopted his nephews after his siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Leman
Robert J. Leman (1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American science fiction and horror short story author, most associated with ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. He was not published until he was 45, but had been a member of First Fandom before that. His best-known story is "Window," which has often been reprinted and which was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 1980. It was adapted for an episode of ''Night Visions'', directed by and starring Bill Pullman. All of Leman's published stories—including the previously unpublished "How Dobbstown Was Saved", which was to have appeared in the Harlan Ellison anthology ''The Last Dangerous Visions''—are collected in the volume ''Feesters in the Lake and Other Stories'' (Seattle: Midnight House, 2002. ). His story "Instructions" was reprinted in chapbook form in 2001 by Tachyon Publications Several of Leman's stories were translated, illustrated and published in the Polish monthly science fiction magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outline Of Science Fiction
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to science fiction: Science fiction – a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting. Exploring the consequences of such innovations is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". What is science fiction? * Definitions of science fiction: Science fiction includes such a wide range of themes and subgenres that it is notoriously difficult to define. Accordingly, there have been many definitions offered. Another challenge is that there is disagreement over where to draw the boundaries between science fiction and related genres. Science fiction is a type of: * Fiction – form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author(s). Although fiction often describes a major branch of literary work, it is also app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. 63. One of the best-known ''émigrés'' from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. He has been cited as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. Lang's most celebrated films include the groundbreaking futuristic ''Metropolis'' (1927) and the influential '' M'' (1931), a film noir precursor. His 1929 film ''Woman in the Moon'' showcased the use of a multi-stage rocket, and also pioneered the concept of a rocket launch pad (a rocket standing upright against a tall building before launch having been slowly rolled into place) and the rocket-launch countdown clock. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 In Science
The year 1922 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Archaeology * November 4 – British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt. Biology * August – The California grizzly bear is hunted to extinction. * Last known wild Barbary lion (''P. l. leo'') shot in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. * The Amur tiger becomes extinct in South Korea. * H. J. Muller sets out the basic properties of genetic heredity. Chemistry * June 20 – Degesch applies to patent the cyanide-based insecticide Zyklon B (credited to Walter Heerdt) in Germany. * Vitamin E is discovered by Herbert McLean Evans and Katharine Scott Bishop at the University of California, Berkeley and Vitamin D by Elmer McCollum and others. * Czech chemist Jaroslav Heyrovský invents polarographic methods of chemical analysis. * German chemist Hermann Staudinger proposes what he will come to call macromolecules. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 In Science Fiction
The year 1921 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * January 14: Kenneth Bulmer, British writer (died 2005) * January 25: Russell Braddon, Australian writer (died 1995) * May 23: James Blish, American writer (died 1975) * May 31: Arthur Sellings, British writer (died 1968) * June 6: Francis G. Rayer, British writer (died 1981) * August 11: Henri Viard, French writer (died 1989) * August 19: Gene Roddenberry, American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series (died 1991) * September 12: Stanisław Lem, polish writer (died 2006) * October 7: H. H. Hollis, American writer (died 1977) * November 9: Alfred Coppel, American writer (died 2004) * Vladimir Colin, writer (died 1991) Deaths Events Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. Literary releases Novels Stories collections Short stories * '' L'Homme truquà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 In Science Fiction
The year 1923 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * January 12: Pierre Versins, American writer (died 2001) * April 17: Lloyd Biggle, Jr., American writer (died 2002) * April 23: Avram Davidson, American writer (died 1993) * July 12: James E. Gunn (writer), James E. Gunn, American writer * July 23: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (died 1958) * August 20: Richard Bessière, Henri Bessière, French writer (died 2011) * November 1: Gordon R. Dickson, American writer (died 2001) Deaths Events * March: first publication of ''Weird Tales'', American pulp magazine. Awards The main Outline of science fiction#Science fiction awards, science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. Literary releases Novels * ''Aelita (novel), Aelita'', by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. * '':fr:La Poupée sanglante (roman), La Poupée sanglante'' (''The Bloody Doll''), by Gaston Leroux. Stories collections S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction By Year
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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