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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] |
Pierre Versins
Pierre Versins (born Jacques Chamson; January 12, 1923 in Strasbourg – April 18, 2001 in Avignon) was a French Science Fiction collector and scholar. From 1957-62, he published a critical fanzine, ''Ailleurs''. He published four science fiction novels between 1951 and 1971, including ''En avant, Mars'', ''Les etoiles ne s'en foutent pas'', ''Leprofesseur'', and ''Les transhumains''. His ex-wife, Martine Thome, is credited on the short story "Ceux d'Argos". Versins always specified that Thome's name appears on this particular short story because it was initially her idea ("One cent idea"), yet written entirely by Versins himself, in his personal style. Versins published ''Encyclopedie de Utopie et de la sf'', which won a special award at Torcon II, the 1973 Worldcon and he won a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1991. In 1975, he founded the Maison d'Ailleurs, a museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journey in Yverdon-les-Bains, (Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aelita (novel)
''Aelita'' (russian: Аэлита) also known as ''Aelita, or The Decline of Mars'' is a 1923 science fiction novel by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy. Plot summary The story begins in the Soviet Union, just after the end of the Russian Civil War. An engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los', designs and constructs a revolutionary pulse detonation rocket and decides to set course for Mars. Looking for a companion for the travel, he finally leaves Earth with a retired soldier, Alexei Gusev. Arriving on Mars, they discover that the planet is inhabited by an advanced civilization. However, the gap between the ruling class and the workers is very strong and reminiscent of early capitalism, with workers living in underground corridors near their machines. Later in the novel, it is explained that Martians are descendants of both local races and of Atlanteans who came there after the sinking of their home continent (here Tolstoy was inspired by Helena Blavatsky's books). Mars is now ruled b ... [...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] |
1924 In Science Fiction
The year 1924 was marked, in 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 uni ..., by the following events. Births and deaths Births * June 6 : Robert Abernathy, American writer (died 1990) * July 20 : Thomas Berger (novelist), Thomas Berger, American writer (died 2014 in science fiction, 2014) * André Caroff, French writer (died 2009) Deaths Events Awards Literary releases Novels * ''Berge Meere und Giganten'', by Alfred Döblin. *''The City of Light (novel), The City of Light'', a novel by Mieczysław Smolarski in genres of Utopian and dystopian fiction, dystopia and catastrophism. The novel's themes include antimilitarism and pacifism, prevalent after World War I. Stories collections Short stories * '':fr:Deux mille ans sous la mer, Deux m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1923 In Science
The year 1923 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Aeronautics * January 17 (or 9) – First stable flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain. Astronomy and space science * June – Hermann Oberth publishes ''Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen'' ("By Rocket into Planetary Space"). * October 21 – First official public showing of a planetarium projector, a Zeiss model at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Biology * Karl von Frisch publishes "Über die 'Sprache' der Bienen. Eine tierpsychologische Untersuchung" ("On the 'language' of bees: an examination of animal psychology"). Chemistry * Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy publish their discovery of the transition metal element hafnium (72Hf) in zirconium ore, working in Copenhagen (Latin: ''Hafnia''). * Niels Bohr and Dirk Coster, working in Copenhagen, produce a paper on X-ray spectroscopy and the periodic system of the elements. * Gilbert N. Lewis and Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1907 novel ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Life and career Leroux was born in Paris in 1868, the illegitimate child of Marie Bidaut and Dominique Leroux, who married a month after his birth. He claimed an illustrious pedigree, including descent from William II of England (in French, Guillaume le Roux, son of William the Conqueror), and social connections such as having been the official playmate of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris at the College d'Eu in Normany. After studying as a lawyer in Caen, he worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (russian: link= no, Алексей Николаевич Толстой; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Despite having opposed the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, he was able to return to Russia six years later and live a privileged life as a highly paid author, reputedly a millionaire, who adapted his writings to conform to the line laid down by the communist party. Life and career Parentage Tolstoy's mother Alexandra Leontievna Turgeneva (1854–1906) was a grand-niece of Decembrist Nikolay Turgenev and a relative of the renowned Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. She married Count Nikolay Alexandrovich Tolstoy (1849–1900), a member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family and a distant relative of Leo Tolstoy. Aleksey claimed that Count Tolstoy was his biological father, which allowed him to style himself as a Count, but since his mother had taken a lover and le ... [...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] |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr
Lloyd, Lloyd's, or Lloyds may refer to: People * Lloyd (name), a variation of the Welsh word ' or ', which means "grey" or "brown" ** List of people with given name Lloyd ** List of people with surname Lloyd * Lloyd (singer) (born 1986), American singer Places United States * Lloyd, Florida * Lloyd, Kentucky * Lloyd, Montana * Lloyd, New York * Lloyd, Ohio * Lloyds, Alabama * Lloyds, Maryland * Lloyds, Virginia Elsewhere * Lloydminster, or "Lloyd", straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada Companies and businesses Derived from Lloyd's Coffee House *Lloyd's Coffee House, a London meeting place for merchants and shipowners between about 1688 and 1774 * Lloyd's of London, a British insurance market ** ''Lloyd's of London'' (film), a 1936 film about the insurance market ** Lloyd's building, its headquarters ** Lloyd's Agency Network * ''Lloyd's List'', a website and 275-year-old daily newspaper on shipping and global trade ** ''Lloyd's List I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulp Magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". The typical pulp magazine had 128 pages; it was wide by high, and thick, with ragged, untrimmed edges. The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction in reference to run-of-the-mill, low-quality literature. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were best known for their lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter, even though this was but a small part of what existed in the pulps. Successors of pulps include paperback books, digest magazines, and men's adventure magazines. Modern superhero comic books are sometimes considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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