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1927 In Science Fiction
The year 1927 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * June: Lynn Venable * July 19 : Richard E. Geis, American writer (died 2013) * July 25 : Pierre-Jean Brouillaud, French writer * August 9 : Daniel Keyes, American writer (died 2014) * October 3 : Donald R. Bensen, American writer and editor (died 1997) Deaths Events Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. Literary releases Novels * '' Radiopolis'', by Otfrid von Hanstein. * '' Dix mille lieues dans les airs'', by Otfrid von Hanstein. * '' The Garin Death Ray'' by Alexey N. Tolstoy. Stories collections Short stories * ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', by Kenji Miyazawa. * ''The Colour Out of Space'', by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * ''Metropolis'', by Fritz Lang. See also * 1927 in science * 1926 in science fiction * 1928 in science fiction Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
