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1932 In Science Fiction
The year 1932 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * September 28 : Michael Coney, British writer (died in 2005). * November 7 : Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (died in 2005). * November 8 : Ben Bova, American writer (died in 2020). * August 15 : Robert Forward, American writer (died in 2002). Deaths Events Literary releases Novels * '' Cat Country'', by Lao She. * ''Brave New World'', by Aldous Huxley. Stories collections Short stories * ''The Cities of Ardathia'', by George Henry Weiss. Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * '' Island of Lost Souls'', by Erle C. Kenton. Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. See also * 1932 in science * 1931 in science fiction * 1933 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Coney
Michael Greatrex Coney (28 September 1932 - 4 November 2005) was a British science fiction writer, best known for his novel ''Hello Summer, Goodbye.'' Life Coney was born in Birmingham, England, on 28 September 1932. As an adult, he worked as an accountant, hotel manager, author and forest ranger. He was manager of the Jabberwock Hotel in Antigua in the West Indies from 1969-1972, and was resident there when his first professional story ("Sixth Sense") was published in the first issue of the short-lived science fiction magazine ''Vision of Tomorrow'' in 1969. He relocated to Sidney, British Columbia in 1972, spending the latter half of his life in Canada. He worked as a forest ranger for the British Columbia Forest Service from 1973 to 1989, when he retired. He died at the age 73 of pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs, on 4 November 2005, at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital palliative care unit. Works A common element in Coney's work is that of ordinary p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Of Lost Souls (1932 Film)
''Island of Lost Souls'' is a 1932 American science fiction horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton. Based on H. G. Wells' 1896 novel '' The Island of Doctor Moreau'' and produced by Paramount Productions, the film stars Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen and Kathleen Burke. The film is about the sailor Edward Parker (Arlen), who finds himself stranded on the island occupied by the scientist Dr. Moreau (Laughton). Parker agrees to stay until the next boat arrives, while Laughton introduces him to Lota (Burke), who unknown to Parker, is actually part-panther. It is revealed that all the islands inhabitants are experiments by Dr. Moreau to create humans from animals, and tries to persuade Lota to have sex with Parker to continue his experiments. The film was Paramount's follow-up to their successful horror film '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1931). Several writers worked on scripts for the film including Joseph Moncure March, Cyril Hume, Garrett Fort and Philip Wylie. While stage a ... [...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] |
1933 In Science Fiction
The year 1933 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * April 14 : Boris Strugatsky, Russian writer (died 2012) * May 26 : Edward Whittemore, American writer (died 1995) * August 7 : Jerry Pournelle, American writer (died 2017) * August 15 : Alain Dorémieux, French writer (died 1998) Deaths Events Literary releases Novels Stories collections Short stories * ''The Horror in the Museum'', by H. P. Lovecraft. * ''Shambleau'', by C. L. Moore. Comics Audiovisual outputs Films * ''The Invisible Man'', by James Whale. * ''The Tunnel'', by Curtis Bernhardt. Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. See also * 1933 in science * 1932 in science fiction * 1934 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 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 In Science Fiction
The year 1931 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * January 9 : Algis Budrys, American writer, (d. 2008 in science fiction, 2008) * January 28 : Sakyo Komatsu, Japan writer, (d. 2011 in science fiction, 2011) * December 3 : Bob Shaw, British writer, (d. 1996 in science fiction, 1996) Deaths Events Literary releases Novels * '':fr:Druso, Druso oder : die gestohlene Menschheit'', by :de:Friedrich Freksa, Friedrich Freksa. Stories collections Short stories Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * ''Frankenstein (1931 film), Frankenstein'', by James Whale. * ''End of the World (1931 film), End of the World'', by Abel Gance. * ''A Connecticut Yankee (film), A Connecticut Yankee'', by David Butler (director), David Butler. Awards The main Outline of science fiction#Science fiction awards, science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. See also * 1931 in science * 1930 in science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Science
The year 1932 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space sciences * August 10 – A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into fragments and strikes earth near the town of Archie, Missouri. * Estonian astronomer Ernst Öpik postulates that long-period comets originate in an orbiting cloud (the Öpik–Oort cloud) at the outermost edge of the Solar System. Biology * English geneticist C. D. Darlington publishes ''Recent Advances in Cytology'', describing the mechanics of chromosomal crossover and its role in evolutionary science. * English geneticist J. B. S. Haldane publishes ''The Causes of Evolution'', unifying the findings of Mendelian genetics with those of evolutionary science. * American physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon publishes ''The Wisdom of the Body'', developing and popularising the concept of homeostasis. * A flock of Soay sheep is translocated from Soay to Hirta (also in the depopulated archipelago of St K ... [...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] |
Erle C
Erle may refer to: Places * Erle, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia *Erle, California, a former settlement in the United States *Erle (river), a river of Thuringia, Germany *, a borough of the German city of Gelsenkirchen *, a village in the German municipality of Raesfeld Given name *Erle Bartley (1922–1983), American agricultural scientist *Erle Ellis, Erle C. Ellis, American scientist *Erle Elsworth Clippinger (1864–1933), writer of children's literature, educator, and a grammaticist *Erle Cocke Jr. (1921–2000), American businessman *Erle Cox (1873–1950), Australian journalist and science fiction writer *Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970), American lawyer and author of detective stories *Erle P. Halliburton (1892–1957), American businessman *Erle Harstad (born 1990), Norwegian figure skater *Erle C. Kenton (1896–1980), American film director *Erle V. Painter (1881–1968), American chiropractor and athletic trainer *Erle Reiter (1916–2008), American figure skater *Erle Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Weiss
George Henry Weiss (1898–1946) was an American poet, writer and novelist. His science fiction stories and poetry appeared under the pseudonym "Francis Flagg" in the magazines ''Amazing Stories'', ''Astounding'', '' Tales of Wonder'', ''Weird Tales'' and others. His novel '' The Night People'' was published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in 1947. Bibliography Short stories *''The Machine Man of Ardathia'', Amazing Stories, November 1927. *''The Mentanicals'', Amazing Stories, April 1934. *''Earth's Lucky Day'' (with Forrest J. Ackerman Forrest James Ackerman (November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American magazine editor; science fiction writer and literary agent; a founder of science fiction fandom; a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films; a pr ...), Wonder Stories, March 1936. *''The Seeds of the Toc-Toc Birds'' *''The Heads of Apex'' Novels *''The Night People'' (1947) References * * External links * * * * 1898 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Volkoff
Vladimir Volkoff (7 November 1932 – 14 September 2005) was a French writer of Russian extraction. He produced both literary works for adults and spy novels for young readers under the pseudonym Lieutenant X. His works are characterised by themes of the Cold War, intelligence and manipulation, but also by metaphysical and spiritual elements. Biography Of Russian descent with Tatar roots on his paternal side,Jacqueline Bruller, ''Vladimir Volkoff: l'exil est ma patrie. Entretiens.'', Ed. du Centurion (1982), p. 86 Volkoff was born in Paris, the son of a Russian émigré who earned his living in France washing cars. Vladimir grew up with his family's memories of the lost motherland and loyalty to their new homeland. He was a great grandnephew of the composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After studying at the Sorbonne in Paris and the university of Liège, Volkoff taught English at Amiens from 1955-57. He served as an intelligence officer in the French army during the Algerian War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'', before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. Huxley was a pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism, as well as universalism, addre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave New World
''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. Huxley followed this book with a reassessment in essay form, ''Brave New World Revisited'' (1958), and with his final novel, ''Island'' (1962), the utopian counterpart. This novel is often compared to George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (1949). In 1999, the Modern Library ranked ''Brave New World'' at number 5 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. This ranking was by thModern Library Editorial Boardof authors. In 2003, Robert McCr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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