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1936 In Science Fiction
The year 1936 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * April 19 : Tom Purdom, American writer * June 11 : Bernard Dufossé, French illustrator (died 2016) * November 18 : Suzette Haden Elgin : American writer (died 2015) * November 19 : Wolfgang Jeschke, German writer (died 2015) Deaths Events * First publication of the British magazine ''Novae Terrae'' ; the magazine will be named ''New Worlds'' in 1939. Literary releases Novels * ''The Cometeers'', by Jack Williamson (monthly publication in Astounding). Stories collections Short stories * ''Les Mains et la machine'' (''Stenographer's Hands'', 1928), translate by Régis Messac. * ''La Nourrice automatique'' (''The Psychophonic Nurse'', 1928), translate by Régis Messac. * ''Les Mains et la machine'' (''The Ivy War'', 1930), translate by Régis Messac. Comics Movies * ''Flash Gordon'', by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor. * '' Things to Come'', by Wil ... [...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] |
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] |
1937 In Science Fiction
The year 1937 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * February 19 : Terry Carr, American writer and editor (died 1987) * February 22 : Joanna Russ, American writer (died 2011) * April 9 : Barrington J. Bayley, British writer (died 2008) * May 13 : Roger Zelazny, American writer (died 1995) * May 27 : Gérard Klein, French writer and editor * September 19 : Jean-Pierre Andrevon, French writer Deaths Events Literary releases Novels * '' La Cité des asphyxiés'', by Régis Messac. * ''Star Maker'', by Olaf Stapledon. * ''Galactic Patrol'', by Edward Elmer Smith. * '' Swastika Night'' by Katharine Burdekin. Stories collections Short stories * ''Travel by Wire!'', Arthur C. Clarke's first published story Comics * ''Futuropolis'', by René Pellos. Movies * ''Night Key'', by Lloyd Corrigan. Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. See also * 1937 in sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Science Fiction
The year 1935 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * January 15 : Robert Silverberg, American writer. * June 25 : Charles Sheffield, British writer (died 2002) Deaths * December 14 : Stanley Weinbaum, American writer (born 1902) Events Literary releases Novels * ''It Can't Happen Here'', by Sinclair Lewis. * '' Quinzinzinzili'', by Régis Messac. Stories collections Short stories Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * ''Bride of Frankenstein'', by James Whale. * ''Loss of Sensation'', by Alexandr Andriyevsky. Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. See also * 1935 in science * 1934 in science fiction * 1936 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 futuristic concepts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 In Science
The year 1936 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Chemistry * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * December 23 – The first nerve agent, Tabun, is discovered (accidentally) by a research team headed by Dr Gerhard Schrader of IG Farben in Germany. Computer science * May 28 – Alan Turing's paper "On Computable Numbers" is received by the London Mathematical Society for publication, introducing the concept of the theoretical "a tomaticmachine" or Turing machine. Its formal publication is on November 12. * Rózsa Péter presents a paper entitled "Über rekursive Funktionen der zweite Stufe" to the International Congress of Mathematicians in Oslo, helping to found the modern field of recursive function theory. Earth sciences * Inge Lehmann argues that the Earth's molten interior has a solid inner core. History of science and technology * Economist John Maynard Keynes buys ... [...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] |
Kosmicheskiy Reys
''Cosmic Voyage'' or ''The Space Voyage'' (russian: Космический рейс, Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella) is a 1936 Soviet science fiction silent film produced by Mosfilm. It was one of the earliest films to represent a realistic spaceflight, including weightlessness as well as one of the last Soviet silent era films. Plot In the year 1946, the Soviet space program is undergoing turmoil. Professor Sedikh, who is planning to lead the first crewed exploration to the Moon, is denounced by his rival Professor Karin as being too old and too mentally unstable for the mission. Professor Sedikh, aided by his assistant Marina and a youth named Andryusha, disregard Professor Karin's authority and make a successful landing on the Moon. Although a few problems occur at the Moon, including the discovery of a damaged oxygen tank and Professor Sedikh's becoming trapped under a fallen boulder, the expedition is a success and the cosmonauts return to Moscow. Cast * Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an American film production designer (a job title he invented) and art director as well as a film director and producer during a career spanning five decades. He began his career during the silent era, and later pioneered the use of color in film for dramatic effect. Early years Menzies was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Scots immigrant parents, Charles A. and Helen originally from Aberfeldy, Scotland. He studied at Yale and the University of Edinburgh and, after serving in the United States Army during World War I, he attended the Art Students League of New York. Career Menzies joined Famous Players-Lasky, later to evolve into Paramount Pictures, working in special effects and design. He soon worked on such films as ''Robin Hood'' (1922), '' The Thief of Bagdad'' (1924), '' The Bat'' (1926), '' The Dove'' (1927), '' Sadie Thompson'' (1928), and ''Tempest'' (1928). His contributions to '' The Dove'' (1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Taylor (director)
Raymond Edgar Taylor (1 December 1888 – 15 February 1952) was an American film director. He directed 159 films between 1926 in film, 1926 and 1949 in film, 1949. His List of directorial debuts, debut was the 1926 film serial ''Fighting with Buffalo Bill''. Ray Taylor was one of the few Hollywood directors who specialized in a single type of film: he was an action specialist. Many action directors would be called upon at one time or another to helm a mainstream drama, romance, or mystery, but Ray Taylor established himself early in westerns and action fare, and he worked in this capacity throughout his career. Even a brief tenure directing the campus-capers "Collegians" shorts for Universal Pictures, Universal was appropriate for Taylor, as these two-reel subjects often emphasized visual action. In the 1920s he worked for Twentieth Century-Fox, Fox as an assistant, and soon moved to Universal, where he was given a chance to direct. His effective staging of action scenes ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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