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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] |
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] |
Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction.Andy Sawyer, " illiamOlaf Stapledon (1886-1950)", in Bould, Mark, et al, eds. ''Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction''. New York: Routledge, 2010. (pp. 205–210) .John Kinnaird, "Stapledon,(William) Olaf" in Curtis C. Smith, ''Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers''. Chicago, St. James, 1986. (pp. 693–6). In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Life Stapledon was born in Seacombe, Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, the only son of William Clibbett Stapledon and Emmeline Miller. The first six years of his life were spent with his parents at Port Said, Egypt. He was educated at Abbotsholme School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he acquired a BA degree in Modern History (Second Class) in 1909, promoted to an MA degree in 1913. After a brief stint as a teacher at Manchester G ... [...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] |
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] |
1937 In Science
The year 1937 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy * June 8 – First total solar eclipse to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru. Biology * September 27 – Last definite record of a Bali tiger shot. * Meredith Crawford first publishes results of the cooperative pulling paradigm, with chimpanzees in the United States. * Jay Laurence Lush publishes the influential textbook ''Animal Breeding Plans'' in the United States. * The citric acid cycle is finally identified by Hans Adolf Krebs. Chemistry * Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè at the University of Palermo confirm discovery of the chemical element which will become known as Technetium. * The opioid Methadone is synthesized in Germany by scientists working at Hoechst AG. * Otto Bayer and his coworkers at IG Farben in Leverkusen, Germany, first make polyurethanes. Computer science * January – Alan Turing's 1936 paper " On Computable Num ... [...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 Corrigan
Lloyd Corrigan (October 16, 1900 – November 5, 1969) was an American film and television actor, producer, screenwriter, and director who began working in films in the 1920s. The son of actress Lillian Elliott, Corrigan directed films, usually mysteries such as '' Daughter of the Dragon'' starring Anna May Wong (one of a trilogy of Fu Manchu movies for which he has writing credits), before dedicating himself more to acting in 1938. His short '' La Cucaracha'' won an Academy Award in 1935. Early life Corrigan was born in San Francisco, California, to actress Lillian Hiby Corrigan (Lillian Elliott) (April 24, 1874 – January 15, 1959) and actor James Corrigan (October 17, 1867 – February 28, 1929). Career Corrigan studied drama at the University of California, Berkeley, from which he graduated in 1922. Directing (1930–1937) ''Follow Thru'' (1930) to ''Lady Behave!'' (1937). Writing (1926–1939) ''Hands Up!'' (1926) to ''Night Work'' (1939) Acting (1925&nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Key
''Night Key'' is a science fiction crime film starring Boris Karloff and released by Universal Pictures in 1937. Plot The inventor of a burglar alarm (Karloff) attempts to get back at the man who stole the profits to his invention (Hinds) before he goes blind. The device is then subverted by gangsters (Baxter, et al.) who apply pressure to the inventor and use his device to facilitate burglaries. Cast * Boris Karloff - David Mallory (billed as Boris Karloff) * Warren Hull - Jimmy Travis (billed as J. Warren Hull) * Jean Rogers - Joan Mallory * Alan Baxter - "The Kid" * Samuel S. Hinds - Stephen Ranger (billed as Samuel Hinds) * Hobart Cavanaugh - "Petty Louie" * David Oliver - "Mike" * Ward Bond - "Fingers" * Frank Reicher - Carl * Edwin Maxwell - Kruger Production Filming began on January 18, 1937 with a budget of $175,000. Filming ended on either February 16 or February 20, 6 days over schedule and $17,000 over budget. This was the last film in which Boris Karloff was bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Pellos
René Pellos (born René Marcel Pellarin, 22 January 1900, Lyon – 8 April 1998, Cannes) was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées (BD) tradition. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics, representing Switzerland. References External linksBiographyat Lambiek's Comiclopedia 1900 births 1998 deaths French cartoonists French comics artists French sports journalists Cycling journalists Artists from Lyon Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners Swiss male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Switzerland Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{cartoonist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur C
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel By Wire!
"Travel by Wire!" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. His first published story, it was first published in December 1937 in the magazine ''Amateur Science Stories''. It was subsequently published as part of the collection ''The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937-1955''. This story is a humorous record on the development of the "radio-transporter" (actually a teleportation machine), and the various technical difficulties and commercial ventures that resulted. In ''The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke ''The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke'', first published in 2001, is a collection of almost all science fiction short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke. It includes 114 stories, arranged in order of publication, from " Travel by Wire ...'', the author calls the story (as well as his other early writings) "a kind of absolute zero from which my later writing may be calibrated". External links * Short stories by Arthur C. Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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