The year 1921 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
* January 14:
Kenneth Bulmer
Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction.
Life
Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...
, British writer (died 2005)
* January 25:
Russell Braddon, Australian writer (died 1995)
* May 23:
James Blish, American writer (died 1975)
* May 31:
Arthur Sellings, British writer (died 1968)
* June 6:
Francis G. Rayer
Francis George Rayer T.Eng.(CEI). Assoc.IERE (6 June 1921 – 11 July 1981) was a British science fiction writer and technical journalist.
He was born at Longdon, Worcestershire, England, on 6 June 1921. He was the second son of Harry Rayer, a f ...
, British writer (died 1981)
* August 11:
Henri Viard
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry.
People with this given name
; French noblemen
:'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.''
* Henri I de Montm ...
, French writer (died 1989)
* August 19:
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', its sequel spin-off series ''Star Trek: The Animated Series,'' and ''Sta ...
, American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series (died 1991)
* September 12:
Stanisław Lem, polish writer (died 2006)
* October 7:
H. H. Hollis
H. H. Hollis was a pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey (7 October 1921 - May 1977), who was an American science fiction short story writer and essayist. Ramey's main career was as a lawyer in Texas; he wrote science fiction as a hobby. Two of his stories, ...
, American writer (died 1977)
* November 9:
Alfred Coppel
Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9, 1921 – May 30, 2004) was an American author. Born in Oakland, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started ...
, American writer (died 2004)
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Vladimir Colin
Vladimir Colin (; pen name of Jean Colin; May 1, 1921 – December 6, 1991) was a Romanian short story writer and novelist. One of the most important fantasy and science fiction authors in Literature of Romania, Romanian literature, whose mai ...
, writer (died 1991)
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
* ''
L'Homme truqué'', by
Maurice Renard
Comics
Audiovisual outputs
Movies
See also
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1921 in science
The year 1921 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy and space science
* Commencement of Gas Dynamics Laboratory the first Soviet research and development laboratory to focus on rocket technology.
Ca ...
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1920 in science fiction
The year 1920 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
* January 2: Isaac Asimov, American writer, (died 1992).
* May 9:
**William Tenn, American writer (died 2010)
** Richard George Adams, British wr ...
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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, Am ...
References
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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 univers ...