The year 1923 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
* January 12:
Pierre Versins
Pierre Versins (born Jacques Chamson; January 12, 1923 in Strasbourg – April 18, 2001 in Avignon) was a French Science Fiction collector and scholar. From 1957-62, he published a critical fanzine, ''Ailleurs''. He published four science fictio ...
, American writer (died 2001)
* April 17:
Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Lloyd Biggle Jr. (April 17, 1923 – September 12, 2002), was an American musician, author, and internationally known oral historian.
Biography
Biggle was born in 1923 in Waterloo, Iowa. He served in World War II as a communications sergeant i ...
, American writer (died 2002)
* April 23:
Avram Davidson, American writer (died 1993)
* July 12:
James E. Gunn, American writer
* July 23:
Cyril M. Kornbluth
Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, W ...
, American writer (died 1958)
* August 20:
Henri Bessière, French writer (died 2011)
* November 1:
Gordon R. Dickson, American writer (died 2001)
Deaths
Events
* March: first publication of ''
Weird Tales'', American
pulp magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazine ...
.
Awards
The main
science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
Novels
* ''
Aelita'', by
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.
* ''
La Poupée sanglante'' (''The Bloody Doll''), by
Gaston Leroux.
Stories collections
Short stories
Comics
Audiovisual outputs
Movies
See also
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1923 in science
The year 1923 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Aeronautics
* January 17 (or 9) – First stable flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain.
Astronomy and space scien ...
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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 ...
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1924 in science fiction
The year 1924 was marked, in science fiction
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