1926 in science fiction

The year 1926 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• February 20 – Richard Matheson, American writer (died 2013)
• March 19 – Jimmy Guieu, French writer (died 2000)
• March 29 – Lino Aldani, Italian writer (died 2009)
• April 1 – Anne McCaffrey, American writer (died 2011)
• May 9 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., British writer (died 2002)
• August 9 – Frank M. Robinson, American writer (died 2014)
• August 12 - Chan Davis, American writer (died 2022)
• November 25 – Poul Anderson, American writer (died 2001)

Deaths

Events

• April – first publication of Amazing Stories, which ran until 1995 (and again from 1998–2000, 2004–2005 and 2012–present)

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

Literary releases

Novels

• Metropolis, by Thea von Harbou
• The Land of Mist, by Arthur Conan Doyle
• (in Russian) The Lord of the World, by Alexander Belayev

Stories collections

Short stories

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Comics

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

See also

• 1926 in science
• 1925 in science fiction
• 1927 in science fiction

References