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 : , 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

Serialized novels

• The Cometeers by Jack Williamson, Astounding Stories, published in book form in 1950.
• The Incredible Invasion by Murray Leinster, Astounding Stories, published in book form as The Other Side of Here in 1955.

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.

Movies

• Flash Gordon, by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor.
• Things to Come, by William Cameron Menzies.
• Kosmicheskiy reys (Cosmic Voyage), by .

Awards

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

See also

• 1936 in science

References