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)
November 25 – Poul Anderson, American writer (died 2001)

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

Short stories

(in French) The Coming of the Ice, by Green Peyton Wertenbaker

Audiovisual outputs

See also

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