1920 in science fiction
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{{Years 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).{{cite web |title=Isaac Asimov |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/10383953/Isaac-Asimov.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020638/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/10383953/Isaac-Asimov.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |date=October 16, 1992}}
- May 9:
- William Tenn, American writer (died 2010){{cite web |last1=Jonas |first1=Gerald |title=William Tenn, Satirical Science Fiction Author, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/books/14tenn.html |website=nytimes |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |language=en}}
- Richard George Adams, British writer (died 2016){{cite web |title=Obituary: Richard Adams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10788325 |website=BBC News |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |date=December 27, 2016}}
- June 13: Walter Ernsting, German writer, (died 2005){{cite book |last1=III |first1=Harris M. Lentz |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786424894 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nvGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82|language=en}}
- August 22: Ray Bradbury, American writer (died 2012){{cite web |title=Ray Bradbury |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9315001/Ray-Bradbury.html |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |date=June 6, 2012}}
- October 8: Frank Herbert, American writer (died 1986){{cite web |title=Frank Herbert {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Herbert |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |language=en}}
- Peter Phillips, British writer (died 2012){{cite book |last1=Mamczak |first1=Sascha |last2=Pirling |first2=Sebastian |last3=Jeschke |first3=Wolfgang |title=Das Science Fiction Jahr 2013 |date=2013 |publisher=Heyne Verlag |isbn=9783641105952 |page=900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Y0BAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT900|language=de}}
= Deaths =
Events
{{main|1920}}
Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
= Novels =
- We, novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin.{{cite web |title=Yevgeny Zamyatin {{!}} Biography & Books |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yevgeny-Zamyatin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |language=en}}
- A Voyage to Arcturus, novel by David Lindsay.{{cite web |last1=Moorcock |first1=Michael |title=Review: A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/aug/31/featuresreviews.guardianreview20 |website=the Guardian |accessdate=July 20, 2018 |language=en |date=August 30, 2002}}
- {{in lang|fr}} Le Formidable Événement, novel by Maurice Leblanc.{{cite book |last1=Horn |first1=Pierre L. |title=Handbook of French Popular Culture |date=1991 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313261213 |page=234 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZ3gEzNUn4QC&pg=PA234|language=en}}
- City of Endless Night, novel by Milo Hastings.{{cite web |title=City of Endless Night on Goodreads |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8276895-city-of-endless-night}}
= Stories collections =
= Short stories =
The Comet, short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
= Comics =
Audiovisual outputs
= Movies =
- Algol, by Hans Werckmeister.{{cite book |last1=Donahue |first1=Neil H. |title=A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism |date=2005 |publisher=Camden House |isbn=9781571131751 |page=325 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjvV48n-ngUC&pg=PA325|language=en}}
- The Head of Janus, by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.{{cite book |last1=Rhodes |first1=Gary Don |title=Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers |date=1997 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786402571 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aueo3mOrIKIC&pg=PA8|language=en}}