1923 in science fiction
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The year 1923 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
= Births =
- January 12: Pierre Versins, American writer (died 2001){{cite web |title=Pierre Versins (1923–2001) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/11928079/pierre_versins/ |website=data.bnf.fr |accessdate=April 2, 2019 |language=en}}
- April 17: Lloyd Biggle, Jr., American writer (died 2002){{cite web |title=Authors: Biggle, Lloyd, Jr: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/biggle_lloyd_jr |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=April 2, 2019}}
- April 23: Avram Davidson, American writer (died 1993){{cite web |title=Obituary: Avram Davidson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-avram-davidson-2322623.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-avram-davidson-2322623.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |accessdate=April 2, 2019 |language=en |date=May 13, 1993}}{{cbignore}}
- July 12: James E. Gunn, American writer (died 2020){{cite web |title=Authors: Gunn, James E: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gunn_james_e |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=April 2, 2019}}
- July 23: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (died 1958){{cite web |title=Authors: Kornbluth, C M: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kornbluth_c_m |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=April 2, 2019}}
- August 20: Henri Bessière, French writer (died 2011){{cite web |title=Authors: Bessière, Richard: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bessiere_richard |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=April 2, 2019}}
- November 1: Gordon R. Dickson, American writer (died 2001){{cite web |last1=Langford |first1=David |title=Obituary: Gordon Dixon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/feb/14/guardianobituaries1 |website=The Guardian |accessdate=April 2, 2019 |date=February 14, 2001}}
= Deaths =
Events
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.{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of the Novel |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781405161848 |page=719 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bvFSRPx2uokC&pg=PA719|language=en}}
- {{in lang|fr}} La Poupée sanglante (The Bloody Doll), by Gaston Leroux.{{cite book |last1=Stavans |first1=Ilan |last2=PhD |first2=Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture Ilan Stavans |title=Antiheroes: Mexico and Its Detective Novel |date=1997 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |isbn=9780838636442 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro6a1EyaS2AC&pg=PA77|language=en}}