1926 in science fiction
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{{Years 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){{cite web |last1=Hawtree |first1=Christopher |title=Richard Matheson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/25/richard-matheson-i-am-legend |website=The Guardian |accessdate=31 March 2019 |date=25 June 2013}}
- March 19 – Jimmy Guieu, French writer (died 2000){{cite web |title=Authors : Guieu, Jimmy : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/guieu_jimmy |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=31 March 2019}}
- March 29 – Lino Aldani, Italian writer (died 2009){{cite web |title=Authors : Aldani, Lino : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aldani_lino |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=31 March 2019}}
- April 1 – Anne McCaffrey, American writer (died 2011){{cite web |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=Anne McCaffrey obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/23/anne-mccaffrey-obituary |website=The Guardian |accessdate=31 March 2019 |date=23 November 2011}}
- May 9 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., British writer (died 2002){{cite web |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=Obituary: John Middleton Murry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/03/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |website=The Guardian |accessdate=31 March 2019 |date=3 May 2002}}
- August 9 – Frank M. Robinson, American writer (died 2014){{cite web |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=Frank M. Robinson Dies at 87; Author and Adviser to Harvey Milk |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/arts/frank-m-robinson-dies-at-87-author-and-adviser-to-harvey-milk.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=31 March 2019 |date=4 July 2014}}
- November 25 – Poul Anderson, American writer (died 2001){{cite web |title=Poul Anderson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/poul-anderson-9146094.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/poul-anderson-9146094.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |accessdate=31 March 2019 |language=en |date=3 August 2001}}{{cbignore}}
= Deaths =
Events
- April – first publication of Amazing Stories, which ran until 1995 (and again from 1998–2000, 2004–2005 and 2012–present){{cite web |title=Culture : Amazing Stories : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/amazing |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=31 March 2019}}
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{{cite web |title=Media : von Harbou, Thea : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/von_harbou_thea |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=31 March 2019}}
- The Land of Mist, by Arthur Conan Doyle{{cite book |title=The land of mist |language=English |date=1926|oclc=1106012 }}
- (in Russian) The Lord of the World, by Alexander Belayev{{cite book |last1=Lemon |first1=Alaina |title=Technologies for Intuition: Cold War Circles and Telepathic Rays |date=2017 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=9780520967458 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-M5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA100|language=en}}
= Stories collections =
= Short stories =
- {{in lang|fr}} The Coming of the Ice, by Green Peyton Wertenbaker{{cite book |last1=Bleiler |first1=Everett Franklin |last2=Bleiler |first2=Richard |title=Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years : a Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines ... from 1926 Through 1936 |date=1998 |publisher=Kent State University Press |isbn=9780873386043 |page=552 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbMdeizaCNcC&pg=PA552|language=en}}