1933 in science fiction
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{{Years in Science Fiction}}
The year 1933 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
= Births =
- April 14 : Boris Strugatsky, Russian writer (died 2012){{cite web |title=Boris Strugatsky |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bafb934ed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621153005/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bafb934ed |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |website=BFI |accessdate=9 April 2019 |language=en}}
- May 26 : Edward Whittemore, American writer (died 1995){{cite web |title=Authors : Whittemore, Edward : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/whittemore_edward |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |accessdate=9 April 2019}}
- August 7 : Jerry Pournelle, American writer (died 2017){{cite web |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Jerry Pournelle, Science Fiction Novelist and Computer Guide, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/obituaries/jerry-pournelle-science-fiction-novelist-and-computer-guide-dies-at-84.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=9 April 2019 |date=15 September 2017}}
- August 15 : Alain Dorémieux, French writer (died 1998){{cite web |title=Alain Dorémieux (1933-1998) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/11900429/alain_doremieux/ |website=data.bnf.fr |accessdate=9 April 2019 |language=en}}
= Deaths =
Events
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Literary releases
= Novels =
= Stories collections =
= Short stories =
- The Horror in the Museum, by H. P. Lovecraft.{{cite book |last1=Funke |first1=Jana |last2=Grove |first2=Jen |title=Sculpture, Sexuality and History: Encounters in Literature, Culture and the Arts from the Eighteenth Century to the Present |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319958408 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gI2CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|language=en}}
- Shambleau, by C. L. Moore.{{cite book |last1=Davin |first1=Eric Leif |title=Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965 |date=2006 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9780739112670 |page=[https://archive.org/details/partnersinwonder0000davi/page/222 222] |url=https://archive.org/details/partnersinwonder0000davi|url-access=registration |language=en}}
Movies
- The Invisible Man, by James Whale.{{cite web |title=The Invisible Man {{!}} film by Whale [1933] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Invisible-Man-film-1933 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=9 April 2019 |language=en}}
- The Tunnel, by Curtis Bernhardt.{{cite web |title=Der TUNNEL (1933) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77dc97bb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019020110/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77dc97bb |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |website=BFI |accessdate=9 April 2019 |language=en}}
Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.