The year 1930 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
editBirths
edit- June 3 : Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (died 1999)[1]
- November 15 : J. G. Ballard, British writer (died 2009)[2]
- Donald Malcolm, Scottish writer (died 2013)[3]
Deaths
editEvents
edit- Creation of the American magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science, now called Analog Science Fiction and Fact.[4]
Literary releases
editNovels
edit- Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon.[5]
- Tarzan at the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.[6]
- (in French) Utopolis, by (in German) Werner Illing.[7]
Stories collections
editShort stories
editMovies
edit- Just Imagine directed by David Butler[8]
Awards
editThe main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Pringle, David (19 April 2009). "Obituary: JG Ballard". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Donald Malcolm. "Worldcat". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Culture : Astounding Science-Fiction : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Westfahl, Gary (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 1127. ISBN 9780313329531.
- ^ Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1930). Tarzan at the earth's core. Grosset & Dunlap. OCLC 6964038.
- ^ Fritzsche, Sonja (2006). Science Fiction Literature in East Germany. Peter Lang. p. 47. ISBN 9783039107391.
- ^ "David Butler | American director". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 April 2019.