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)^[1]
April 17: Lloyd Biggle, Jr., American writer (died 2002)^[2]
April 23: Avram Davidson, American writer (died 1993)^[3]
July 12: James E. Gunn, American writer^[4]
July 23: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (died 1958)^[5]
August 20: Henri Bessière, French writer (died 2011)^[6]
November 1: Gordon R. Dickson, American writer (died 2001)^[7]

Deaths

Events

March: first publication of Weird Tales, American pulp magazine.^[8]

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.^[9]
(in French) La Poupée sanglante (The Bloody Doll), by Gaston Leroux.^[10]

Stories collections

Short stories

Comics

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

See also

References

^ "Pierre Versins (1923–2001)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Authors: Biggle, Lloyd, Jr: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Obituary: Avram Davidson". The Independent. May 13, 1993. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Authors: Gunn, James E: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Authors: Kornbluth, C M: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Authors: Bessière, Richard: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ Langford, David (February 14, 2001). "Obituary: Gordon Dixon". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Culture: Weird Tales: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ The Encyclopedia of the Novel. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. p. 719. ISBN 9781405161848.
^ Stavans, Ilan; PhD, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture Ilan Stavans (1997). Antiheroes: Mexico and Its Detective Novel. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780838636442.

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