1937 in science fiction

The year 1937 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• February 19 : Terry Carr, American writer and editor (died 1987)[1]
• February 22 : Joanna Russ, American writer (died 2011)[2]
• April 9 : Barrington J. Bayley, British writer (died 2008)[3]
• May 13 : Roger Zelazny, American writer (died 1995)[4]
• May 27 : Gérard Klein, French writer and editor[5]
• September 19 : Jean-Pierre Andrevon, French writer[6]

Deaths

Events

Literary releases

Novels

• (in French) La Cité des asphyxiés, by Régis Messac.[7]
• Star Maker, by Olaf Stapledon.[8]
• Galactic Patrol, by Edward Elmer Smith.[9]
• Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin.[10]

Stories collections

Short stories

• Travel by Wire!, Arthur C. Clarke's first published story[11]

Comics

• (in French) Futuropolis, by René Pellos.[12]

Movies

• Night Key, by Lloyd Corrigan.[13]

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

See also

• 1937 in science
• 1936 in science fiction

References

1. "Authors : Carr, Terry : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
2. "Joanna Russ: Writer and critic who helped transform the science". The Independent. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Barrington J. Bayley: Science-fiction writer who treated the human". The Independent. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. "Roger Zelazny | American writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
5. "Authors : Klein, Gérard : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
6. Rottensteiner, Franz (1999). View from Another Shore: European Science Fiction. Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781846314360.
7. NRP Collège - Les mondes de la science-fiction - Mars 2016 (Format PDF) (in French). Nathan. 2016. p. 22. ISBN 9782091117287.
8. McCarthy, Patrick A. (2004). "The Genesis of "Star Maker"". Science Fiction Studies. 31 (1): 25–42. JSTOR 4241227.
9. Sawyer, A.; Wright, P. (2011). Teaching Science Fiction. Springer. p. 90. ISBN 9780230300392.
10. McManus, Darragh (12 November 2009). "Swastika Night: Nineteen Eighty-Four's lost twin". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
11. Stableford, Brian (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 9781135923747.
12. Roberts, Adam (2016). The History of Science Fiction. Springer. p. 274. ISBN 9781137569578.
13. "Night Key (1937)". BFI. Retrieved 1 April 2019.