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The year 1938 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
- Michael Kurland
- Justin Leiber (d. 2016)
- Larry Niven. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970)
- Paul van Herck (d. 1989)
- Ted White
- M. K. Wren (d. 2016)
- Janusz A. Zajdel (d. 1985)
Deaths
- Karel ÄŒapek (b. 1890)
- Frigyes Karinthy (b. 1887)
Events
- October 30 - The War of the Worlds, radio drama directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898). The episode became famous for allegedly causing panic among its listening audience, though the scale of that panic is disputed, as the program had relatively few listeners.
Literary releases
Novels
- For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs by Robert A. Heinlein
- Galactic Patrol by E. E. Smith
- Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
Short stories
- "Azathoth" by H. P. Lovecraft
- "The Command" by L. Sprague de Camp
- "Helen O'Loy" by Lester del Rey
- "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" by Ray Bradbury
- "How We Went to Mars" by Arthur C. Clarke
- "Hyperpilosity" by L. Sprague de Camp
- "The Men and the Mirror" by Ross Rocklynne
- "The Merman" by L. Sprague de Camp
- "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak
- "Tidal Moon" by Stanley G. Weinbaum and Helen Weinbaum
- Who Goes There?, novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Movies
Main article: List of science fiction films of the 1930s| Title | Director | Release | Primary cast | Production country | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill | 31 March 1938 | Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles B. Middleton | United States | Film serial with 15 chapters | |
| Flight to Fame | C. C. Coleman Jr. | 12 October 1938 | Charles Farrell, Jacqueline Wells, Hugh Sothern | United States |
Awards
The main science-fiction awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also
References
- Pooley, Jefferson; Socolow, Michael (October 28, 2013). "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic". Slate. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- Hardy 1984, p. 98.
- Kinnard et al 2008, p. 86.
- Hardy 1984, p. 100.
- "Flight to Fame". American Film Institute. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- Erickson, Hal. "Flight to Fame". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- Pitts, Michael R. (14 October 2010). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7864-5766-3.
Sources
- Hardy, Phil, ed. (1984). Science Fiction. New York : Morrow. ISBN 0-688-00842-9.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony; Vitone, R. J. (2008). The Flash Gordon Serials, 1936–1940. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786455003.