The year 1920 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births January 2: Isaac Asimov, American writer, (died 1992). May 9: William Tenn, American writer (died 2010) Richard George Adams, British writer (died 2016) June 13: Walter Ernsting, German writer, (died 2005) August 22: Ray Bradbury, American writer (died 2012) October 8: Frank Herbert, American writer (died 1986) Peter Phillips, British writer (died 2012)
Deaths
Events
Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
Literary releases
Novels We, novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin. A Voyage to Arcturus, novel by David Lindsay. Le Formidable Événement, novel by Maurice Leblanc. City of Endless Night, novel by Milo Hastings.
Short stories The Comet, short story by W. E. B. Du Bois, originally published as a chapter in Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil.
Audiovisual outputs
Movies Algol, by Hans Werckmeister. The Head of Janus, by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.
Set in 1920 This section lists science fiction works not published in 1920 but whose narrative is set, wholly or partly, in the year 1920. Short stories The Repairer of Reputations, short story by Robert W. Chambers, first published in The King in Yellow (1895), depicting an alternate vision of the year 1920.
See also 1920 in science 1919 in science fiction 1921 in science fiction
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