The year 1930 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births June 3 : Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (died 1999) November 15 : J. G. Ballard, British writer (died 2009) Donald Malcolm, Scottish writer (died 2013)
Deaths
Events Creation of the American magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science, now called Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Literary releases
Novels Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon. Tarzan at the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Utopolis, by Werner Illing.
Stories collections
Short stories
Movies Just Imagine directed by David Butler
Awards The main science fiction awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also 1930 in science
References