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The year 1931 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
- January 9 : Algis Budrys, American writer, (d. 2008)
- January 28 : Sakyo Komatsu, Japan writer, (d. 2011)
- December 3 : Bob Shaw, British writer, (d. 1996)
Deaths
Events
Main article: 1931Literary releases
Novels
- (in French) Druso oder : die gestohlene Menschheit, by (in German) Friedrich Freksa.
Stories collections
Short stories
Movies
- Frankenstein, by James Whale.
- End of the World, by Abel Gance.
- A Connecticut Yankee, by David Butler.
Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also
References
- Holland, Steve (11 September 2008). "Obituary: Algis Budrys". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- "Sakyo Komatsu | Japanese author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "OBITUARY : Bob Shaw". The Independent. 17 February 1996. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- Fischer, William B. (1984). The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction. Popular Press. p. 324. ISBN 9780879722586.
- "Frankenstein | film by Whale [1931]". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- Labuza, Peter (2014). Approaching the End: Imagining Apocalypse in American Film. BookBaby. p. 7. ISBN 9781941629017.
- Lupack, Barbara Tepa; Lupack, Alan (2008). Illustrating Camelot. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 9781843841838.