1911 in science fiction

The year 1911 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• January 24 : René Barjavel, French writer (died 1985)^[1]
• January 24 : Catherine Lucille Moore, American writer (died 1987)^[2]
• February 17 : Margaret St. Clair, American writer (died 1995)^[3]
• March 13 : L. Ron Hubbard, American writer (died 1986)^[4]
• June 20 : Stanley Mullen, American editor and writer (died 1974)^[5]
• July 30 : Reginald Bretnor, American writer (died 1992)^[6]
• August 23 : Otto Binder, American writer (died 1974)^[7]
• October 2 : Jack Finney, American writer (died 1995)^[8]

Deaths

Events

Awards

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

Literary releases

Novels

• Modern Electrics begins serialization of Ralph 124C 41+, by editor/owner Hugo Gernsback.^[9]
• Fantômas, by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain.^[10]
• Le Mystère des XV by Jean de La Hire

Short stories and story collections

• The Country of the Blind and Other Stories by H. G. Wells^[11]

Comics

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

See also

• 1911 in science
• 1910 in science fiction
• 1912 in science fiction