1937 in science fiction

The year 1937 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• February 19 : Terry Carr, American writer and editor (died 1987)^[1]
• February 22 : Joanna Russ, American writer (died 2011)^[2]
• April 9 : Barrington J. Bayley, British writer (died 2008)^[3]
• May 13 : Roger Zelazny, American writer (died 1995)^[4]
• May 27 : Gérard Klein, French writer and editor^[5]
• September 19 : Jean-Pierre Andrevon, French writer^[6]

Deaths

Events

Main article: 1937

Literary releases

Novels

• (in French) La Cité des asphyxiés, by Régis Messac.^[7]
• Star Maker, by Olaf Stapledon.^[8]
• Galactic Patrol, by Edward Elmer Smith.^[9]
• Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin.^[10]

Stories collections

Short stories

• Travel by Wire!, Arthur C. Clarke's first published story^[11]

Comics

• (in French) Futuropolis, by René Pellos.^[12]

Movies

• Night Key, by Lloyd Corrigan.^[13]

Awards

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

See also

• 1937 in science