1925 in science fiction explained

The year 1925 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• January 22 : Katherine MacLean, American writer^[1]
• February 14 : J. T. McIntosh, Scottish writer (died 2008)^[2]
• March 12 : Harry Harrison, American writer (died 2012)^[3]
• June 9 :
  • Bob Ottum, American writer (died 1986)^[4]
  • Keith Laumer, American writer (died 1993)^[5]
• August 18 : Brian Aldiss, British writer (died 2017)^[6]
• Arkady Strugatsky, Russian writer (died 1991)^[7]

Deaths

Awards

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

Literary releases

Novels

• Les Hommes frénétiques, by Ernest Pérochon^[8]
• Les Navigateurs de l'infini, by J.-H. Rosny aîné.^[9]
• Out of the Silence, by Erle Cox (publication as book ; the novel had been published in a magazine, each week during six months, in 1919).^[10]
• Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov.^[11]
• The Fatal Eggs by Mikhail Bulgakov.^[12]
• Professor Dowell's Head by Alexander Belayev.^[13]

Comics

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

• The Crazy Ray, by René Clair.^[14]
• Luch Smerti, by Lev Kuleshov.^[15]

See also

• 1925 in science
• 1924 in science fiction
• 1926 in science fiction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Authors : MacLean, Katherine : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . 31 March 2019.
2. Web site: Authors : McIntosh, J T : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . 31 March 2019.
3. Web site: Harry Harrison: Writer of sci-fi novels who created the popular . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-harrison-writer-of-sci-fi-novels-who-created-the-popular-anti-hero-the-stainless-steel-rat-8079415.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live . The Independent . 31 March 2019 . en . 25 August 2012.
4. Web site: Authors : Ottum, Bob : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . 31 March 2019.
5. Web site: Authors : Laumer, Keith : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . 31 March 2019.
6. Web site: Priest . Christopher . Brian Aldiss obituary . The Guardian . 31 March 2019 . 21 August 2017.
7. Book: Goble . Alan . The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film . 2011 . Walter de Gruyter . 9783110951943 . 447 . en.
8. Book: Horn . Pierre L. . Handbook of French Popular Culture . 1991 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 9780313261213 . 234 . en.
9. Book: Smith . Michael G. . Rockets and Revolution: A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight . 2014 . U of Nebraska Press . 9780803286566 . 383 . en.
10. Web site: Authors : Cox, Erle : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . 31 March 2019.
11. Web site: Armitstead . Claire . Claire Armitstead. Mikhail Bulgakov's The Heart of a Dog still bites . The Guardian . 31 March 2019 . 4 January 2017.
12. Haber . Edythe C. . The Social and Political Context of Bulgakov's "The Fatal Eggs" . Slavic Review . 51 . 3 . 497–510 . en . 10.2307/2500057. 2500057 . 1992 .
13. Book: Beumers . Birgit . Directory of World Cinema: RUSSIA 2 . 2015 . Intellect Books . 9781783200108 . 163 . en.
14. Book: Dixon . Wheeler Winston . Foster . Gwendolyn Audrey . A Short History of Film, Third Edition . 2018 . Rutgers University Press . 9780813595160 . 60 . en.
15. Web site: LUCH SMERTI (1925) . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331223325/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af56079 . dead . March 31, 2019 . BFI . 31 March 2019 . en.