The Early Golden Age of Science Fiction
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The Early Golden Age of Science Fiction
The Early GOLDEN AGE of SCI-FI:
1926: NOVELs Metropolis by Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou;
_____ The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs
_____ Magazine Amazing Stories launched by Hugo Gernsback;
_____ 'scientifiction' term in use - this is the early form of the term 'science fiction'
_____ RADIO "Broadcasting the Barricades"
_____ -early version of revolt/invasion trick by a Father Knox
1927: FILM Metropolis by Fritz Lang; NOVEL Deluge by S.Fowler Wright
1928: FILM Alraune by Henrik Galeen, the 2nd German version of the story
1929: COMIX: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century begins as a comic strip
_____ magazines Science Wonder Stories and Air Wonder Stories launched
_____ by Hugo Gernsback (merged into Wonder Stories a year later)
_____ NOVELs The World Below by S.Fowler Wright; The Girl From Mars by Jack Williamson
_____ FILM The Woman in the Moon by Fritz Lang
_____ the term "science fiction" begins to be used in place of 'scientifiction'
1930: NOVELs Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon; FILM Just Imagine
_____ Gladiator (intro Hugo Danner,possible inspiration for Superman) by Philip Wylie
_____ magazine Astounding Stories is launched
_____ - then continued as Astounding Science Fiction in 1937;
_____ name change to Analog in 1960 (Analog Science Fiction & Fact)
_____ RADIO The Shadow debuts,mysterious narrator of the
_____ Street and Smith radio program Detective Story Hour
1931: FILM Frankenstein by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff as the monster
_____ and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - the Fredric March version
_____ stories "The Man Who Evolved" by Edmond Hamilton; "Submicroscopic" by Capt. S.P.Meek
_____ "The World of the Red Sun" by Clifford D. Simak; "The Moon Era" by Jack Williamson
_____ COMIX Dick Tracy the comic strip by Chester Gould begins; Gould works on this until 1977
_____ the term "teleportation" is first coined by American writer Charles Fort
1932: NOVELs Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; Dwellers in the Mirage by Abraham Merritt;
_____ Carson of Venus by Burroughs is serialized in Argosy magazine; book form in 1934
_____ The Savage Gentleman by Philip Wylie, a similar concept to the near-perfect Doc Savage
_____ FILM Island of Lost Souls based on Wells' Island of Dr.Moreau stars Laughton & Lugosi
_____ Doctor X was shown in 2-strip technicolor in some places - rare for the time
_____ FANZINE Time Traveler,1st national sf fanzine,published by Julius Schwartz & Mort Weisinger
_____ (this is replaced by Science Fiction Digest after eight issues)
1933: FILMs King Kong; The Invisible Man by James Whale; Deluge; Son of Kong
_____ (King Kong is the most famous work from FX pioneer Willis O'Brien)
_____ NOVELs When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie; The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells
_____ story "The Man Who Awoke" by Laurence Manning
_____ magazine Doc Savage Magazine premieres and The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent
_____ introduces quasi-superhuman Doc Savage, preceding perfect human Captain America
_____ COMIX in fanzine Science Fiction#3 by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster - "Reign of the Superman"
_____ The Chicago World's Fair, 100 Years of Progress, is held and returns the next year-1934
1934: The first sci-fi fan club, a correspondence club, the Science Fiction League,
_____ established by Hugo Gernsback; COMIX Flash Gordon begins as a comic strip
_____ NOVEL Sequel After Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer
_____ story John Campbell's "The Mightiest Machine" serialization in Astounding Science Fiction
_____ (the story of Arn Munroe, a man from Jupiter, who gains super-strength upon visiting Earth)
_____ "Colossus" by Donald Wandrei; "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster
_____ COMIX the first Superman-like cover by Joe Shuster drawn for Humor Publishing Inc.
1935: FILMs The Bride of Frankenstein by James Whale; Mad Love
_____ NOVEL The Green Child by Herbert Read; Odd John by Olaf Stapledon
1936: FILMs Things to Come; first Flash Gordon Serial; Revolt of the Zombies
_____ The Invisible Ray; serial Undersea Kingdom from Republic
_____ Cosmic Voyage a.k.a. Cosmic Journey/The Space Voyage, a USSR sci-fi film
_____ collection Dawn of Flame by Stanley Weinbaum
_____ The Cometeers by Jack Williamson may have 1st modern use of term "android"
_____ stories "He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse; "Devolution" by Edmond Hamilton
_____ COMIX Lee Falk's the Phantom begins in newspapers; 1st character to sport super-hero tights
_____ RADIO Fran Striker's The Green Hornet begins on WXYZ radio in Detroit.
1937: NOVELs Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon; Back to the Stone Age by Edgar Rice Burroughs
_____ and Swastika Night by Katherine Burdekin (as Murray Constantine)
_____ stories "Minus Planet" by John D. Clark; "Past, Present and Future" by Nat Schachner
_____ nonfiction Hammer and Tongs by Clyde F. Beck - first critical work on U.S. sci-fi
_____ John W. Campbell takes over as editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine
_____ The Futurians group (sf fans & future pros)
_____ spins off from the Greater N.Y.Science Fiction Club
_____ COMIX Futuropolis by Rene Pellos, in Junior, France; Saturno Contro la Terra, Italy
_____ FILM Lost Horizon by Frank Capra; see it HERE > Lost Horizon
THE TRUE GOLDEN AGE BEGINS HERE, ACCORDING TO MANY 
1938: RADIO H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds by Orson Welles & Mercury Theatre;
_____ Captain Midnight begins to air, lasting until 1949; Decoder Ring!
_____ story "Who Goes There?" by John Campbell; read it HERE:Who Goes There
_____ COMIX Superman,first super-hero,debuts at National Periodicals in Action Comics#1
_____ NOVEL Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
_____ FILM Serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, at 15 episodes
1939: magazines Startling Stories, Planet Stories and Fantastic Adventures are launched; also
_____ The Avenger magazine launches (Street & Smith), introducing another quasi-superhuman
_____ The first World Science Fiction Convention (a.k.a. Worldcon) is held
_____ (Captain Future is created by Mort Weisinger here; in pulp stories from 1940)
_____ NOVEL Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs; COMIX Batman debuts at National
_____ COMIX Marvel Comics #1 from Timely debuts The Sub-Mariner & The Human Torch
_____ FILMs Son of Frankenstein stars Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi AND Basil Rathbone!
_____ and The Return of Doctor X, starring... wait for it... Humphrey Bogart!
_____ Serial Buck Rogers, at 12 episodes; see the '35 version:Buck Rogers '35
_____ Robert Heinlein sells his first short story, "Life-Line" <Future History series begins
_____ A.E.van Vogt sells his first "Black Destroyer" about alien stalking & killing spaceship crew
COMIX The Flash debuts in late 1939 or Jan. 1940, in Flash Comics#1, DC
1940: FILMs Dr. Cyclops; One Million BC; The Invisible Woman; The Ape
_____ Isaac Asimov & John W. Campbell
_____ develop the Three Laws of Robotics, observed in Robot stories in the forties:
1926: NOVELs Metropolis by Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou;
_____ The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs
_____ Magazine Amazing Stories launched by Hugo Gernsback;
_____ 'scientifiction' term in use - this is the early form of the term 'science fiction'
_____ RADIO "Broadcasting the Barricades"
_____ -early version of revolt/invasion trick by a Father Knox
1927: FILM Metropolis by Fritz Lang; NOVEL Deluge by S.Fowler Wright
1928: FILM Alraune by Henrik Galeen, the 2nd German version of the story
1929: COMIX: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century begins as a comic strip
_____ magazines Science Wonder Stories and Air Wonder Stories launched
_____ by Hugo Gernsback (merged into Wonder Stories a year later)
_____ NOVELs The World Below by S.Fowler Wright; The Girl From Mars by Jack Williamson
_____ FILM The Woman in the Moon by Fritz Lang
_____ the term "science fiction" begins to be used in place of 'scientifiction'
1930: NOVELs Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon; FILM Just Imagine
_____ Gladiator (intro Hugo Danner,possible inspiration for Superman) by Philip Wylie
_____ magazine Astounding Stories is launched
_____ - then continued as Astounding Science Fiction in 1937;
_____ name change to Analog in 1960 (Analog Science Fiction & Fact)
_____ RADIO The Shadow debuts,mysterious narrator of the
_____ Street and Smith radio program Detective Story Hour
1931: FILM Frankenstein by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff as the monster
_____ and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - the Fredric March version
_____ stories "The Man Who Evolved" by Edmond Hamilton; "Submicroscopic" by Capt. S.P.Meek
_____ "The World of the Red Sun" by Clifford D. Simak; "The Moon Era" by Jack Williamson
_____ COMIX Dick Tracy the comic strip by Chester Gould begins; Gould works on this until 1977
_____ the term "teleportation" is first coined by American writer Charles Fort
1932: NOVELs Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; Dwellers in the Mirage by Abraham Merritt;
_____ Carson of Venus by Burroughs is serialized in Argosy magazine; book form in 1934
_____ The Savage Gentleman by Philip Wylie, a similar concept to the near-perfect Doc Savage
_____ FILM Island of Lost Souls based on Wells' Island of Dr.Moreau stars Laughton & Lugosi
_____ Doctor X was shown in 2-strip technicolor in some places - rare for the time
_____ FANZINE Time Traveler,1st national sf fanzine,published by Julius Schwartz & Mort Weisinger
_____ (this is replaced by Science Fiction Digest after eight issues)
1933: FILMs King Kong; The Invisible Man by James Whale; Deluge; Son of Kong
_____ (King Kong is the most famous work from FX pioneer Willis O'Brien)
_____ NOVELs When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie; The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells
_____ story "The Man Who Awoke" by Laurence Manning
_____ magazine Doc Savage Magazine premieres and The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent
_____ introduces quasi-superhuman Doc Savage, preceding perfect human Captain America
_____ COMIX in fanzine Science Fiction#3 by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster - "Reign of the Superman"
_____ The Chicago World's Fair, 100 Years of Progress, is held and returns the next year-1934
1934: The first sci-fi fan club, a correspondence club, the Science Fiction League,
_____ established by Hugo Gernsback; COMIX Flash Gordon begins as a comic strip
_____ NOVEL Sequel After Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer
_____ story John Campbell's "The Mightiest Machine" serialization in Astounding Science Fiction
_____ (the story of Arn Munroe, a man from Jupiter, who gains super-strength upon visiting Earth)
_____ "Colossus" by Donald Wandrei; "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster
_____ COMIX the first Superman-like cover by Joe Shuster drawn for Humor Publishing Inc.
1935: FILMs The Bride of Frankenstein by James Whale; Mad Love
_____ NOVEL The Green Child by Herbert Read; Odd John by Olaf Stapledon
1936: FILMs Things to Come; first Flash Gordon Serial; Revolt of the Zombies
_____ The Invisible Ray; serial Undersea Kingdom from Republic
_____ Cosmic Voyage a.k.a. Cosmic Journey/The Space Voyage, a USSR sci-fi film
_____ collection Dawn of Flame by Stanley Weinbaum
_____ The Cometeers by Jack Williamson may have 1st modern use of term "android"
_____ stories "He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse; "Devolution" by Edmond Hamilton
_____ COMIX Lee Falk's the Phantom begins in newspapers; 1st character to sport super-hero tights
_____ RADIO Fran Striker's The Green Hornet begins on WXYZ radio in Detroit.
1937: NOVELs Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon; Back to the Stone Age by Edgar Rice Burroughs
_____ and Swastika Night by Katherine Burdekin (as Murray Constantine)
_____ stories "Minus Planet" by John D. Clark; "Past, Present and Future" by Nat Schachner
_____ nonfiction Hammer and Tongs by Clyde F. Beck - first critical work on U.S. sci-fi
_____ John W. Campbell takes over as editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine
_____ The Futurians group (sf fans & future pros)
_____ spins off from the Greater N.Y.Science Fiction Club
_____ COMIX Futuropolis by Rene Pellos, in Junior, France; Saturno Contro la Terra, Italy
_____ FILM Lost Horizon by Frank Capra; see it HERE > Lost Horizon
THE TRUE GOLDEN AGE BEGINS HERE, ACCORDING TO MANY 1938: RADIO H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds by Orson Welles & Mercury Theatre;
_____ Captain Midnight begins to air, lasting until 1949; Decoder Ring!
_____ story "Who Goes There?" by John Campbell; read it HERE:Who Goes There
_____ COMIX Superman,first super-hero,debuts at National Periodicals in Action Comics#1
_____ NOVEL Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
_____ FILM Serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, at 15 episodes
1939: magazines Startling Stories, Planet Stories and Fantastic Adventures are launched; also
_____ The Avenger magazine launches (Street & Smith), introducing another quasi-superhuman
_____ The first World Science Fiction Convention (a.k.a. Worldcon) is held
_____ (Captain Future is created by Mort Weisinger here; in pulp stories from 1940)
_____ NOVEL Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs; COMIX Batman debuts at National
_____ COMIX Marvel Comics #1 from Timely debuts The Sub-Mariner & The Human Torch
_____ FILMs Son of Frankenstein stars Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi AND Basil Rathbone!
_____ and The Return of Doctor X, starring... wait for it... Humphrey Bogart!
_____ Serial Buck Rogers, at 12 episodes; see the '35 version:Buck Rogers '35
_____ Robert Heinlein sells his first short story, "Life-Line" <Future History series begins
_____ A.E.van Vogt sells his first "Black Destroyer" about alien stalking & killing spaceship crew
COMIX The Flash debuts in late 1939 or Jan. 1940, in Flash Comics#1, DC1940: FILMs Dr. Cyclops; One Million BC; The Invisible Woman; The Ape
_____ Isaac Asimov & John W. Campbell
_____ develop the Three Laws of Robotics, observed in Robot stories in the forties: