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1938 in science fiction

The year 1938 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Larry Niven
Orson Welles tells reporters that no one connected with the broadcast had any idea that it would cause panic (October 31, 1938).

Births and deaths

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Births

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Deaths

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Events

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  • October 30 - The War of the Worlds, radio drama directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898). The episode became famous for allegedly causing panic among its listening audience, though the scale of that panic is disputed, as the program had relatively few listeners.[1]

Literary releases

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Novels

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Short stories

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Movies

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Main article: List of science fiction films of the 1930s
Title Director Release Primary cast Production country Notes Ref(s)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill 31 March 1938 Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles B. Middleton United States Film serial with 15 chapters [2][3]
Flight to Fame C. C. Coleman Jr. 12 October 1938 Charles Farrell, Jacqueline Wells, Hugh Sothern United States [4][5][6][7]

Awards

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pooley, Jefferson; Socolow, Michael (October 28, 2013). "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic". Slate. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Hardy 1984, p. 98.
  3. ^ Kinnard et al 2008, p. 86.
  4. ^ Hardy 1984, p. 100.
  5. ^ "Flight to Fame". American Film Institute. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Flight to Fame". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (14 October 2010). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7864-5766-3.

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