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1900 In Science Fiction
The year 1900 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * April 1 : Fernand François, French writer (d. 1991). * May 22 : Wallace West, American writer (d. 1980). Deaths Events Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. Literary releases Novels Stories collections Short stories Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * '' Coppelia : La Poupée animée'', by Georges Méliès. * '' Going to Bed Under Difficulties'' (in French : '' Le Déshabillage impossible''), by Georges Méliès. See also * 1900 in science * 1901 in science fiction References {{Reflist Science fiction by year * science-fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel univers ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the technological singularity, singularity. Science fiction List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction, predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many #Subgenres, sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 1
Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4. *1572 – In the Eighty Years' War, the ''Watergeuzen'' capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. 1601–1900 *1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker. *1833 – The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin. *1865 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 22
Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. *1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo. *1200 – King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet. *1246 – Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV. *1254 – Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty. * 1370 – Brussels massacre: Between six and twenty Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated Host. *1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe. * 1455 – Start of the Wars of the Roses: At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace West
Wallace West ( – ) was an American science fiction writer. Biography He was born in 1900. He began publishing during 1927 with the story "Loup-Garou" in ''Weird Tales''. The majority of West's work, which was published prior to the 1960s, was short fiction. His few novels, mostly published after World War II, were mostly re-workings of his pre-war short fiction. He is credited with suggesting the plot to the Arch Oboler radio play ''Profits Unlimited'' (in ''Fourteen Radio Plays''. Random House 1940). Bibliography Film history *''Alice in Wonderland'' (1934) *''Betty Boop in Snow-White'' (1934) *''Paramount Newsreel Men with Admiral Byrd in Little America'' (1934) Novels *''The Bird of Time ''The Bird of Time'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Wallace West. It was published in 1959 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which 2,102 were never bound. The novel is a fix-up of four of West's short stories that ...'' (1959) * ''Lords of Atlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outline Of Science Fiction
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to science fiction: Science fiction – a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting. Exploring the consequences of such innovations is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". What is science fiction? * Definitions of science fiction: Science fiction includes such a wide range of themes and subgenres that it is notoriously difficult to define. Accordingly, there have been many definitions offered. Another challenge is that there is disagreement over where to draw the boundaries between science fiction and related genres. Science fiction is a type of: * Fiction – form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author(s). Although fiction often describes a major branch of literary work, it is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour. He was also one of the first filmmakers to use storyboards. His films include ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) and '' The Impossible Voyage'' (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. The 2011 film '' Hugo'' was inspired by the life and work of Méliès. Early life and education Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès was born 8 December 1861 in Paris, son of Jean-Louis Méliès and his Dutch wife, Johannah-Catherine Schuering. His fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going To Bed Under Difficulties
''Le Déshabillage impossible'', released in the United States as ''Going to Bed Under Difficulties'' and in the United Kingdom as ''An Increasing Wardrobe'', is a 1900 French short silent comedy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. In the film, a man attempts to undress so he can go to sleep. Plot A man in a hotel room wants to sleep for the night. He takes off his suit (placing it on a clothing rack) and his trousers (placing them on a chair), but then finds himself wearing a coat and hat that have appeared magically. The man removes them, but a new hat and a plaid pair of trousers appear in their places. He removes these clothes as well; this process repeats, with the man undoing each addition of clothing with more and more agitation. The end of the film is lost; according to a contemporary catalogue description, the man's attempt to undress ends with him rolling about on the floor and on the bed, and finally collapsing in an epileptic seizure. Production and release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Déshabillage Impossible
''Le Déshabillage impossible'', released in the United States as ''Going to Bed Under Difficulties'' and in the United Kingdom as ''An Increasing Wardrobe'', is a 1900 French short silent comedy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. In the film, a man attempts to undress so he can go to sleep. Plot A man in a hotel room wants to sleep for the night. He takes off his suit (placing it on a clothing rack) and his trousers (placing them on a chair), but then finds himself wearing a coat and hat that have appeared magically. The man removes them, but a new hat and a plaid pair of trousers appear in their places. He removes these clothes as well; this process repeats, with the man undoing each addition of clothing with more and more agitation. The end of the film is lost; according to a contemporary catalogue description, the man's attempt to undress ends with him rolling about on the floor and on the bed, and finally collapsing in an epileptic seizure. Production and release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 In Science
The year 1900 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Aeronautics * July 2 – The first rigid airship flight is made by the LZ1 designed by Ferdinand von Zeppelin. * c. October 3 – The Wright brothers begin their first manned glider experimental flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and failed for the first few attempts Chemistry * Moses Gomberg identifies the first organic radical (according to the modern definition), triphenylmethyl radical. * Johannes Rydberg refines the expression for observed hydrogen line wavelengths. Earth sciences * Richard Dixon Oldham distinguishes between primary, secondary and tertiary waveforms as recorded by seismometers. Exploration * American explorer Robert Peary first sights Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost point of land on Earth. Genetics * Hugo de Vries publishes the results of his experiments in Mendelian inheritance. Mathematics * Max Dehn introduces two examples of Dehn plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 In Science Fiction
The year 1901 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Births and deaths Births * April 27 : Frank Belknap Long, American writer (died 1994) * October 18 : Paul Alfred Müller, German writer (died 1970) Deaths Events Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time. Literary releases Novels * ''The First Men in the Moon'', novel by H. G. Wells. Stories collections Short stories * '' The New Accelerator'', short story by H. G. Wells. Comics Audiovisual outputs Movies * '' An Over-Incubated Baby'' by Walter R. Booth. See also * 1901 in science * 1900 in science fiction * 1902 in science fiction References {{Reflist * science-fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel univer . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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