The year 1917 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• February 25 : Anthony Burgess, British writer (died 1993)^[1]
• March 17 : Charles Fontenay, American writer and journalist (died 2007)^[2]
• April 5 : Robert Bloch, American writer (died 1994)^[3]
• August 28 : Jack Kirby, American scenarist and illustrator (died 1994)^[4]
• November 1 : Zenna Henderson, American writer (died 1983)^[5]
• December 16 : Arthur C. Clarke, British writer (died 2008)^[6]

Deaths

Events

Awards

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

Literary releases

Novels

• A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.^[7]

Stories collections

Short stories

Comics

Audiovisual outputs

Movies