The year 1936 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• April 19 : Tom Purdom, American writer^[1]
• June 11 : (in French) Bernard Dufossé, French illustrator (died 2016)^[2]
• November 18 : Suzette Haden Elgin : American writer (died 2015)^[3]
• November 19 : Wolfgang Jeschke, German writer (died 2015)^[4]

Deaths

Events

• First publication of the British magazine Novae Terrae ; the magazine will be named New Worlds in 1939.

Literary releases

Novels

• The Cometeers, by Jack Williamson (monthly publication in Astounding).

Stories collections

Short stories

• (in French) Les Mains et la machine (Stenographer's Hands, 1928), translate by Régis Messac.
• (in French) La Nourrice automatique (The Psychophonic Nurse, 1928), translate by Régis Messac.
• (in French) Les Mains et la machine (The Ivy War, 1930), translate by Régis Messac.^[5]

Comics

Movies

• Flash Gordon, by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor.
• Things to Come, by William Cameron Menzies.
• Kosmicheskiy reys (Cosmic Voyage), by Vassili Jouravlev.

Awards

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