1926 in science fiction

The year 1926 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births

 * February 20 – Richard Matheson, American writer (died 2013)
 * March 19 – Jimmy Guieu, French writer (died 2000)
 * March 29 – Lino Aldani, Italian writer (died 2009)
 * April 1 – Anne McCaffrey, American writer (died 2011)
 * May 9 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., British writer (died 2002)
 * August 9 – Frank M. Robinson, American writer (died 2014)
 * November 25 – Poul Anderson, American writer (died 2001)

Events

 * April – first publication of Amazing Stories, which ran until 1995 (and again from 1998–2000, 2004–2005 and 2012–present)

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

Novels

 * Metropolis, by Thea von Harbou
 * The Land of Mist, by Arthur Conan Doyle
 * (in Russian) The Lord of the World, by Alexander Belayev

Short stories

 * The Coming of the Ice, by Green Peyton Wertenbaker