1930 in science fiction

The year 1930 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births

 * June 3 : Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (died 1999)
 * November 15 : J. G. Ballard, British writer (died 2009)
 * Donald Malcolm, Scottish writer (died 2013)

Events

 * Creation of the American magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science, now called Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

Novels

 * Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon.
 * Tarzan at the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
 * Utopolis, by Werner Illing.

Movies

 * Just Imagine directed by David Butler

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