1931 in science fiction
# 1931 in science fiction

The year 1931 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

## Births and deaths

### Births

* January 9 : Algis Budrys, American writer, (d. 2008)
* January 28 : Sakyo Komatsu, Japan writer, (d. 2011)
* December 3 : Bob Shaw, British writer, (d. 1996)

## Literary releases

### Novels

* (in French) Druso oder : die gestohlene Menschheit, by (in German) Friedrich Freksa.

## Audiovisual outputs

### Movies

* Frankenstein, by James Whale.
* End of the World, by Abel Gance.
* A Connecticut Yankee, by David Butler.

## Awards

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

