The Archive · A decade in science fiction

1950s

Post-war optimism meets Cold War anxiety. The space race inspires grand visions of humanity among the stars.

1592 titles 482 authors

Defining themes

Social SF Space Opera First Contact Colonization Hard SF Psychic Powers Dystopia Post-Apocalyptic

Its notable voices

Stephen Marlowe Randall Garrett Robert Silverberg Bryce Walton Alan Edward Nourse H. Beam Piper Murray Leinster Winston K. Marks

The collection

Cover of Earth Alert! by Kris Neville

Kris Neville · 1953

3 hr 10 min read

Earthmen Ask No Quarter!

Cover of Earthmen Ask No Quarter! by Fox B. Holden

Earthmen Ask No Quarter!

Fox B. Holden · 1953

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Earthsmith by Stephen Marlowe

Stephen Marlowe · 1953

ColonizationSpace Opera

Cover of Elegy by Charles Beaumont

Charles Beaumont · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Everybody knows Joe

Cover of Everybody knows Joe by C. M. Kornbluth

Everybody knows Joe

C. M. Kornbluth · 1953

Cover of Exile by H. B. Fyfe

H. B. Fyfe · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Exploiter's End

Cover of Exploiter's End by James Causey

Exploiter's End

James Causey · 1953

ColonizationSocial SF

Fan fare, May 1953

Cover of Fan fare, May 1953 by Various

Fan fare, May 1953

Various · 1953

Finders keepers

Cover of Finders keepers by Stephen Marlowe

Finders keepers

Stephen Marlowe · 1953

Cover of Firegod by Algis Budrys

Algis Budrys · 1953

Forgotten danger

Cover of Forgotten danger by Joseph Samachson

Forgotten danger

Joseph Samachson · 1953

ColonizationPsychic Powers

Cover of G-r-r-r...! by Robert Donald Locke

Robert Donald Locke · 1953

Cover of Gama Is Thee! by Stanley Mullen

Stanley Mullen · 1953

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Games by Katherine MacLean

Katherine MacLean · 1953

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Give Back a World

Cover of Give Back a World by Raymond Z. Gallun

Give Back a World

Raymond Z. Gallun · 1953

ColonizationPost-Apocalyptic

Green Grew the Lasses

Cover of Green Grew the Lasses by Ruth Laura Wainwright

Green Grew the Lasses

Ruth Laura Wainwright · 1953

Cover of Gun for Hire by Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds · 1953

Half past Alligator

Cover of Half past Alligator by Donald Colvin

Half past Alligator

Donald Colvin · 1953

ColonizationFirst Contact

Hall of Mirrors

Cover of Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown

Hall of Mirrors

Fredric Brown · 1953

Social SFTime Travel

Cover of Heir Apparent by Alan Edward Nourse

Alan Edward Nourse · 1953

AdventureSpace Opera

Hold Onto Your Body!

Cover of Hold Onto Your Body! by Richard O. Lewis

Hold Onto Your Body!

Richard O. Lewis · 1953

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Home is the Spaceman

Cover of Home is the Spaceman by George O. Smith

Home is the Spaceman

George O. Smith · 1953

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Homo Inferior by Mari Wolf

Mari Wolf · 1953

1 hr 12 min read

Post-ApocalypticPsychic Powers

I Like Martian Music

Cover of I Like Martian Music by Charles E. Fritch

I Like Martian Music

Charles E. Fritch · 1953

ColonizationFirst Contact

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