The Archive · A decade in science fiction

1960s

New Wave revolutionizes the genre. Dick, Le Guin, and Ballard push literary boundaries.

538 titles 210 authors

Defining themes

Social SF First Contact Space Opera Colonization Psychic Powers Hard SF Dystopia Military SF

Its notable voices

Randall Garrett Keith Laumer Mack Reynolds Jack Sharkey Jim Harmon Murray Leinster James H. Schmitz Laurence M. Janifer

The collection

They Also Serve

Cover of They Also Serve by Donald E. Westlake

They Also Serve

Donald E. Westlake · 1961

ColonizationSocial SF

This World Is Taboo

Cover of This World Is Taboo by Murray Leinster

This World Is Taboo

Murray Leinster · 1961

2 hr 36 min read

ColonizationSpace Opera

Tolliver's Orbit

Cover of Tolliver's Orbit by H. B. Fyfe

Tolliver's Orbit

H. B. Fyfe · 1961

Social SFSpace Opera

Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X

Cover of Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by II Victor Appleton

Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X

II Victor Appleton · 1961

2 hr 48 min read

JuvenileSpace Opera

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung

Cover of Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by II Victor Appleton

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung

II Victor Appleton · 1961

2 hr 38 min read

AdventureJuvenile

Tongues of the Moon

Cover of Tongues of the Moon by Philip José Farmer

Tongues of the Moon

Philip José Farmer · 1961

ColonizationPost-Apocalyptic

Try to remember!

Cover of Try to remember! by Frank Herbert

Try to remember!

Frank Herbert · 1961

1 hr 8 min read

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Ultima Thule by Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds · 1961

1 hr 51 min read

Social SFSpace Opera

Cover of Vassi by Art Lewis

Art Lewis · 1961

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night

Cover of Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night by Algis Budrys

Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night

Algis Budrys · 1961

Social SFSpace Opera

Cover of Watch the Sky by James H. Schmitz

James H. Schmitz · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Weapon by Jesse F. Bone

Jesse F. Bone · 1961

Military SFSpace Opera

What Need of Man?

Cover of What Need of Man? by Harold Calin

What Need of Man?

Harold Calin · 1961

Hard SFSpace Opera

Young Man from Elsewhen

Cover of Young Man from Elsewhen by Sylvia Jacobs

Young Man from Elsewhen

Sylvia Jacobs · 1961

Social SFTime Travel

1,492,633 Marlon Brandos

Cover of 1,492,633 Marlon Brandos by Vance Aandahl

1,492,633 Marlon Brandos

Vance Aandahl · 1962

Cover of 2 B R 0 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut · 1962

DystopiaSocial SF

A Bad Town for Spacemen

Cover of A Bad Town for Spacemen by Robert Scott

A Bad Town for Spacemen

Robert Scott · 1962

A City Near Centaurus

Cover of A City Near Centaurus by William R. Doede

A City Near Centaurus

William R. Doede · 1962

ColonizationFirst Contact

A Matter of Protocol

Cover of A Matter of Protocol by Jack Sharkey

A Matter of Protocol

Jack Sharkey · 1962

A Slave is a Slave

Cover of A Slave is a Slave by H. Beam Piper

A Slave is a Slave

H. Beam Piper · 1962

1 hr 26 min read

Social SFSpace Opera

Cover of A prison make by William W. Stuart

William W. Stuart · 1962

A trace of memory

Cover of A trace of memory by Keith Laumer

A trace of memory

Keith Laumer · 1962

4 hr 10 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of After Ixmal by Jeff Sutton

Jeff Sutton · 1962

Artificial IntelligencePost-Apocalyptic

Cover of Aide Memoire by Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer · 1962

First ContactSpace Opera

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