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

Cover of Med Ship Man by Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster · 1963

ColonizationSpace Opera

Meeting of the Board

Cover of Meeting of the Board by Alan Edward Nourse

Meeting of the Board

Alan Edward Nourse · 1963

DystopiaSocial SF

Cover of Mightiest Qorn by Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer · 1963

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Muck Man by Fremont Dodge

Fremont Dodge · 1963

ColonizationDystopia

My Friend Bobby

Cover of My Friend Bobby by Alan Edward Nourse

My Friend Bobby

Alan Edward Nourse · 1963

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Cover of My Lady Selene by Magnus Ludens

Magnus Ludens · 1963

First ContactSpace Opera

New Apples in the Garden

Cover of New Apples in the Garden by Kris Neville

New Apples in the Garden

Kris Neville · 1963

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber · 1963

1 hr 10 min read

Social SFTime Travel

On the Fourth Planet

Cover of On the Fourth Planet by Jesse F. Bone

On the Fourth Planet

Jesse F. Bone · 1963

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Oneness by James H. Schmitz

James H. Schmitz · 1963

First ContactPsychic Powers

Cover of Phoenix by Ted White

Marion Zimmer Bradley & Ted White · 1963

Psychic PowersSpace Opera

Pollony Undiverted

Cover of Pollony Undiverted by Sydney J. Van Scyoc

Pollony Undiverted

Sydney J. Van Scyoc · 1963

First ContactSocial SF

Quinquepedalian

Cover of Quinquepedalian by Piers Anthony

Quinquepedalian

Piers Anthony · 1963

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Redemption by Robert F. Young

Robert F. Young · 1963

1 hr 2 min read

Social SFSpace Opera

Reign of the telepuppets

Cover of Reign of the telepuppets by Daniel F. Galouye

Reign of the telepuppets

Daniel F. Galouye · 1963

1 hr 41 min read

Artificial IntelligenceSpace Opera

Cover of Road Stop by David Mason

David Mason · 1963

Artificial IntelligenceHorror

Cover of Rundown by Robert Lory

Robert Lory · 1963

First ContactSocial SF

Saline Solution

Cover of Saline Solution by Keith Laumer

Saline Solution

Keith Laumer · 1963

Social SFSpace Opera

Scream at midnight

Cover of Scream at midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan

Scream at midnight

Joseph Payne Brennan · 1963

1 hr 42 min read

Cover of Second Sight by Alan Edward Nourse

Alan Edward Nourse · 1963

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Cover of Slave Planet by Laurence M. Janifer

Laurence M. Janifer · 1963

2 hr 57 min read

ColonizationDystopia

Something Will Turn Up

Cover of Something Will Turn Up by David Mason

Something Will Turn Up

David Mason · 1963

Hard SFSocial SF

Cover of Sonny by Rick Raphael

Rick Raphael · 1963

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Spaceman on a Spree

Cover of Spaceman on a Spree by Mack Reynolds

Spaceman on a Spree

Mack Reynolds · 1963

Social SFSpace Opera

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