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 Death's Wisher by Jim Wannamaker

Jim Wannamaker · 1960

Cover of Deathworld by Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison · 1960

3 hr 43 min read

ColonizationSpace Opera

Cover of Divvy up by Stephen Marlowe

Stephen Marlowe · 1960

DystopiaSocial SF

Cover of Don't Look Now by Leonard Rubin

Leonard Rubin · 1960

Cover of Dumbwaiter by James Stamers

James Stamers · 1960

Earthmen Bearing Gifts

Cover of Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown

Earthmen Bearing Gifts

Fredric Brown · 1960

East in the Morning

Cover of East in the Morning by David E. Fisher

East in the Morning

David E. Fisher · 1960

Eight Keys to Eden

Cover of Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Clifton

Eight Keys to Eden

Mark Clifton · 1960

3 hr 38 min read

ColonizationFirst Contact

Fee of the Frontier

Cover of Fee of the Frontier by H. B. Fyfe

Fee of the Frontier

H. B. Fyfe · 1960

ColonizationSpace Opera

Cover of Gravy Train by Daniel F. Galouye

Daniel F. Galouye · 1960

FantasySocial SF

Cover of Heel by Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer · 1960

Houlihan's Equation

Cover of Houlihan's Equation by Walter J. Sheldon

Houlihan's Equation

Walter J. Sheldon · 1960

Hard SFSpace Opera

If at First You Don't...

Cover of If at First You Don't... by John Brudy

If at First You Don't...

John Brudy · 1960

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Ignatz by Ron Goulart

Ron Goulart · 1960

First ContactPsychic Powers

In Case of Fire

Cover of In Case of Fire by Randall Garrett

In Case of Fire

Randall Garrett · 1960

Social SFSpace Opera

Inside John Barth

Cover of Inside John Barth by William W. Stuart

Inside John Barth

William W. Stuart · 1960

DystopiaSocial SF

Jack of No Trades

Cover of Jack of No Trades by Charles Cottrell

Jack of No Trades

Charles Cottrell · 1960

Social SFSpace Opera

Cover of Jamieson by William R. Doede

William R. Doede · 1960

Psychic PowersSpace Opera

Jubilation, U.S.A.

Cover of Jubilation, U.S.A. by G. L. Vandenburg

Jubilation, U.S.A.

G. L. Vandenburg · 1960

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Longevity by Therese Windser

Therese Windser · 1960

Post-ApocalypticSocial SF

Make Mine Homogenized

Cover of Make Mine Homogenized by Rick Raphael

Make Mine Homogenized

Rick Raphael · 1960

1 hr 11 min read

First ContactSocial SF

Masters of the vortex

Cover of Masters of the vortex by E. E. Smith

Masters of the vortex

E. E. Smith · 1960

4 hr 40 min read

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Matchmaker by Charles L. Fontenay

Charles L. Fontenay · 1960

Artificial IntelligenceSocial SF

McGonigal's Worm

Cover of McGonigal's Worm by R. A. Lafferty

McGonigal's Worm

R. A. Lafferty · 1960

First ContactSocial SF

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