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

Trajectory to Taurus

Cover of Trajectory to Taurus by Les Cole

Trajectory to Taurus

Les Cole · 1960

Post-ApocalypticSpace Opera

Cover of Unspecialist by Murray F. Yaco

Murray F. Yaco · 1960

Social SFSpace Opera

Cover of Viewpoint by Randall Garrett

Randall Garrett · 1960

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Vigorish by John Berryman

John Berryman · 1960

Psychic PowersSocial SF

We're Friends, Now

Cover of We're Friends, Now by Henry Hasse

We're Friends, Now

Henry Hasse · 1960

1 hr 25 min read

First ContactSocial SF

What The Left Hand Was Doing

Cover of What The Left Hand Was Doing by Randall Garrett

What The Left Hand Was Doing

Randall Garrett · 1960

Psychic PowersSocial SF

When Day is Done

Cover of When Day is Done by Arnold Castle

When Day is Done

Arnold Castle · 1960

DystopiaSocial SF

Cover of Wizard by Laurence M. Janifer

Laurence M. Janifer · 1960

Psychic PowersSpace Opera

Woman from another planet

Cover of Woman from another planet by Frank Belknap Long

Woman from another planet

Frank Belknap Long · 1960

3 hr 1 min read

First ContactSocial SF

World in a Bottle

Cover of World in a Bottle by Allen Kim Lang

World in a Bottle

Allen Kim Lang · 1960

ColonizationSocial SF

You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did

Cover of You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did by David E. Fisher

You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did

David E. Fisher · 1960

Social SFTime Travel

Young Stowaways in Space

Cover of Young Stowaways in Space by Richard M. Elam

Young Stowaways in Space

Richard M. Elam · 1960

2 hr 37 min read

JuvenileSpace Opera

A Matter of Taste

Cover of A Matter of Taste by Jr. L. J. Stecher

A Matter of Taste

Jr. L. J. Stecher · 1961

A Spaceship Named McGuire

Cover of A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett

A Spaceship Named McGuire

Randall Garrett · 1961

1 hr 10 min read

Artificial IntelligenceSpace Opera

Cover of A time to die by Harold Calin

Harold Calin · 1961

Accidental Death

Cover of Accidental Death by Peter Baily

Accidental Death

Peter Baily · 1961

Cover of All the People by R. A. Lafferty

R. A. Lafferty · 1961

Amateur in Chancery

Cover of Amateur in Chancery by George O. Smith

Amateur in Chancery

George O. Smith · 1961

Arcturus Times Three

Cover of Arcturus Times Three by Jack Sharkey

Arcturus Times Three

Jack Sharkey · 1961

Psychic PowersSpace Opera

Cover of Assassin by Bascom Jones

Bascom Jones · 1961

Cover of Benefactor by George H. Smith

George H. Smith · 1961

Artificial IntelligenceSocial SF

Black Man's Burden

Cover of Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds

Black Man's Burden

Mack Reynolds · 1961

2 hr 49 min read

Cover of Breakdown by Herbert D. Kastle

Herbert D. Kastle · 1961

DystopiaSocial SF

Call Him Nemesis

Cover of Call Him Nemesis by Donald E. Westlake

Call Him Nemesis

Donald E. Westlake · 1961

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