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 Card Trick by John Berryman

John Berryman · 1961

Cinderella Story

Cover of Cinderella Story by Allen Kim Lang

Cinderella Story

Allen Kim Lang · 1961

1 hr 1 min read

Cogito, Ergo Sum

Cover of Cogito, Ergo Sum by John Foster West

Cogito, Ergo Sum

John Foster West · 1961

Cover of Compatible by Richard Rein Smith

Richard Rein Smith · 1961

Creatures of the Abyss

Cover of Creatures of the Abyss by Murray Leinster

Creatures of the Abyss

Murray Leinster · 1961

3 hr 16 min read

Cover of Cully by Jack Egan

Jack Egan · 1961

Cover of Dead World by Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas · 1961

Post-ApocalypticSpace Opera

Cover of Doctor by Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster · 1961

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Doorstep by Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer · 1961

Cover of Farmer by Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds · 1961

ColonizationSocial SF

February Strawberries

Cover of February Strawberries by Jim Harmon

February Strawberries

Jim Harmon · 1961

Social SFTime Travel

Fifty Per Cent Prophet

Cover of Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Randall Garrett

Fifty Per Cent Prophet

Randall Garrett · 1961

Psychic PowersSocial SF

Cover of Flamedown by H. B. Fyfe

H. B. Fyfe · 1961

Hard SFSpace Opera

Floor of Heaven

Cover of Floor of Heaven by T. D. Hamm

Floor of Heaven

T. D. Hamm · 1961

Four-Day Planet

Cover of Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper

Four-Day Planet

H. Beam Piper · 1961

3 hr 41 min read

ColonizationSpace Opera

Cover of Freedom by Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds · 1961

DystopiaSocial SF

Gambler's World

Cover of Gambler's World by Keith Laumer

Gambler's World

Keith Laumer · 1961

George Loves Gistla

Cover of George Loves Gistla by James McKimmey

George Loves Gistla

James McKimmey · 1961

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Gone Fishing by James H. Schmitz

James H. Schmitz · 1961

1 hr 8 min read

First ContactSocial SF

Hanging by a Thread

Cover of Hanging by a Thread by Randall Garrett

Hanging by a Thread

Randall Garrett · 1961

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Hystereo by Maurice Baudin

Maurice Baudin · 1961

Cover of In the Garden by R. A. Lafferty

R. A. Lafferty · 1961

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Join Our Gang? by Sterling E. Lanier

Sterling E. Lanier · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

Kreativity For Kats

Cover of Kreativity For Kats by Fritz Leiber

Kreativity For Kats

Fritz Leiber · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

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