The year 1968 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births Vox Day Laurent Genefort Sergey Lukyanenko Chris Moriarty Van Allen Plexico Justina Robson Tricia Sullivan Howard Tayler Travis S. Taylor Jeff VanderMeer
Deaths Anthony Boucher (b. 1911) Groff Conklin (b. 1904) Clare Winger Harris (b. 1891) Eric North (b. 1884) (pseudonym of Bernard Cronin) Arthur Sellings (b. 1911) Harl Vincent (b. 1893)
Literary releases
Novels
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick The Final Programme by Michael Moorcock A Gift from Earth by Larry Niven The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg The Heaven Makers by Frank Herbert His Master's Voice by Stanisław Lem Into the Slave Nebula by John Brunner The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg Nova by Samuel R. Delany Past Master by R. A. Lafferty Report on Probability A by Brian Aldiss Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin The Santaroga Barrier by Frank Herbert Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner Star Quest by Dean Koontz
Short stories "Nightwings" (novella) by Robert Silverberg "The Sharing of Flesh" (novette) by Poul Anderson, winner of the 1969 Hugo Award for Best Novelette "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1970
Movies
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes2001: A Space OdysseyStanley KubrickKeir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William SylvesterUnited KingdomUnited StatesAdventure Won an Academy Award for Visual Effects and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The Astro-ZombiesTed V. MikelsWendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom PaceUnited StatesHorrorBarbarellaRoger VadimJane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita PallenbergFranceItalyAdventure Comedy FantasyBrides Of BloodEddie RomeroJohn Ashley, Kent Taylor, Beverly Hills, Eva DarrenPhilippinesThe Bamboo Saucer (aka Collision Course (1969)Frank Telford Dan Duryea, John Ericson, Lois NettletonUnited StatesCharlyRalph NelsonCliff Robertson, Claire BloomUnited StatesDrama RomanceWinner of an Academy Award for Best Actor. Destroy All Monsters (a.k.a. Kaijû sôshingeki)Ishirō HondaAkira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio TsuchiyaJapanAction Adventure kaijūGamera vs. Viras (a.k.a. Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu)Noriaki YuasaKôjirô Hongô Tôru Takatsuka Carl CraigJapanAction Aventure FamilleGoke, Body Snatcher from Hell (a.k.a. Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro)Hajime Sato Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato, Eizo Kitamura, Hideo KoJapanHorrorThe Green SlimeKinji FukasakuRobert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard JaeckelJapanUnited StatesDrama HorrorJe t'aime, je t'aimeAlain ResnaisClaude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk FerjacFranceDrama Mission MarsNicholas WebsterDarren McGavin, Nick Adams, George de Vries, Shirley ParkerUnited StatesPlanet of the ApesFranklin J. SchaffnerCharlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice EvansUnited StatesAdventureThe PowerByron HaskinGeorge Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard CarlsonUnited StatesThrillerProject XWilliam CastleChristopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry JonesUnited StatesMystery Thunderbird 6David LaneKeith Alexander (voice), Sylvia Anderson (voice), John Carson (voice)United KingdomMarionette Action Adventure Drama FamilyVoyage to the Planet of Prehistoric WomenPeter BogdanovichMamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige LeeUnited StatesAdventure
Awards Hugo Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny won the 1968 Hugo Award (novel).
Nebula Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin won the 1968 Nebula Award (novel).
See also 1968 in science
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