The year 1962 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths Births Suzanne Collins Deaths
Literary releases Novels
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Island by Aldous Huxley The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Memoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison Short stories Gateway to Strangeness by Jack Vance My Son, the Physicist by Isaac Asimov Children's books A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Comics Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Barbarella, by Jean-Claude Forest, begins serialization in France First appearance of Dr. Solar, Man of the Atom, published by Gold Key Comics First Appearance of The Hulk in Incredible Hulk #1, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby First Appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #39 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Don Heck First appearance of the Space Family Robinson, published by Gold Key Comics Movies The Brain that Wouldn't Die written and dir. by Joseph Green Invasion of the Star Creatures dir. by Bruno VeSota La Jetée written and dir. by Chris Marker - the source material for the film Twelve Monkeys King Kong vs. Godzilla dir. by Ishirō Honda Television Video games Spacewar! Awards Hugo Awards, 1962 Best Novel: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Best Short Story: Hothouse by Brian Aldiss Best Dramatic Presentation: The Twilight Zone Best Professional Magazine: Analog Science Fiction and Fact Best Professional Artist: Ed Emshwiller Best Fanzine: Warhoon
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