1968 in science fiction
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The year 1968 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
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[1]
- "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1970[2]
Movies
Awards
- Hugo
- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny won the 1968 Hugo Award (novel).[6]
- Nebula
- Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin won the 1968 Nebula Award (novel).[6]