1958 in science fiction
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The year 1958 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
- Wayne Barlowe
- Jay Caselberg
- Bradley Denton
- A. R. Morlan (d. 2016)
- Don Sakers (d. 2021)
- David Sherman
- Johanna Sinisalo
- Allen Steele
- Peter Watts
- Lynda Williams
Deaths
- E. Everett Evans (b. 1893)
- Cyril M. Kornbluth (b. 1923)
- Henry Kuttner (b. 1915)
- R. DeWitt Miller (b. 1910)
Literary releases
Novels
- A Case of Conscience by James Blish, a Jesuit priest grapples with the morality of an alien civilization.
- The Cosmic Rape by Theodore Sturgeon, humanity is absorbed into a collective alien consciousness.
- The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance, language manipulation shapes the destiny of an alien world.
- Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein, a long-lived family flees Earth to escape persecution.
- Non-Stop by Brian W. Aldiss, a generational spaceship's inhabitants discover their true situation.
- Slaves of the Klau by Jack Vance, human captives plan an escape from their alien overlords.
- Star Gate by Andre Norton, a man uses a star gate to travel between parallel worlds.
- Starman's Quest by Robert Silverberg, a spacefaring twin searches for his long-lost brother.
- The Time Traders by Andre Norton, time agents battle an alien menace through history.
- The Tower of Zanid by L. Sprague de Camp, an adventurer navigates political intrigue on an alien planet.
Short stories
- "The Feeling of Power" by Isaac Asimov
- "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" by Alfred Bester
- "Or All the Seas with Oysters" by Avram Davidson
- "The Prize of Peril" by Robert Sheckley
Juveniles
- Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein (juvenile), a teenager's adventure across the galaxy after winning a space suit.
Children's books
- Mr. Bass's Planetoid by Eleanor Cameron (children's book), children help save a small planet in the Mushroom Planet series.
Movies
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | Nathan H. Juran | Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers | United States | Horror |
| Attack of the Puppet People | Bert I. Gordon | John Agar, Michael Mark, Jack Kosslyn | United States | Horror |
| Ballad of the Ming Tombs Reservoir (a.k.a Shi san ling shui ku chang xiang qu) | Jin Shan | Jin Shan, Yu Daiqin, Zhang Yisheng | China | [1][2][3] |
| The Blob | Irvin Shortess Yeaworth Jr. | Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe | United States | Horror |
| Blood of the Vampire | Henry Cass | Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, Vincent Ball, Victor Maddern | United Kingdom | |
| The Brain Eaters | Bruno Ve Sota | Ed Nelson, Alan Frost, Jack Hill | United States | Horror |
| The Colossus of New York | Eugène Lourié | Ross Martin, Mala Powers, Charles Herbert | United States | Horror |
| Curse Of The Faceless Man | Edward L. Cahn | Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, Luis van Rooten | United States | |
| The Day the Sky Exploded (a.k.a La morte viene dallo spazio) | Paolo Heusch | Paul Hubschmid, Fiorella Mari, Gérard Landry, Dario Michaelis | France Italy | [nb 1] |
| Earth vs. the Spider | Bert I. Gordon | Ed Kemmer, Gene Persson, Gene Roth | United States | Family Horror Thriller |
| Escapement (a.k.a The Electronic Monster) | Montgomery Tully, David Paltenghi | Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards | United Kingdom United States | Crime Horror Mystery [4] |
| Invention for Destruction (a.k.a Vynález zkázy) | Karel Zeman | Lubor Tokoš, Jana Zatloukalová | Czechoslovakia | Animation Adventure Fantasy |
| Fiend Without a Face | Arthur Crabtree | Kynaston Reeves, Marshall Thompson, Terry Kilburn | United Kingdom United States | Horror |
| The Flame Barrier | Paul Landres | Arthur Franz, Kathleen Crowley | United States | Horror |
| The Fly | Kurt Neumann | Vincent Price, Patricia Owens, Herbert Marshall | United States | Drama Horror |
| Frankenstein 1970 | Howard W. Koch | Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund | United States | Horror |
| Frankenstein's Daughter | Richard Cunha | Donald Murphy, John Ashley, Sandra Knight | United States | Horror Romance Thriller |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Byron Haskin | Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget | United States | Adventure Fantasy |
| Giant from the Unknown | Richard E. Cunha | Ed Kemmer, Sally Fraser, Buddy Baer | United States | Drama Horror |
| The H-Man (a.k.a Bijo to ekitai ningen) | Ishirō Honda | Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata | Japan | Crime Horror Thriller |
| The Hideous Sun Demon | Robert Clarke | Robert Clarke, Patricia Manning, Nan Peterson | United States | Horror |
| How to Make a Monster | Herbert L. Strock | Robert H. Harris, Gary Conway, Gary Clarke, Morris Ankrum | USA | Horror |
| I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Gene Fowler | Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Ken Lynch | United States | Horror |
| It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Edward L. Cahn | Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Kim Spalding | United States | Horror Thriller |
| The Lost Missile | Lester William Berke | Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Phillip Pine | United States | [5] |
| Missile Monsters | Fred C. Brannon | Kent Fowler, Gregory Gaye | United States | Action Adventure Crime Fantasy. Recut of Flying Disc Man from Mars serial |
| Missile to the Moon | Richard E. Cunha | K. T. Stevens, Richard Travis, Lisa Simone | United States | Drama |
| Monster on the Campus | Jack Arnold | Arthur Franz, Joanna Cook Moore | United States | Horror [6] |
| The New Invisible Man (a.k.a El hombre que logró ser invisible) | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Arturo de Córdova, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Raúl Meraz | Mexico | Fantasy Horror [7] |
| Night of the Blood Beast | Bernard Kowalski | Michael Emmet, Angela Greene, John Baer | United States | Horror |
| Queen of Outer Space | Edward Bernds | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Laurie Mitchell, Eric Fleming | United States | Adventure Fantasy |
| Rocket Attack U.S.A. a.k.a Five Minutes to Zero | Barry Mahon | Monica Davis, John McKay, Daniel Kern, Edward Czerniuk, Phillip St. George | United States | |
| Satan's Satellites | Fred C. Brannon | Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Lane Bradford | United States | Recut of Zombies of the Stratosphere serial |
| She Demons | Richard E. Cunha | Irish McCalla, Tod Griffin, Victor Sen Yung | United States | Horror |
| The Space Children | Jack Arnold | Adam Williams, Michel Ray, Johnny Crawford, Sandy Descher | United States | |
| Space Master X-7 | Edward Bernds | Robert Ellis, Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas | United States | Horror Thriller |
| The Strange World of Planet X (UK) (a.k.a. Cosmic Monsters) | Gilbert Gunn | Forrest Tucker, Gaby Andre, Martin Benson | United Kingdom | Drama Horror [nb 2] |
| Teenage Cave Man | Roger Corman | Robert Vaughn, Leslie E. Bradley, Frank de Kova | United States | Adventure |
| Teenage Monster | Jacques R. Marquette | Anne Gwynne, Stuart Wade | United States | Horror Western [nb 3][8] |
| Terror from the Year 5000 (a.k.a. Cage Of Doom) | Robert J. Gurney Jr. | Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, John Stratton, Salome Jens,Fred Herrick | United States | |
| The Trollenberg Terror | Quentin Lawrence | Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Janet Munro | United Kingdom | Horror [nb 4] |
| Varan the Unbelievable (a.k.a Daikaijû Baran) | Ishirō Honda | Tsuruko Kobayashi, Kōzō Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda | Japan | Horror Kaijū [nb 5] |
| War of the Colossal Beast | Bert I. Gordon | Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin, Roger Pace | United States | Horror |
| War of the Satellites | Roger Corman | Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Eric Sinclair | United States | Horror [9] |
Awards
- The Big Time by Fritz Leiber won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.[10]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Fredriksson, Linus. "China and Cinematic Science Fiction: A Lost Genre". Lund University Publications. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Chan, Hiu Man; Peng, Xin (15 August 2017). Beijing Film Academy Yearbook 2016. Bristol: Intellect. ISBN 9781783208258.
- ^ Ye, Ling (September 2019). "The Influence of "Wandering Earth" on Chinese Cultural Soft Power". Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economy, Judicature, Administration and Humanitarian Projects (JAHP 2019). Vol. 94. pp. 151–154. doi:10.2991/jahp-19.2019.34. ISBN 978-94-6252-789-8. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Dixon, Wheeler W. (2006). Visions of paradise: images of Eden in the cinema. Rutgers University Press. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-8135-3798-3.
- ^ Mitchell, Charles P. (2001). A guide to apocalyptic cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 120–128. ISBN 0-313-31527-2.
- ^ Hendershot, Cynthia (2001). I was a Cold War monster: horror films, eroticism, and the Cold War imagination. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-87972-849-3.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "The New Invisible Man". AllMovie. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ "Overview for Teenage Monster (1958)". Vault Collection. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "War of the Satellites". AllMovie. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "1958 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 2007-07-26. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
