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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

First editions

• 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, If: Worlds of Science Fiction (February)
• "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" by Alfred Bester, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October)
• "Or All the Seas with Oysters" by Avram Davidson, Galaxy Science Fiction (May)
• "The Prize of Peril" by Robert Sheckley, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (May)

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

Awards

• The Big Time by Fritz Leiber won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

See also

• 1958 in science

Notes

1. Italian title: La Morte viene dallo Spazio.
2. U.S. title: The Cosmic Monster.
3. Also called Meteor Monster. Premiered in 1957.
4. U.S. title: The Crawling Eye.
5. US revision in 1962: Varan the Unbelievable.

References

1. Fredriksson, Linus. "China and Cinematic Science Fiction: A Lost Genre". Lund University Publications. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
2. Chan, Hiu Man; Peng, Xin (15 August 2017). Beijing Film Academy Yearbook 2016. Bristol: Intellect. ISBN 9781783208258.
3. 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.
4. Dixon, Wheeler W. (2006). Visions of paradise: images of Eden in the cinema. Rutgers University Press. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-8135-3798-3.
5. Mitchell, Charles P. (2001). A guide to apocalyptic cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 120–128. ISBN 0-313-31527-2.
6. 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.
7. Firsching, Robert. "The New Invisible Man". AllMovie. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
8. "Overview for Teenage Monster (1958)". Vault Collection. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
9. Brennan, Sandra. "War of the Satellites". AllMovie. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
10. "1958 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 2007-07-26. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-19.

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