1962 in science fiction

The year 1962 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and Deaths

Births

• Suzanne Collins

Literary Releases

Novels

Further information: Category:1962 science fiction novels

• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Island by Aldous Huxley
• The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delaney
• 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 Madeline L'Engle

Comics

• Amazing Fantasy #15 , the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko ^[1]
• 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 ^[2]
• First Appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #39 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Don Heck ^[3]
• 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

Video Games

• Spacewar!

Awards

Hugo Awards, 1962

• Best Novel: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein ^[4]
• Best Short Story: Hothouse by Brian Aldiss ^[5]
• Best Dramatic Presentation: The Twilight Zone ^[6]
• Best Professional Magazine: Analog Science Fiction and Fact ^[7]
• Best Professional Artist: Ed Emshwiller ^[8]
• Best Fanzine: Warhoon ^[9]

References

1. https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/16926/amazing_fantasy_1962_15
2. https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/8906/incredible_hulk_1962_1
3. https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/11280/tales_of_suspense_1959_39
4. https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1962-hugo-awards/
5. https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1962-hugo-awards/
6. https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1962-hugo-awards/
7. https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1962-hugo-awards/
8. https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1962-hugo-awards/
9. https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1962-hugo-awards/