1968 in science fiction

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The year 1968 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Contents

Births and deaths

Births

Deaths

Literary releases

Novels

Short stories

Movies

TitleDirectorCastCountrySubgenre/Notes
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester United Kingdom
United States
Adventure [nb 1]
The Astro-Zombies Ted V. Mikels Wendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom Pace United StatesHorror
Barbarella Roger Vadim Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg France
Italy
Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Brides Of Blood Eddie Romero John Ashley, Kent Taylor, Beverly Hills, Eva Darren Philippines
The Bamboo Saucer (aka Collision Course (1969)Frank Telford Dan Duryea, John Ericson, Lois Nettleton United States
Charly Ralph Nelson Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom United StatesDrama Romance [nb 2]
Destroy All Monsters (a.k.a Kaijû sôshingeki) Ishirō Honda Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya JapanAction Adventure kaijū
Gamera vs. Viras (a.k.a Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu) Noriaki Yuasa Kôjirô Hongô Tôru Takatsuka Carl CraigJapanAction Aventure Famille
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (a.k.a Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro) Hajime Sato Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato, Eizo Kitamura, Hideo Ko JapanHorror
The Green Slime Kinji Fukasaku Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel Japan
United States
Drama Horror
Je t'aime, je t'aime Alain Resnais Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac FranceDrama [3]
Mission Mars Nicholas Webster Darren McGavin, Nick Adams, George de Vries, Shirley Parker United States [4]
Planet of the Apes Franklin J. Schaffner Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans United StatesAdventure
The Power Byron Haskin George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson United StatesThriller
Project X William Castle Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones United StatesMystery [5]
Thunderbird 6 David Lane Keith Alexander (voice), Sylvia Anderson (voice), John Carson (voice)United KingdomMarionette Action Adventure Drama Family
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women Peter Bogdanovich Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee United StatesAdventure

Awards

Hugo
Nebula

See also

Notes

  1. Won an Academy Award for Visual Effects and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
  2. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actor.

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