1956 in science fiction
The year 1956 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
Deaths
Literary releases
Serialized novels
Novels
- The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke, a man questions the perfect but stagnant future city of Diaspar.
- The Crossroads of Time by Andre Norton, an agent travels between parallel worlds to prevent a catastrophic war.
- The Death of Grass by John Christopher, a global famine leads to societal collapse and desperate survival.
- Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein, an actor impersonates a politician in a complex political scheme.
- Highways in Hiding by George O. Smith, intertwines ESP, a disease that turns people to stone, and a secret society with a hidden cure.
- The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick, a satirical novel about rebellion in a totalitarian society.
- No Man Friday by Rex Gordon, a science fiction robinsonade set on Mars.
- The Power by Frank M. Robinson, a thriller that explores the concept of a man with the ability to control others.
- The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson, a man battles to survive as he inexplicably shrinks in size.
- Slave Ship by Frederik Pohl, explores the psychological impact of futuristic warfare and slavery.
- Tiger! Tiger! by Alfred Bester,[nb 1] a man seeks revenge across the galaxy using newfound teleportation powers.
- To Live Forever by Jack Vance, society is divided by the quest for immortality and a man's struggle against it.
- The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick, a man who can see a year into the future grapples with his power and destiny.
Short stories
Juveniles
Children's books
Movies
Title
|
Director
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Cast
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Country
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Subgenre/Notes
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1984 |
Michael Anderson |
Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, Michael Redgrave, Donald Pleasence |
United Kingdom |
Drama
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The Beast of Hollow Mountain |
Edward Nassour, Ismael Rodríguez |
Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Carlos Rivas |
United States |
Horror Romance Thriller Western
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The Black Sleep |
Reginald Le Borg |
Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blake, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson |
United States |
Horror
|
The Creature Walks Among Us |
John Sherwood |
Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden |
United States |
Horror [1]
|
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers |
Fred Sears |
Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum |
United States |
Action Horror
|
Fire Maidens from Outer Space |
Cy Roth |
Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw |
United Kingdom |
[nb 2]
|
Forbidden Planet |
Fred Wilcox |
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen |
United States |
Adventure
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The Gamma People |
John Gilling |
Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips |
United Kingdom |
Drama Horror Thriller
|
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! |
Terrell O. Morse, Ishirō Honda |
Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Momoko Kochi |
United States Japan |
Action Horror Kaijū
|
Indestructible Man |
Jack Pollexfen |
Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr |
United States |
Crime Horror
|
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Don Siegel |
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan |
United States |
Horror
|
It Conquered the World |
Roger Corman |
Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee Van Cleef |
United States |
Horror
|
The Mole People |
Virgil Vogel |
John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Nestor Paiva |
United States |
Adventure Fantasy Horror
|
Rodan (a.k.a Sora no Daikaijū Radon) |
Ishirō Honda |
Kenji Sahara. Yumi Shirakawa, Yoshifumi Tajima |
Japan |
Horror Kaijū [nb 3]
|
Satellite in the Sky |
Paul Dickson |
Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit, Bryan Forbes |
United Kingdom |
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UFO (a.k.a Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers) |
Winston Jones |
Tom Towers |
USA |
Semi-documentary / Sci fi
|
The Werewolf
|
Fred F. Sears
|
Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Steven Ritch, Eleanore Tanin
|
United States
|
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World Without End |
Edward Bernds |
Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor |
United States |
Adventure Romance
|
X the Unknown |
Leslie Norman |
Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern |
United States United Kingdom |
Horror
|
Awards
See also
Notes
- ^ Republished in the US as The Stars My Destination in 1957.
- ^ U.S. title: Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
- ^ US title: Rodan! the Flying Monster.
References
- ^ The Staff & Friends of Scarecrow Video (2004). The Scarecrow Movie Guide. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. pp. 630–723. ISBN 1-57061-415-6.
- ^ "1956 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 2007-07-26. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
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