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The year 1951 was marked, in
science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
Deaths
Literary releases
Serialized novels
First editions
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The Astronauts by
Stanisław Lem (in Polish), explores the challenges and philosophical implications of space exploration.
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The Day of the Triffids by
John Wyndham, depicts a post-apocalyptic world where humanity faces deadly plants and societal collapse.
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Foundation by
Isaac Asimov, chronicles the rise and fall of a galactic empire through the fictional science of
psychohistory.
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Prelude to Space by
Arthur C. Clarke, focuses on humanity's first steps towards space exploration and colonization.
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The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein, humanity battles against alien parasites that can control human minds.
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Rogue Queen by
L. Sprague de Camp, explores a human-alien romance and the clash of cultures on an alien world.
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The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke, envisions the challenges and discoveries of the first human colony on Mars.
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The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov, follows a young man caught in political intrigue and rebellion across star systems.
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Time and Again by
Clifford D. Simak, explores time travel and its effects on humanity and the natural world.
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The Weapon Shops of Isher by
A. E. van Vogt, portrays a future society where citizens have access to advanced weaponry to defend against tyranny.
Novellas
Short stories
Short story collections
Juveniles
Movies
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Country
|
Subgenre/Notes
|
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man |
Charles Lamont |
Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello,
Nancy Guild |
United States |
Comedy Family Sport
|
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere |
Spencer Gordon Bennet,
Wallace Grissell |
Judd Holdren,
Gene Roth |
United States |
Adventure Serial film
|
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Robert Wise |
Michael Rennie,
Patricia Neal,
Hugh Marlowe,
Sam Jaffe |
United States |
Drama
[nb 1]
|
Five |
Arch Oboler |
William Phipps,
Susan Douglas,
James Anderson |
United States |
Drama Horror
|
Flight to Mars |
Lesley Selander |
Marguerite Chapman,
Cameron Mitchell,
Arthur Franz |
United States |
Drama
|
I'll Never Forget You |
Roy Ward Baker |
Tyrone Power,
Ann Blyth |
United States
|
Lost Continent |
Sam Newfield |
Cesar Romero,
Hillary Brooke,
Chick Chandler |
United States |
Adventure Fantasy
|
Lost Planet Airmen |
Fred C. Brannon |
Tristram Coffin,
Mae Clarke,
I. Stanford Jolley |
United States |
Action Crime
[nb 2]
|
The Man from Planet X |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Robert Clarke,
Margaret Field,
Raymond Bond |
United States |
Horror Romance Thriller
|
The Man in the White Suit |
Alexander Mackendrick |
Alec Guinness,
Joan Greenwood,
Cecil Parker,
Michael Gough,
Ernest Thesiger |
United Kingdom |
Comedy Drama
|
Mysterious Island |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Richard Crane,
Marshall Reed,
Karen Randle,
Ralph Hodges |
United States |
Action Family Serial film
|
Superman and the Mole Men |
Lee Sholem |
George Reeves,
Phyllis Coates,
Jeff Corey |
United States |
Action Adventure Drama Family Fantasy Romance
|
The Thing from Another World |
Christian Nyby |
Margaret Sheridan,
Kenneth Tobey,
Robert Cornthwaite |
United States |
Horror
|
Two Lost Worlds |
Norman Dawn,
Norman Kennedy |
James Arness,
Laura Elliott |
United States |
Adventure Romance
|
Unknown World |
Terrell O. Morse |
Bruce Kellogg,
Marilyn Nash,
Jim Bannon,
Otto Waldis |
United States |
Adventure
|
When Worlds Collide |
Rudolph Maté |
Richard Derr,
Barbara Rush,
Peter Hansen,
John Hoyt |
United States |
Action Thriller
|
Awards
The main
science-fiction awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
See also
Notes