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The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1960s

The 1960s is infamous for its counter-culture, folk music, Beatles, rock music, civil rights, feminism, Watts and Stonewall riots, the Viet Nam war, radical youth, hippies, campus unrest, generation gap and to a special few, the dangerous visions of the New Wave in science fiction. Black and white SF mutated into 1960s psychedelic Sci-Fi with new writers like Samuel R. Delany and Roger Zelazny.
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Deathworld (Harry Harrison)
Deathworld
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Harry Harrison
Drunkard's Walk (Frederik Pohl)
Drunkard's Walk
2
Frederik Pohl
Eight Keys to Eden (Mark Clifton)
Eight Keys to Eden
3
Mark Clifton
Flesh (Philip Jose Farmer)
Flesh
4
Philip Jose Farmer
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (Brian Aldiss)
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand
5
Brian Aldiss
The High Crusade
The High Crusade
6
Rogue Moon
Rogue Moon
7
The Status Civilization (Bob Sheckley)
The Status Civilization
8
Bob Sheckley
To the Tombaugh Station (Wilson Tucker)
To the Tombaugh Station
9
Wilson Tucker
The Tomorrow People (Wilson Tucker)
The Tomorrow People
10
Wilson Tucker
Venus Plus X, Theodore Sturgeon (1960)
Venus Plus X, Theodore Sturgeon (1960)
11
Dark Universe (Daniel F. Galouye)
Dark Universe
12
Daniel F. Galouye
A Fall of Moondust (Arthur C Clarke)
A Fall of Moondust
13
Arthur C Clarke
The Joy Makers (James Gunn)
The Joy Makers
14
James Gunn
Philip José Farmer: The Lovers
Philip José Farmer: The Lovers
15
Pilgrimage: The Book of the People, Zenna Henderson
Pilgrimage: The Book of the People, Zenna Henderson
16
The Rim of Space (A. Bertram Chandler)
The Rim of Space
17
A. Bertram Chandler
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
18
Stanislaw Lem
The Stainless Steel Rat (Harry Harrison)
The Stainless Steel Rat
19
Harry Harrison
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
20
Robert A. Heinlein
Time Is the Simplest Thing (Clifford D. Simak)
Time Is the Simplest Thing
21
Clifford D. Simak
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
22
Anthony Burgess
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
23
J.G. Ballard
The Eleventh Commandment (Lester Del Rey)
The Eleventh Commandment
24
Lester Del Rey
A for Andromeda (Fred Hoyle and John Elliot)
A for Andromeda
25
Fred Hoyle and John Elliot
Hothouse (Brian Aldiss)
Hothouse
26
Brian Aldiss
The Hugo Winners Vol. 1 (Isaac Asimov)
The Hugo Winners Vol. 1
27
Isaac Asimov
Island
Island
28
The Jewels of Aptor (Samuel R Delany)
The Jewels of Aptor
29
Samuel R Delany
Journey Beyond Tomorrow, Robert Sheckley, (1962)
Journey Beyond Tomorrow, Robert Sheckley, (1962)
30
Little Fuzzy (H. Beam Piper)
Little Fuzzy
31
H. Beam Piper
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
32
Philip K. Dick
R Is for Rocket (Ray Bradbury)
R Is for Rocket
33
Ray Bradbury
Worlds of the Imperium (Keith Laumer)
Worlds of the Imperium
34
Keith Laumer
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
35
Madeleine L'engle
All the Colors of Darkness (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.)
All the Colors of Darkness
36
Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
37
Kurt Vonnegut
Dolphin Island (Arthur C Clark)
Dolphin Island
38
Arthur C Clark
The Dragon Masters (Jack Vance)
The Dragon Masters
39
Jack Vance
Envoy to New Worlds (Keith Laumer)
Envoy to New Worlds
40
Keith Laumer
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