The year 1961 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and Deaths Events The 19th annual Worldcon, Seacon, is held in Seattle, USA Births Neal Asher Greg Egan Deaths Clark Ashton Smith Literary Releases Novels
The Primal Urge by Brian Aldiss Solaris by Stanislaw Lem Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Comics Fantastic Four #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Television A for Andromeda Awards A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. won the Hugo Award for Best Novel The Longest Voyage by Poul Anderson won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Twilight Zone won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation References