# 1955 in science fiction

The year 1955 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

## Births and deaths
### Births

* Catherine Asaro
* Bruce Bethke
* Pierre Bordage
* Steven Brust
* Sue Burke
* Richard Chwedyk
* Massimo Citi
* Brenda Clough
* Julie E. Czerneda
* Jeffrey Ford
* James Alan Gardner
* Steven Gould
* Simon R. Green
* Karen Haber
* Geoffrey Landis
* Paul J. McAuley
* Pat Murphy
* Richard Parks
* Nisi Shawl
* Jack Skillingstead
* Suzanne Weyn

### Deaths

* Nat Schachner (b. 1895)

## Literary releases
### First editions

* Address: Centauri by F. L. Wallace, a group of disabled outcasts escape to Alpha Centauri and encounter butterfly-like aliens.
* Alien Minds by E. Everett Evans, a secret service agent has the ability to read minds.
* The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett, explores the dangers and discoveries of humanity's first faster-than-light space mission.
* The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, set in a post-apocalyptic world where telepathic children must hide their abilities.
* Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke, centers on political tensions and a scientific mystery on the Moon.
* The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov, time manipulators struggle with the ethical implications of altering history.
* Gladiator-At-Law by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth, critiques corporate control and social inequality in a future society.
* Hell's Pavement by Damon Knight, the story postulates a technique for dealing with asocial behavior by giving everyone an "analogue", a mental imprint of an authority figure that intervenes whenever violent or otherwise harmful acts are contemplated.
* The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett, post-nuclear war society regresses to agrarian life, shunning technology.
* The Magellanic Cloud by Stanisław Lem (in Polish), depicts a space expedition and the challenges of interstellar travel.
* Not This August by C. M. Kornbluth, explores a Cold War scenario where the U.S. is occupied by Soviet forces.
* The Other Side of Here by Murray Leinster, tells the story of an invasion from the fourth dimension, foiled by an insurrection against the invaders' home government.
* Revolt on Alpha C by Robert Silverberg, colonists on a distant planet rebel against an oppressive government.
* Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick, a dystopian future where leaders are chosen by random lottery and face constant assassination threats.
* Star Bridge by Jack Williamson and James E. Gunn, an adventure story in the classic Williamson tradition.
* Star Guard by Andre Norton, mercenaries from Earth serve alien civilizations in a galactic federation.
* This Fortress World by James E. Gunn, concerns a man's fight against the power of a future church.
* Timeliner by Charles Eric Maine, a scientist travels forward in time by repeatedly replacing the consciousness of other men.
* Under the Triple Suns by Stanton A. Coblentz, the survivors of the destruction of the earth attempt to settle a new planet.

### Short stories

* "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke, Infinity Science Fiction (November).

### Short story collections

* The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov.

### Juveniles

* Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again by Shigeru Kayama [ja], a novelization of the first two films in the Godzilla franchise produced by Toho, Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla Raids Again (1955), both of which were based on story outlines by Kayama.
* The Secret of the Martian Moons by Donald A. Wollheim (juvenile), playing world-class hide-and-seek with the Martians, a teenager believes he has found them... until the real Martians show up.
* Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (juvenile), students must survive on a hostile planet after a survival test goes wrong.

### Children's books

* Mission to Mars by Patrick Moore, a young man joins a rescue mission to Mars, saves a stranded expedition, and encounters intelligent alien creatures.

## Movies

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| The Beast with a Million Eyes | David Kramarsky | Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole, Dick Sargent | United States | Horror |
| Bride of the Monster | Edward D. Wood Jr. | Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King | United States | Horror |
| Creature with the Atom Brain | Edward L. Cahn | Richard Denning, Angela Greene, S. John Launer | United States | Crime Horror Thriller |
| Conquest of Space | Byron Haskin | Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy | United States | |
| The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | Dan Milner | Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen | United States | Horror |
| Day the World Ended | Roger Corman | Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Paul Birch, Touch Connors | United States | Horror |
| Godzilla Raids Again (a.k.a. Gigantis, the Fire Monster) | Motoyoshi Oda | Hiroshi Koizumi, Minoru Chiaki | Japan | Horror Kaijū (released in U.S. in 1959) |
| It Came from Beneath the Sea | Robert Gordon | Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis | United States | Horror |
| Journey to the Beginning of Time | Karel Zeman | Josef Lukáš,Petr Herrmann,Zdeněk Husták,Vladimír Bejval | Czechoslovakia | Dinosaurs |
| King Dinosaur | Bert I. Gordon | Josef Lukáš,Petr Herrmann,Zdeněk Husták,Vladimír Bejval | United States | Adventure |
| Half Human | Ishirō Honda | Akira Takarada, Akemi Negishi | Japan | Horror. Japanese version. See 1958 for USA version |
| The Quatermass Xperiment | Val Guest | Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Richard Wordsworth, Margia Dean | United Kingdom | Horror |
| Revenge of the Creature | Jack Arnold | John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva | United States | Horror |
| Tarantula | Jack Arnold | John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva | United States | Horror |
| This Island Earth | Jack Arnold, Joseph Newman | Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason | United States | Horror Mystery |
| Timeslip (a.k.a The Atomic Man (USA)) | Ken Hughes | Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue | United Kingdom | |

## Awards

* They'd Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.