# 1960 in science fiction

The year 1960 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

## Births and deaths
### Births

* Dafydd ab Hugh
* Fyodor Berezin
* Eric Brown
* Yuli Burkin
* Daína Chaviano
* Brenda Cooper
* Kelley Eskridge
* Neil Gaiman
* Charles E. Gannon
* Nicola Griffith
* Peter F. Hamilton
* Nalo Hopkinson
* Dave Hutchinson
* Emmanuel Jouanne (d. 2008)
* Steven L. Kent
* Ian McDonald
* Linda Nagata
* Philip Palmer
* Kristine Kathryn Rusch
* Robert J. Sawyer
* Roland C. Wagner (d. 2012)
* Don Webb
* Andrzej Ziemiański

### Deaths

* Victor Rousseau Emanuel (b. 1879)
* John Russell Fearn (b. 1908)
* Eden Phillpotts (b. 1862)
* John Taine (b. 1883) (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)

## Literary releases
### Novels

* Drunkard's Walk by Frederik Pohl, a professor unravels a conspiracy involving free will and predestination.
* Flesh by Philip José Farmer, space explorers return to a future Earth dominated by a fertility cult.
* The High Crusade by Poul Anderson, medieval knights capture an alien spaceship and embark on interstellar adventures.
* Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, scientists explore a deadly alien artifact on the Moon, facing existential challenges.
* The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley, a man navigates a dystopian society where criminals are exiled to a savage world.
* Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton, a survivor on an alien planet allies with native beings against an alien threat.
* Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham, a biochemist discovers a lichen that slows aging, leading to societal upheaval.
* Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon, a man encounters a future society with unique views on gender and sexuality.
* Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick, an AI dictatorship faces rebellion and internal conflict.

### Short stories

* "First Men to the Moon" (novella) by Wernher von Braun

### Children's books

* A Mystery for Mr. Bass by Eleanor Cameron, children solve a mystery on the Mushroom Planet.

## Movies

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 12 to the Moon | David Bradley | Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway | United States | |
| The Amazing Transparent Man | Edgar G. Ulmer | Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith | United States | Horror |
| Atom Age Vampire (a.k.a Seddok, l'erede di Satana) | Anton Giulio Majano | Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, Sergio Fantoni | Italy | Horror |
| Atomic War Bride (a.k.a Rat) | Veljko Bulajić | Antun Vrdoljak, Zlatko Madunić, Ljubiša Jovanović | Yugoslavia | Drama Romance |
| Beyond the Time Barrier | Edgar G. Ulmer | Robert Clarke, Darlene Tompkins, Arianne Ulmer | United States | Romance |
| Dinosaurus! | Irvin Yeaworth | Ward Ramsey, Paul Lukather, Kristina Hanson | United States | Adventure Comedy Fantasy Horror |
| The Human Vapor (a.k.a Gasu ningen dai 1 gô) | Ishirō Honda | Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya | Japan | Crime Thriller |
| Last Woman on Earth | Roger Corman | Betsy Jones-Moreland, Anthony Carbone, Robert Towne | United States | Drama Horror Mystery Romance |
| The Lost World | Irwin Allen | Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison | United States | Adventure Fantasy |
| Man in the Moon | Basil Dearden | Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern | United Kingdom | |
| Mistress of the World (a.k.a Herrin der Welt) | William Dieterle | Martha Hyer, Micheline Presle, Carlos Thompson | West Germany France Italy | Adventure Crime |
| The Secret of the Telegian (a.k.a Densô ningen) | Jun Fukuda | Kōji Tsuruta, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya | Japan | Horror |
| The Silent Star (a.k.a Der schweigende Stern, First Spaceship on Venus, Planet of the Dead, Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply) | Kurt Maetzig | Yoko Tani, Oldřich Lukeš, Ignacy Machowski | East Germany Poland | |
| Space Men (a.k.a Assignment Outer Space) | Antonio Margheriti | Rik Van Nutter, Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor | Italy | |
| The Time Machine | George Pal | Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux | United Kingdom | Adventure Romance Thriller |
| Village of the Damned | Wolf Rilla | George Sanders, Barbara Shelley | United Kingdom United States | Horror |
| Visit to a Small Planet | Norman Taurog | Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman | United States | Comedy |

## Awards

* Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.