Library & Information Science,
Course 262: Resources for Young Adults.
Dr. David Loertscher
Summer, 1998
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Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.
Jane London publishes The Mummy!
Jules Verne publishes Journey to the Center of the Earth. This novel is considered the founding of science fiction.
Richard Jefferies publishes After London .
Robert Louis Stevenson writes Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Edward Bellamy publishes Looking Backward, 2000-1887.
Robert Louis Stevenson publishes Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Mark Twain publishes A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
H.G. Wells publishes The Time Machine.
Kurd Lasswitz publishes Two Planets
H.G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
Thomas Alva Edison makes the first film version of Frankenstein.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Lost World
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Poison Belt.
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is released as a film.
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes At the Earth's Core.
Karel Capek publishes R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots.
Yevgeny Zamiatin publishes We
Hugo Gernsback publishes Ralph 124C41+: A Romance of the Year 2660.
Amazing Stories, the magazine begins publication. It is edited by Hugo Gernsback among others.
Frankenstein, directed by James Whale is released as a film.
Aldous Huxley publishes Brave New World. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by Rueben Mamoulian (Paramount Pictures) is released.
James Hilton publishes Lost Horizon. H.G. Wells publishes The Shape of Things to Come.
Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer publish When Worlds Collide.
Films:
A film version of H.G. Wells The Invisible Man appears, James Whale, Director.
King Kong, directed by Merian C. Cooper is released by RKO pictures.
The Birde of Frankenstein , directed by James Whale is released by Universal Pictures.
Stanley Weinbaum publishes Dawn of Flame. Flash Gordon , directed by Frederick Stephani is released by Universal Pictures.
The first Flash Gordon is published in book form: Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo .
Murray Constantine (Katharine Burdekin) publishes Swastika Night .
Olaf Stapledon publishes Star Maker. Lost Horizon , directed by Frank Capra is released by Columbia Pictures.
C.S. Lewis publishes Out of the Silent Planet . Buck Rogers , directed by Ford Beebe is released by Universal Pictures.
Isaac Asimov begins publishing the Robot stories which start a famous series. Dr. Cyclops , Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack is released by Paramount Pictures.
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Methuselah's Children and Sixth Column .
The Ghost of Frankenstein , directed by Erle C. Kenton is released by Universal Pictures.
Films: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, directed by Roy William Neill is released by Universal Pictures. Batman , directed by Lambert Hillyer is released by Columbia Pictures.
Films:
It Happened Tomorrow , directed by Ren‚ Clair is released by Arnold Pressburger as a film.
The Lady and the Monster , directed by George Sherman is released by Republic Pictures.
House of Frankenstein , directed by Erle C. Kenton is released by Universal Pictures.
George Orwell publishes Animal Farm
A.E. van Vogt publishes Slan. E.E. Smith publishes The Skylark of Space.
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Rocket Ship Galileo.
Frederick Grove publishes Consider Her Ways
Ray Bradbury publishes Dark Carnival
Arthur C. Clarke publishes Against the Fall of Night.
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Beyond This Horizon.
A.E. van Vogt publishes The World of A
Films: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, directed by Charles T. Barton is released by Universal Pictures.
Superman , directed by Spencer Bennett is released by Columbia Pictures.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction begins publication.
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Red Planet and Sixth Column (retitled) The Day After Tomorrow.
George Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four.
George R. Stewart publishes Earth Abides . Robert A. Heinlein publishes Sixth Column.
Television:
Captain Video 1949-53 and 1955-56
Fifteen science fiction magazines begin publication including Galaxy, Worlds Beyond, and Science Fiction. It ceases publication in 1980.
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Farmer in the Sky . Isaac Asimov publishes I, Robot .
Ray Bradbury publishes The Martian Chronicles.
Isaac Asimov publishes Foundation.
Ray Bradury publishes The Illustrated Man.
Arthur C. Clarke publishes Prelude to Space.
L. Sprague De Camp publishes Rogue Queen.
Philip Wylie publishes The Disappearance.
John Wyndham publishes The Day of the Triffids
The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by Robert Wise is released by 20th Century-Fox Films.
Television:
Tales of Tomorrow 1951-56
Hugo Gernsback publishes Evolution of Modern Science Fiction .
Isaac Asimov publishes Foundation and Empire.
Clifford D. Simak publishes City .
Kury Vonnegut Jr. publishes Player Piano.
Arthur C. Clarke publishes Islands in the Sky.
The first Hugo Award named after Hugo Gersback is given. It is still awarded annually.
Isaac Asimov publishes Second Foundation .
Ray Bradbury publishes Fahrenheit 451 .
Arthur C. Clarke publishes Childhood's End.
Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth publish The Space Merchants
Theodore Sturgeon publishes More Than Human.
Cl.M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl publish The Space Merchants .
Alfred Bester publishes The Demolished Man
Clifford D. Simak publishes Ring Around the Sun.
The War of the Worlds, directed by Byron Haskin is released by Paramount Pictures.
Donovan's Brain , directed by Felix Feist is released by Dowling Productions/United Pictures.
Poul Anderson publishes Brain Wave.
Isaac Asimov publishes The Caves of Steel.
William Golding publishes Lord of the Flies.
Gore Vidal publishes Messiah .
Poul Anderson publishes Brain Wave
Hal Clement publishes Mission of Gravity
20,000 Leagues under the Sea , directed by Richard Fleischer is released by Walt Disney Films.
This Island Earth appears as a motion picture directed by Joseph Newman and released by Universal.
Philip K. Dick publishes Solar Lottery.
William Golding publishes The Inheritors. Kamon Knight publishes Hell's Pavement.
Andre Norton publishes Sargasso of Space.
Robert Silverberg publishes Revolt on Alpha C.
Forbidden Planet, directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox is released by MGM Pictures.
Television:
Science Fiction Theater 1955-57
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Double Star.
Alfred Bester publishes Tiger! Tiger!
Lester Del Rey publishes Nerves
Films:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directed by Don Siegel is released by Allied Artists Films.
Philip Jos‚ Farmer publishes The Green Odyssey
Films:
The Incredible Shrinking Man; The Amazing Colossal Man
Brian Aldiss publishes Non-Stop
Poul Anderson publishes The Enemy Stars
James Blish publishes A Case of Conscience
Films:
I Married a Monster from Outer Space; The Fly; The Space Children
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Starship Troopers.
C.M. Kornbluth publishes The Marching Morons.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. publishes The Sirens of Titan.
Ivan Yefremov publishes Andromeda
Films:
Journey to the Center of the Earth; On the Beach; The World, The Flesh, and the Devil
Television:
The Twilight Zone 1959-64
Walter M. Miller Jr. publishes A Cantlcle for Liebowitz.
The magazine Analog begins publication.
Films:
The Time Machine; The Lost World
Robert A. Heinlein publishes Stranger in a Strange Land.
Stanislaw Lem publishes Solaris
Films:
Master of the World; The Day the Earth Caught Fire; Mysterious Island; The Damned; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Marion Zimmer Bradley begins publication of the Darkover series with her Seven From the Stars, The Planet Savers, The Sword of Aldones.
Anthony Burgess publishes A Clockwork Orange.
Philip K. Dick publishes The Man in the High Castle Films: Dr. No; The Day Mars Invaded Earth; The Manchurian Candidate
Films:
The Birds; Children of the Damned; X-The Man with the X-Ray Eyes; Lord of the Flies
Television: The Outer Limits 1963-66
J.G. Ballard publishes The Burning World
Philip K. Dick publishes Martian Time-Slip
Films:
The Time Travelers; From the Earth to the Moon; Seven Days in May; Dr. Strangelove; Fail Safe
Television:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1964-68; The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964-68
Frank Herbert publishes Dune
Philip K. Dick publishes The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich
Television:
The Wild, Wild West 1965-69
Robert A. Heinlein publishes The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
Daniel Keyes publishes Flowers for Algernon.
Roger Zelazny publishes This Immortal
Samuel R. Delany publishes The Einstein Intersection
Films:
Batman; Cyborg 2087; Invasion; Fantastic Voyage; Around the World Under the Sea; Fahrenheit 451; Seconds
Television:
The Time Tunnel 1966-67; Star Trek 1966-69
Roger Zelazny publishes Lord of Light Films: You Only Live Twice; The President's Analyst; The Power Television: The Invaders 1967-68
Arthur C. Clarke publishes 2001: A Space Odyssey.
John Brunner publishes Stand on Zanzibar.
Thomas M. Disch publishes Camp Concentration
Alexei Panshin publishes Rite of Passage
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. publishes Slaughterhouse-Five.
Films:
2001: A Space Odyssey; Planet of the Apes; Charlie; Night of the Blood Beast; The Illustrated Man; Countdown; Night of the Living Dead; Wild in the Streets
Television:
Land of the Giants 1968-70
Frank Herbert publishes Dune Messiah.
Ursula K. LeGuin publishes The Left Hand of Darkness
Films:
The Monitors; Beneath the Planet of the Apes; Marooned; Colossus, the Forbin Project
Larry Niven publishes Ringworld.
Films:
City Beneath the Sea; Hauser's Memory; Brewster McCloud; The Love War; No Blade of Grass
Television:
Rod Serling's Night Gallery 1970-72
Robert Silverberg publishes A Time of Changes
Philip K. Dick publishes A Maze of Death
Philip Jos‚ Farmer publishes To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Films:
A Clockwork Orange; The Andromeda Strain; Escape from the Planet of the Apes; Glen and Randa; THX 1138; The Omega Man
Isaac Asimov publishes The Gods Themselves
Thomas M. Disch publishes 334
Robert Silverberg publishes Dying Inside
Films:
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes; Frogs; Slaugherhouse-Five; Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask; Pursuit
Arthur C. Clark publishes Rendevous with Rama.
Ian Watson publishes The Embedding
Ursula K. LeGuin publishes The Dispossessed
Films:
Cold Night's Death; Invasion of the Bee Girls; Sleeper; Genesis II; The Crazies; Saylent Green; Battle for the Planet of the Apes; Schlock; Lost Horizon; Mutations; Phase IV; Westworld
Television:
The Six Million Dollar Man 1973-78
Larry Niven and Jerry Purnelle publish The Mote in God's Eye
Joe Haldeman publishes The Forever War
Films:
Planet Earth; The Questor Tapes; Damnation Alley; Chosen Survivors; It's Alive; Killdozer; Terminal Man; The Stranger Within; The Stepford Wives; Dark Star.
Television:
Wonder Woman 1974-79; Planet of the Apes 1974
Joanna Russ publishes The Female Man
Films:
A Boy and His Dog; Rollerball; Death Race 2000; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Escape to Witch Mountain; The Night That Panicked America; Strange New World; The Land That Time Forgot; The UFO Incident; The Ultimate Warrior
Frederik Pohl publishes Man Plus.
Frank Herbert publishes Children of Dune
Films:
God Told Me To; The Food of the Gods; Embryo; The Man Who Fell to Earth; Carrie; At the Earth's Core; Futureworld; King Kong; Logan's Run; Blue Sunshine; Squirm
Michael Moorcock publishes The Condition of Muzak
Frederik Pohl publishes Gateway
Films:
Star Wars; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Holocaust 2000; Welcome to Blood City; Demon Seed; The People that Time Forgot; The Island of Dr. Moreau; The Incredible Melting Man; Kingdom of the Spiders; Eraserhead
The magazine Omni begins publication.
Films:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Laserblast; Jubilee; The Boys from Brazil; Superman; Return from Witch Mountain; Capricorn One; Coma; The Fury
Television:
Mork and Mindy 1978-82; Battlestar Galactica 1978; Project UFO 1978-79
John Crowley publishes Engine Summer
Arthur C. Clarke publishes The Fountains of Paradise.
Films:
Phantasm; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Prophecy; Deathsport; Alien; Mad Max; The Back Hole; Stalker; Star Trek The Motion Picture; Quintet; The Board; Moonraker; Time After Time
Gregory Benford publishes Time Scape
Russell Hoban publishes Riddley Walker
Joan D. Vinge publishes The Snow Queen
Gene Wolfe publishes The Shadow of the Torturer
Films:
Superman 2; Saturn 3; Battle Beyond the Stars; Flash Gordon; Altered Sates; The Empire Strikes Back; Hangar 18; The Final Countdown
Television:
The Martian Chronicles 1980
C.J. Cherryh publishes Downbelow Station
Gene Wolfe publishes The Claw of the Conciliator
Alasdair Gray publishes Lanark
Films:
Outland; Escape from New York; Time Bandits; Quest for Fire; Mad Max 2; Malevil; Sengoku jietai; Dead Kids
Isaac Asimov publishes Foundation's Edge
Brian Aldiss begins publication of The Helliconia Trilogy
Gene Wolf publishes The Sword of the Lictor
The magazine Interzone begins publication.
Films:
Blade Runner; There Will Come Soft Rains; 1990 I Guerrieri de Bronx; Forbidden World; The Sender; E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial; Star Trek The Wrath of Khan; Videodrome; Tron; The Thing; Liquid Sky; Kamikaze 1989; Android
Marion Zimmer Bradley publishes The Mists of Avalon
Gene Wolfe publishes The Book of the New Sun.
Television:
V 1983-85
William Gibson publishes Neuromancer.
Frank Herbert publishes Heretics of Dune
Films:
The Dead Zone; De Lift; Le Dernier Combat; The Day After; War Games; Strange Invaders; Brainstorm; Superman 3; Testament; Born in Flames; Return of the Jedi; Le Prix du Danger; The Man with Two Brains; Dune; Threads; City Limits; The Brother From Another Planet; 1984; 2010; The Philadelphia Experiment; Supergirl; Trancers; Iceman; The Ice Pirates; Runaway; Starman; Star Trek III The Search for Spock; The Terminator; DefCon 4; Repo Man
Greg Bear publishes Blood Music.
Orson Scott Card publishes Ender's Game.
Films:
Cocoon; Brazil; Max Headroom; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; Real Genius; Life Force; Zone Trooper; Explorers; Back to the Future; Enemy Mine; The Quiet Earth
Television:
The Twilight Zone 1985-87; Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories 1985-87
Films:
Kamikaze; Hellfire; Terrorvision; The Fly; Offret; When the Wind Blows; Aliens; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Eliminators
C.J. Cherryh publishes Cyteen.
David Brin publishes The Uplift War.
Films:
Akira; Predator; The Running Man; Vel'd; Amazon Women on the Moon; Innerspace; The Hidden; Making Mr. Right; Robocop; Superman the Quest for Peace
Television:
Star Trek The Next Generation 1987-94
Bruce Sterling publishes Islands in the Net.
Films:
Earth Girls Are Easy; My Stepmother in an Alien; They Live; Monkey Shines; Alien Nation; Cocoon The Return; Incident at Raven's Gate; Young Einstein; The Navigator A Medieval Odyssey
Television:
Something Is Out There 1988-89
Dan Simmons publishes Hyperion.
Films:
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure; Batman; Dr. M; Millennium; Trudno by' bogom; Star Trek V The Final Frontier; The Abyss; Slipstream; Back to the Future II; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Television:
Alien Nation 1989-90; Quantum Leap 1989-94
Books:
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Tak Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
Films:
Robocop 2; Flatliners; Prayer of the Rollerboys; The Handmaid's Tale; Total Recall; Copmmunion; Back to the Future III; Frankenstein Unbound; Edward Scissorhands; Highlander II The Quickening; Predator 2
Television:
Prisoners of Gravity 1990-94
Books:
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
White Queen by Gwyneth Jones
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Films:
Terminator 2 Judgment Day; Naken Lunch; The Rocketeer; Split Second; Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country; Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Television:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine 1993-; Babylon 5 1993-; Lois and Clark The New Adventures of Superman 1993-; The X-Files 1993-; SeaQuest DSV 1993-
Books:
Steel Beach by John Varley
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Doomsday Book by Connie Willia
Films:
Freejack; Memoirs of an Invisible Man; Universal Soldier; The Lawnmower Man; Batman Returns; Alien 3
Books:
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Coelestis by Paul Park
The Broken God by David Zindell
Films:
Jurassic Park; Demolition Man; Robocop 3
Books:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
Somewhere East of Life by Brian Aldiss
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
The Ultimate Egoist by Theodore Sturgeon
Films:
Appleseed; Star Trek Generations; Attack of the 50-Foot Woman; Timecop; Stargate; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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