1968 in science fiction

The year 1968 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births

 * Vox Day
 * Laurent Genefort
 * Sergey Lukyanenko
 * Chris Moriarty
 * Van Allen Plexico
 * Justina Robson
 * Tricia Sullivan
 * Howard Tayler
 * Travis S. Taylor
 * Jeff VanderMeer

Deaths

 * Anthony Boucher (b. 1911)
 * Groff Conklin (b. 1904)
 * Clare Winger Harris (b. 1891)
 * Eric North (b. 1884) (pseudonym of Bernard Cronin)
 * Arthur Sellings (b. 1911)
 * Harl Vincent (b. 1893)

Novels

 * 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
 * Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
 * Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
 * The Final Programme by Michael Moorcock
 * A Gift from Earth by Larry Niven
 * The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak
 * Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
 * The Heaven Makers by Frank Herbert
 * His Master's Voice by Stanisław Lem
 * Into the Slave Nebula by John Brunner
 * The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke
 * The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg
 * Nova by Samuel R. Delany
 * Past Master by R. A. Lafferty
 * Report on Probability A by Brian Aldiss
 * Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
 * The Santaroga Barrier by Frank Herbert
 * Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
 * Star Quest by Dean Koontz

Short stories

 * "Nightwings" (novella) by Robert Silverberg
 * "The Sharing of Flesh" (novette) by Poul Anderson, winner of the 1969 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
 * "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1970

Awards

 * Hugo
 * Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny won the 1968 Hugo Award (novel).


 * Nebula
 * Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin won the 1968 Nebula Award (novel).