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Chronology by the decade - 1950s

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1959

"Wolfbane" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
"Virgin Planet" by Poul Anderson
"Ossian's Ride" by Fred Hoyle
"The Falling Torch" by Algis J. Budrys
"The Green Millennium" by Fritz Leiber
"A Clash Of Cymbals" by James Blish
"Time Out Of Joint" by Philip K. Dick

1958

"Equator" by Brian W. Aldiss
"Deadly Image" by Edmund Cooper
"The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber
"The Languages Of Pao" by Jack Vance
"Starburst" by Alfred Bester
"43,000 Years After" by Horace Coon
"Pebble In The Sky" by Isaac Asimov
"A Case Of Conscience" by James Blish
"Selected Short Stories" by H. G. Wells
"The Enemy Stars" by Poul Anderson
"Methuselah's Children" by Robert A. Heinlein

1957

"Pilgrimage to Earth" by Robert Sheckley
"The Black Cloud" by Fred Hoyle
"Isotope" by Charles Eric Maine

1956

"Earthman Come Home" by James Blish
"The Man Who Japed" by Philip K. Dick
"The Seeds Of Time" by John Wyndham
"The World Jones Made" by Philip K. Dick
"World Of Chance" by Philip K. Dick

1955

"Analogue Men" by Damon Knight
"The End Of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov
"This Fortress World" by James E. Gunn
"Tiger! Tiger!" by Alfred Bester
"Preferred Risk" by Frederik Pohl and Lester Del Rey
"The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov
"The Stars Like Dust" by Isaac Asimov
"The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham

1954

"Brain Wave" by Poul Anderson
"I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson

1953

"The Demolished Man" by Alfred Bester
"Second Foundation" by Isaac Asimov
"Assignment In Eternity" by Robert A. Heinlein
"The Syndic" by C. M. Kornbluth

1952

"Foundation And Empire" by Isaac Asimov
"The Currents Of Space" by Isaac Asimov
"The Master Mind Of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

1951

"Foundation" by Isaac Asimov
"The Day Of The Triffids" by John Wyndham
"Between Planets" by Robert A. Heinlein
"The Puppet Masters" by Robert A. Heinlein
"The Disappearance" by Philip Wylie
"The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury

1950

"The Undercover Aliens" by A. E. Van Vogt
"The War Against The Rull" by A. E. Van Vogt