1959 in science fiction

The year 1959 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. == Births and deaths == === Births === Steve Alten Ayerdhal (d. 2015) Maurice Georges Dantec (d. 2016) Stephen Dedman Steven Erikson Andreas Eschbach Boban Knežević Maureen F. McHugh Lawrence M. Schoen Martha Soukup Neal Stephenson === Deaths === Edwin Balmer (b. 1883) Otfrid von Hanstein (b. 1869) == Literary releases == === First editions === Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank The Beast Master by Andre Norton A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. The Canopy of Time by Brian Aldiss Dodkin's Job by Jack Vance Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson The Duplicated Man by James Blish and Robert Lowndes. Echo in the Skull by John Brunner The Enemy Stars by Poul Anderson Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald Next of Kin by Eric Frank Russell Ossian's Ride by Fred Hoyle The Outward Urge by John Wyndham The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick Voodoo Planet by Andre Norton The War Against the Rull by A. E. van Vogt Wolfbane by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth The World Swappers by John Brunner === Short stories === "Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes, originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction === Juveniles === Galactic Derelict by Andre Norton The Star Conquerors by Ben Bova Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein == Movies == == Awards == A Case of Conscience by James Blish won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. == See also == 1959 in science == Notes == == References ==