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Classics of the 50s
Isaac Asimov, 1950
This was the first book with which he realy became known to the diverse public. His three robotic laws helped him create good stories, as he later said, he didn't want to explain kybernetics.
Ray Bradbury, 1950
A collection of several short stories bound together to tell the story of the colonization of mars and the following human tragedies.
John Wyndham, 1951
Adventure and science combined to create a "recreational catastrophy", as was often said. Certain plants become very dangerous for humans. Most humans have become blind due to a cosmic catastrophy and cannot defend themselves agains the plants.
Ray Bradbury, 1953
451° F is the temperature at which paper becomes autoinflammable. The hero, once a fireman that shoud burn certain "dangerous" books begins to read and collect them.. a dangerous hobby!
Arthur C. Clarke, 1953
The evolution as a process, seldom a theme of us-scifi, is told in this book: it is not a process that can be seen, when aliens arive on earth, they come to help humans who make yet another evolutionary step.
Poul Anderson, 1954
Our galaxy has drifted through a cosmic-radiation-field for eons. But now it leaves this field and humans are able to think better, solve many problems and begin to conquer space itself.
Hal Clement, 1954
A story with an accurate interpretation of physical laws, here: the gravity of a planet. A certain gadget has crashed into the planet and has to be retrieved. The gravity is too great for humans so the help of the indiginous species is necessary.
Robert A. Heinlein, 1956
An actor is hired to play a sick diplomat. He does well, nobody sees that he is an impostor, but soon his role becomes a lot more complicated.
Alfred Bester, 1956
Gully Foyle, the hero, is doublecorssed and finds himself in a spaceship wreck somewhere in space. He saves himself by teleportating himself back to earth. He seeks revenge.
Robert A. Heinlein, 1959
Heinlein wrote this book for children, but he couldn't get it published as one. It was then published for grownups, which is adequate for a war- and fighting-intensive book. Humans fight against an insectoid race. A far right, republican like story.
