1962 in science fiction

The year 1962 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

• Suzanne Collins

• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Island by Aldous Huxley
• The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delaney
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
• Memoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison

• Gateway to Strangeness by Jack Vance
• My Son, the Physicist by Isaac Asimov

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

• Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko^[1]
• Barbarella, by Jean-Claude Forest, begins serialization in France
• First appearance of Dr. Solar, Man of the Atom, published by Gold Key Comics
• First Appearance of The Hulk in Incredible Hulk #1, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby^[2]
• First Appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #39 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Don Heck^[3]
• First appearance of the Space Family Robinson, published by Gold Key Comics

• The Brain that Wouldn't Die written and dir. by Joseph Green
• Invasion of the Star Creatures dir. by Bruno VeSota
• La Jetée written and dir. by Chris Marker - the source material for the film Twelve Monkeys
• King Kong vs. Godzilla dir. by Ishirō Honda

• Spacewar!

• Best Novel: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein^[4]
• Best Short Story: Hothouse by Brian Aldiss^[4]
• Best Dramatic Presentation: The Twilight Zone^[4]
• Best Professional Magazine: Analog Science Fiction and Fact^[4]
• Best Professional Artist: Ed Emshwiller^[4]
• Best Fanzine: Warhoon^[4]