1951 in science fiction

The year 1951 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

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Births

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Deaths

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Literary releases

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Serialized novels

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First editions

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Novellas

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Short stories

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Short story collections

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Juveniles

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Movies

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Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Charles Lamont Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild United States Comedy Family Sport
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell Judd Holdren, Gene Roth United States Adventure Serial film
The Day the Earth Stood Still Robert Wise Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe United States Drama [nb 1]
Five Arch Oboler William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson United States Drama Horror
Flight to Mars Lesley Selander Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz United States Drama
I'll Never Forget You Roy Ward Baker Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth United States
Lost Continent Sam Newfield Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke, Chick Chandler United States Adventure Fantasy
Lost Planet Airmen Fred C. Brannon Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, I. Stanford Jolley United States Action Crime [nb 2]
The Man from Planet X Edgar G. Ulmer Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Raymond Bond United States Horror Romance Thriller
The Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger United Kingdom Comedy Drama
Mysterious Island Spencer Gordon Bennet Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges United States Action Family Serial film
Superman and the Mole Men Lee Sholem George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey United States Action Adventure Drama Family Fantasy Romance
The Thing from Another World Christian Nyby Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite United States Horror
Two Lost Worlds Norman Dawn, Norman Kennedy James Arness, Laura Elliott United States Adventure Romance
Unknown World Terrell O. Morse Bruce Kellogg, Marilyn Nash, Jim Bannon, Otto Waldis United States Adventure
When Worlds Collide Rudolph Maté Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt United States Action Thriller

Awards

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The main science-fiction awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Winner of a Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding in 1951.
  2. ^ Assembled from the serial King of the Rocket Men.