Re: What were you reading in 1968?

On 2024-07-27, Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

Was there anything notable, zeitgeist-wise, in SF in the years
around 1968?
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?
content=struggle%2C%28Frankenstein+*+20%29&year_start=1934&year_end=2019&corpus=en-
US-2019&smoothing=0
>
(shortened: https://tinyurl.com/az93kexc )
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1968_science_fiction_novels

I actually have already answered this question! James had a similiar
"what were you reading when you were 12?" and I turned 12 in 1968.
My answer was very little new but the next few years would be more.

Of these particular 41 (or 42 if you count the Galouye twice as Wikipedia did)
I eventually read just a bit over half, 22 (or 23).  A surprising number (8?)
of the 41 were originally non-English; that seems like a high percentage for
that time.

Favorites include _Chocky_, _Dragonflight_, _Pavane_, and _Stand on Zanzibar_.
_The Last Starship from Earth_ was a marginal Favorite at one time and I
think _Nova_ made it up to a Favorite for a brief appearance on the Bookcase.
A good year for me.

Chris