Fantasy year 1975
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | Fantasy year 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | ► | ►►
Other events
Events
- The World Fantasy Award is being presented for the first time.
Literary prizes
World Fantasy Award
| World Fantasy Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Patricia A. McKillip | The Forgotten Beasts of Eld | The forgotten animals of Eld | Best novel |
| Robert Aickman | Pages From a Young Girl's Journal | Best short story | |
| Manly Wade Wellman | Worse Things Waiting | Best anthology | |
| Lee Brown Coye | Best artist | ||
| Ian Ballantine | Special - Pro | ||
| Betty Ballantine | Special - Pro | ||
| Stuart david ship | Special - Non-Pro | ||
| Robert Bloch | For life's work | ||
British Fantasy Awards
| British Fantasy Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Michael Moorcock | The Sword and the Stallion | The yellow war horse | Best novel / August Derleth Award |
| Karl Edward Wagner | Sticks | Best short story | |
| William Friedkin | The exorcist | The exorcist | Best movie |
| Roy Thomas & John Buscema | Savage Sword of Conan | Best comic | |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The aviators from Antares | 1977 | Fliers of Antares | Kenneth Bulmer | (as Alan Burt Akers) |
| The brothers in arms of Antares | 1977 | Bladesman of Antares | Kenneth Bulmer | (as Alan Burt Akers) |
| The avenger of Antares | 1978 | Avenger of Antares | Kenneth Bulmer | (as Alan Burt Akers) |
| The flying cities of Antares | 1978 | Armada of Antares | Kenneth Bulmer | (as Alan Burt Akers) |
| Zamara, the ruler of Callisto | 1979 | Mad Empress of Callisto | Lin Carter | |
| The wizards of Callisto | 1975 | Mind Wizards of Callisto | Lin Carter | |
| Lankar from Callisto | 1979 | Lankar of Callisto | Lin Carter | |
| Under the sign of the unicorn | 1977 | Sign of the Unicorn | Roger Zelazny | |
| Hastur's legacy | 1980 | The Heritage of Hastur | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| The Gor marauders | 1976 | Marauders of Gor | John Norman | |
| The Eternal Hero | 1979 | The Quest for Tanelorn | Michael Moorcock | |
| In the heart of the volcano | 1979 | The Birthgrave | Tanith Lee | |
| The fall of the titans | 1980 | Neq the Sword | Piers Anthony |
Film awards
New releases films
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | Director | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowers for the man in the moon | - | - | Rolf Losansky | |
| Doc Savage - The man made of bronze | 1975 | Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze | Michael Anderson | |
| The escape to the witch mountain | 1976 | Escape to Witch Mountain | John Hough | |
| Time breaker | Get mean | Ferdinando Baldi |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | Dungeon | Don Daglow | RPG | PDP-10 | |
| pedit5 | pedit5 | Rusty Rutherford | RPG | PLATO | |
| Moria | Moria | RPG | PLATO |
Conventions
- The 1st World Fantasy Convention SM , at the Holiday Inn, Providence , Rhode Island , guest of honor: Robert Bloch, chairman: Kirby McCauley
Born
- Michael Borlik
- Tanja Heitmann
- Markolf Hoffmann
- Chloe Neill
- Thomas Plischke
- Aileen P. Roberts († 2015)
- Brandon Sanderson
- Markus Tillmanns
- Alexander Wichert
