Fantasy year 1980
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | Fantasy year 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | ► | ►►
Other events
Literary prizes
World Fantasy Award
| World Fantasy Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Elizabeth A. Lynn | Watchtower | The Zwingfeste | Best novel |
| Ramsey Campbell | Mackintosh Willy | Best short story | |
| Jessica Amanda Salmonson | Amazons! | Best anthology | |
| Don Maitz | Best artist | ||
| Donald M. Grant | Special - Pro | ||
| Paul C. Allen | Special - Non-Pro | ||
| Manly Wade Wellman | For life's work | ||
| Stephen King | Convention Award | ||
British Fantasy Awards
| British Fantasy Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Tanith Lee | Death's Master | Lord of Death | Best novel / August Derleth Award |
| Fritz Leiber | The Button Molder | Best short story | |
| Stephen Jones & David Sutton | Fantasy Tales # 5 | Best small publisher | |
| Ridley Scott | Alien | Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world | Best movie |
| Ted White | Heavy metal | Best comic | |
| Stephen Fabian | Best artist | ||
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conan the rebel | 1983 | Conan the Rebel | Poul Anderson | |
| Kite food | 1983 | Myth Conceptio | Robert Lynn Asprin | |
| The beasts of Antares | 1987 | Beasts of Antares | Kenneth Bulmer | (as Alan Burt Akers) |
| The Antares rebel | 1987 | Rebel of Antares | Kenneth Bulmer | (as Alan Burt Akers) |
| Conan and the spider god | 1983 | Conan and the Spider God | L. Sprague de Camp | |
| The wounded land | 1984 | The Wounded Land | Stephen R. Donaldson | |
| The magical labyrinth | 1981 | The Magic Labyrinth | Philip José Farmer | |
| Conan the mercenary | 1983 | Conan the Mercenary | Andrew J. Offutt | |
| News from Middle-earth | 1983 | Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth | JRR Tolkien | published posthumously |
| The time of the hundred kingdoms | 1982 | Two To Conquer | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| The Keeper's Price | 1986 | The Keeper's Price | Marion Zimmer Bradley | as ed. |
| Battle slave on Gor | 1984 | Fighting Slave of Gor | John Norman | |
| The dancers of Arun | 1983 | The Dancers of Arun | Elizabeth A. Lynn | |
| The exorcist's song | 1983 | Kill the Dead | Tanith Lee | |
| Sabella or the last vampire | 1982 | Sabella or the Bloodstone | Tanith Lee |
New releases films
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | Director | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Gordon | 1981 | Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | |
| The Return of the King | The Return of the King |
Arthur Rankin Jr. , Jules Bass |
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| Xanadu | 1980 | Xanadu | Robert Greenwald | |
| Hawk - guardian of the magic sword | 1988 | Hawk the Slayer | Terry Marcel | |
| A deadly dream | 1986 | Somewhere in Time | Jeannot Szwarc | |
| My wife is a witch | 1983 | Mia moglie è una strega | Franco Castellano , Giuseppe Moccia |
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin | 1980 | Merlin | 13 | 1 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zork | Zork I-III | Infocom | Interactive fiction | PDP-10 , Atari 8-Bit , Commodore 64 , CP / M , TRS-80 , MS-DOS , Apple II , Amiga , Schneider CPC , Atari ST , PC-98 , MSX , TI-99 / 4A | |
| Eamon | Eamon | Donald Brown | Interactive fiction, RPG | Apple II, Atari | |
| Rogue | Rogue | Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, Ken Arnold, Jon Lane | RPG | Apple II, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, Linux , Mac OS | |
| Akalabeth | Akalabeth: World of Doom | Richard Garriott | RPG | Apple II, MS-DOS |
Conventions
- The 6th World Fantasy Convention, Marriott Hunt Valley Inn, Baltimore , Maryland , Guest of Honor: Jack Vance , Chair: Chuck Miller, Tim Underwood
- FantasyCon VI, Birmingham , 3rd – 5th October
