Fantasy year 2008

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Other events

Events

Literary prizes

World Fantasy Award

World Fantasy Award
author Original title German edition category
Guy Gavriel Kay Ysabel Best novel
Elizabeth hand Illyria Best short novel
Theodora Goss Singing of Mount Abora Best short story
Ellen Datlow Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Best anthology
Robert Shearman Tiny deaths Best collection
Edward Miller Best artist
Peter Crowther Special - Pro
Midori Snyder & Terri Windling Endicott Studios website Special - Non-Pro
Leo Dillon For life's work
Diane Dillon For life's work
Patricia McKillip For life's work

British Fantasy Awards

British Fantasy Award
author Original title German edition category
Ramsey Campbell The Grin of the Dark Best novel / August Derleth Award
Conrad Williams The Scalding Rooms Best short novel
Joel Lane My Stone Desire Best short story
Stephen Jones The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Vol. 18 Best anthology
Christopher Fowler Old Devil Moon Best collection
Peter Tennant Whispers of wickedness Best non-fiction book
Peter Crowther PS Publishing Best small publisher
Vincent Chong Best artist
Ray Harryhausen Karl Edward Wagner Award (special prize)
Scott Lynch Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer

IAFA Award

IAFA Award
author Original title German edition category
Christopher Barzak One for Sorrow William L. Crawford Fantasy Award

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
King blades 2008 Last Argument of Kings Joe Abercrombie review
Autumn of wars 2009 To Autumn War Daniel Abraham review
The hard call Daniel Abraham belongs to the wild cards universe
Unclean spirits Daniel Abraham under the pseudonym MLN Hanover
The dark tide 2009 Magic Burns Ilona Andrews review
Merlin's dragon 2009 Merlin's Dragon TA Barron
The war of the elves Alfred Bekker
Dragon Curse Alfred Bekker
night 2008 Tangled webs Anne Bishop
The return of the giants 2008 A giant problem Holly Black (with Tony DiTerlizzi )
The broken vow 2009 Kin Holly Black
The Kitsune Kingdom Nina Blazon
The moon oracle Katja Brandis
The song of darkness 2009 The Painted Man Peter V. Brett review
The refugees from Shannara 2009 The Gypsy Morph Terry Brooks review
Devil's Night 2008 Penny Devil Alan Campbell review
The time paradox 2009 The Time Paradox Eoin Colfer review
The tree song 2009 The Singing Alison Croggon
The city of blue fire 2012 Great the hounds Steven Erikson
Death of a god 2013 Great the hounds Steven Erikson
The palace of lost dreams 2009 The Palace Of Impossible Dreams Jennifer Fallon review
The crystal of chaos 2010 The Chaos Crystal Jennifer Fallon review
Dragon Watch 2009 Victory of Eagles Naomi Novik
Rabenmond - The magical bond Jenny-Mai Nuyen
Eragon - The wisdom of fire 2008 Brisingr Christopher Paolini
The law of the orcs Michael Peinkofer
The sylph flame Michael Peinkofer
Percy Jackson - The Battle of the Labyrinth 2011 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth Rick Riordan
Quest 2008 Quest Angie Sage
Alcatraz and the parchment of death 2008 Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones Brandon Sanderson
The master of the dolls Richard Schwartz
The last stone mage James Sullivan
The throne of Melengar 2014 The Crown Conspiracy Michael J. Sullivan
Under the spell of the guardian 2008 Il destino di Adhara Licia Troisi
Thuban's legacy 2010 L'eredità di Thuban Licia Troisi
The seeker 2010 Amber and Blood Margaret Weis
The magician with the hourglass eyes 2010 Dragons of the Hourglass Mage Margaret Weis (with Tracy Hickman )
Demon blood Uschi Zietsch
Night fire Uschi Zietsch
Pearl moon Uschi Zietsch
The lion of Venice Uschi Zietsch (as Susan Schwartz)
The island of demons Torsten Fink
Call of the warriors 2011 La volonté du demon Pierre Grimbert
The wrath of the trolls Christoph Hardebusch
Mighty Saturday 2009 Superior Saturday Garth Nix
Elven hunter 2009 City of Jade Dennis L. McKiernan
The blood king 2009 The Blood King Gail Z. Martin
Storm worlds Christoph Hardebusch review
Dawn Tanja Heitmann
The war of the goblins 2008 Goblin War Jim C. Hines review
Three angels for Armand 2009 The Stepsister Scheme Jim C. Hines
Elven Knights - The Albenmark Bernhard Hennen
Elven Knights - The Fiordland Bernhard Hennen
The fate of the dwarves Markus Heitz review
The Liberators of Canea 2011 Princeps' Fury Jim Butcher
The amulet Stephan R. Bellem
The call of the dragon Tanja Heitmann (as Thea Lichtenstein)
Little favors 2012 Small Favor Jim Butcher

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Andrew Adamson
The secret of the moon princess 2010 The Secret of Moonacre Gábor Csupó
Ink heart 2008 Inkheart Iain Softley
Fallen Angels 3 2008 Trap 3: The Destiny Mikael Salomon
Bedtime Stories 2008 Bedtime Stories Adam Shankman
The Color of Magic - The Magician's Journey 2008 The Color of Magic Vadim Jean Two-part TV series based on the two Discworld novels The Colors of Magic and The Light of Fantasy by Terry Pratchett
2010 Delgo Marc F. Adler and Jason Maurer
The Dragon Hunters - The Movie 2008 Chasseurs de dragons Guillaume Ivernel and Arthur Qwak
Dragonlance 2009 Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Will Meugniot on Drachenlanze based
Franklyn - Truth wears many masks 2009 Franklyn Gerald McMorrow
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising The Gamers: Dorkness Rising Matthew R. Vancil
The secrets of the Spiderwicks 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Mark Waters
Hellboy - The Golden Army 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro
Krabat - - Marco Kreuzpaintner
Marcus - The Gladiator of Rome Cyclops Declan O'Brien
Merlin and the War of the Dragons Merlin and the War of the Dragons Mark Atkins
Monster Village - The Village of the Cursed 2008 Ogre Steven R. Monroe
The mummy: the tomb of the dragon emperor 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Rob Cohen
Just over her corpse 2008 Over Her Dead Body Jeff Lowell
Pendragon - his father's sword Pendragon: Sword of His Father Chad Burns
City of Ember - Escape from the Dark 2010 City of Ember Gil Kenan
Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles 2009 Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles Pitof
Beyond the tracks 2011 Other side of the tracks AD Calvo
The moon bear - the big cinema adventure - - Thomas Bodenstein , Mike Maurus , Hubert Weiland
The Morphus Secret - - Karola Hattop
Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior 2008 The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior Russell Mulcahy
The strange case of Benjamin Button 2009 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher
The legacy of the Aztecs The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon Farhad man
The wonder of Loch Ness - - Michael Rowitz
Warrior of the light 2011 Fading of the Cries Steven Maguire

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
True Blood 2008-2014 True Blood 80 7th
Being human 2008-2013 Being human 37 5
Elephant Princess 2008-2011 The Elephant Princess 52 2
2008-2010 The Legend of Neil 20th 3
Legend of the Seeker - The Sword of Truth 2008-2010 Legend of the Seeker 44 2
If Jane Austen only knew 2008 Lost in Austen 4th 1
Merlin - The New Adventure 2008–2012 Merlin 65 5
2008-2011 Spellfury 18th 2
Pop Pixie 2008-2010 PopPiXie 52 1

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
King's Bounty: The Legend Russian Легенда о рыцаре Katauri Interactive Strategy RPG Windows , Mac OS
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Traveller's Tales Action adventure PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , Wii , Windows, Xbox 360 , Nintendo DS
Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Funcom MMORPG Windows
Hellboy: The Science of Evil Hellboy: The Science of Evil Krome Studios Action game PlayStation 3, PSP , Xbox 360
The mummy: the tomb of the dragon emperor The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Eurocom Action adventure PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Wii
The black eye: Drakensang - Radon Labs RPG Windows
Tales of Vesperia jap. テ イ ル ズ オ ブ ヴ ェ ス ペ リ ア , Teiruzu obu Vesuperia Namco Tales Studio RPG Xbox 360, Xbox One , PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch , Windows
Infinite Undiscovery Japanese. イ ン フ ィ ニ ッ ト ア ン デ ィ ス カ バ リ ー , Infinitto Andisukabarī tri-ace Action RPG Xbox 360
Wizard101 Wizard101 KingsIsle Entertainment MMORPG Windows, Mac OS
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Mythic entertainment MMORPG Windows, Mac OS
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - Studio II software , Ascaron Action RPG Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Avatar: The Legend of Aang - Into the Inferno Avatar: The Last Airbender - Into the Inferno THQ Studio Australia Action adventure Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2
Fable II Fable II Lionhead Studios Action RPG Xbox 360
The Last Remnant jap. ラ ス ト レ ム ナ ン ト , Rasuto Remunanto Square Enix RPG Xbox 360, Windows
Aion: The Tower of Eternity Aion: The Tower of Eternity Hangeul : 아이온: 영원 의 탑 NCsoft MMORPG Windows
Prince of Persia Prince of Persia Ubisoft Action-Adventure, Jump 'n' Run Windows, Mac OS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Dissidia Final Fantasy Japanese. デ ィ シ デ ィ ア フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー , Dishidia Fainaru Fantajī Square Enix Fighting Game PSP
White Knight Chronicles Japanese. 白 騎士 物語 - 古 の 鼓動 - , Shirokishi Monogatari: Inishie no Kodō Level-5 , Sony Interactive Entertainment RPG PlayStation 3
Saga Saga Silverlode Interactive MMORTS , digital trading card game Windows
The secrets of the Spiderwicks The Spiderwick Chronicles Stormfront Studios Action adventure Nintendo DS, Windows, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Phantasy Star: ZERO Japanese フ ァ ン タ ジ ー ス タ ー ZERO , Fantashī Sutā Jiarō Sega Hack and Slay , RPG Nintendo DS
Coded soul Japanese Coded Soul - 受 け 継 が れ し イ デ ア - , Uketsugareshi Idea Gaia , Sony Interactive Entertainment Action RPG PSP
Crystal Defenders Japanese. ク リ ス タ ル ・ デ ィ フ ェ ン ダ ー ズ , Kurisutaru Difendāzu Square Enix Tower defense iOS , Android , Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP
Tales of Hearts Japanese. テ イ ル ズ オ ブ ハ ー ツ , Teiruzu Obu Hātsu Namco Tales Studio RPG Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita , iOS
Arcana Heart 2 Japanese. ア ル カ ナ ハ ー ト , Arukana Hāto Tsū Examu Fighting Game Arcade , PlayStation 2
Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy jap. マ ナ ケ ミ ア 2 〜 お ち た 学園 と 錬 金 術士 た ち 〜 , Mana Khemia 2 ~ Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi ~ Gust RPG PlayStation 2
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice Japanese 魔界 戦 記 デ ィ ス ガ イ ア 3 , Makai Senki Disugaia Surī Nippon Ichi software Strategy RPG PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Japanese. フ ァ イ ア ー エ ム ブ レ ム 新 ・ 暗 黒 竜 と 光 の 剣 Intelligent Systems Strategy RPG Nintendo DS
Phantasy Star Portable jap. フ ァ ン タ シ ー ス タ ー ポ ー タ ブ ル , Fantashī Sutā Pōtaburu Sonic team Action RPG PSP
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King Prince of Persia: The Fallen King Ubisoft Casablanca Action adventure Nintendo DS
Ragnarok DS jap. ラ グ ナ ロ ク オ ン ラ イ ン DS , Ragunaroku Onrain Dī Esu GungHo Online Entertainment RPG Nintendo DS
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World jap. テ イ ル ズ オ ブ シ ン フ ォ ニ ア - ラ タ ト ス ク の 騎士 - , Teiruzu Obu Shinfonia -Ratatosuku no Kishi- Namco Tales Studio RPG Wii, PlayStation 3
Tales of Hearts Japanese. テ イ ル ズ オ ブ ハ ー ツ , Teiruzu Obu Hātsu Namco Tales Studio RPG Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, iOS
A second face A second face Jospin Le Woltaire Adventure Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android
Blue Dragon Plus Japanese. ブ ル ー ド ラ ゴ ン プ ラ ス , Burū Doragon Purasu Mistwalker Strategy RPG Nintendo DS
The Chronicles of Spellborn The Chronicles of Spellborn Spellborn International Ltd. MMORPG Windows

Conventions

Died

See also

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