Fantasy year 2017
Events
- 31st Fantasy Filmfest September 6th - October 1st 2017 for one week each in the cities of Berlin , Nuremberg , Frankfurt , Hamburg , Cologne , Stuttgart and Munich
Literary prizes
World Fantasy Award
| World Fantasy Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Claire North | The Sudden Appearance of Hope | Best novel | |
| Kij Johnson | The Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe | Best short novel | |
| GV Anderson | The stone creature | Best short story | |
| Jack then | Dreaming in the Dark | Best anthology | |
| Jeffrey Ford | A Natural History of Hell | Best collection | |
| Jeffrey Alan Love | Best artist | ||
| Farah Mendlesohn & Michael Levy | Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction | Special - Pro | |
| Neile Graham | Clarion West | Special - Non-Pro | |
| Marina Warner | For life's work | ||
| Terry Brooks | For life's work | ||
British Fantasy Awards
| British Fantasy Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Tiger and the Wolf | Best Novel Fantasy / Robert Holdstock Award | |
| Paul Tremblay | Disappearance at Devil's Rock | Best Novel Horror / August Derleth Award | |
| Victor LaValle | The Ballad of Black Tom | Best short novel | |
| Georgina Bruce | White rabbit | Best short story | |
| Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong Muslim | People of Color Destroy Science Fiction | Best anthology | |
| Adam Nevill | Some Will Not Sleep | Best collection | |
| Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda | Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening | Best comic / graphic novel | |
| The Geek Feminist Revolution | Best non-fiction book | ||
| Kameron Huxley | Tor.com | Best magazine | |
| Grimbold Books | PS Publishing Best Small Press Award (Best Small Publisher) | ||
| Denis Villeneuve , Eric Heisserer & Ted Chiang | Arrival | Arrival | Best film or television episode |
| Daniele Serra | Best artist | ||
| Jan Edwards | Karl Edward Wagner Award (special prize) | ||
| Erica L Satifka | Stay crazy | Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer | |
IAFA Award
| IAFA Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Charlie Jane Anders | All the birds in the sky | All the birds under the sky | William L. Crawford Fantasy Award |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The glow of magic | 2017 | The core | Peter V. Brett | |
| The voices of the abyss | 2018 | The core | Peter V. Brett | |
| The powerful | 2017 | Successor's Promise | Trudi Canavan | review |
| Silver flame | - | - | Bernhard Hennen & Bernard Craw | (Craw as Robert Corvus) |
| The Bluestone Wars - The Hidden Tower | - | - | TS organ | |
| The blood of kings | - | - | Richard Schwartz | (as Carl A. deWitt) |
| Daughter of the Dark Forest | - | - | Katharina Seck | |
| The heart of lost things | 2017 | The Heart of What Was Lost | Tad Williams | |
| The witch's wooden crown 1 | 2017 | The Witchwood Crown: Book One of The Last King of Osten Ard | Tad Williams | |
| The witch's wooden crown 2 | 2017 | The Witchwood Crown: Book One of The Last King of Osten Ard | Tad Williams | |
| Ghosts on the Metropolitan Line | 2018 | The Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch | |
| Ka - The realm of the crows | 2018 | Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr | John Crowley | |
| Emma, the Faun and the Forgotten Book | - | - | Mechthild glasses | |
| Wédora - shadow and death | - | - | Markus Heitz | |
| Night storm | - | - | Michael Peinkofer | |
| The betrayal of the inquisitor | - | - | Frank Rehfeld | |
| The call of the blades | 2018 | Oathbringer | Brandon Sanderson | |
| The splinters of power | 2019 | Oathbringer | Brandon Sanderson | |
| Time fire | 2018 | Age of Swords | Michael J. Sullivan |
New releases films
New releases for television and web series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald City - The Dark World of Oz | 2017 | Emerald City | 10 | 1 | |
| American Gods | 2017 | American Gods | 8th | 1 | |
| 2017 | Imaginary Mary | 9 | 1 | ||
| A lousy witch | 2017-2018 | The Worst Witch | 26th | 2 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conan Exiles | Conan Exiles | Funcom | Survival horror , action adventure | Windows , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One | |
| Hollow Knight | Hollow Knight | Team Cherry | Action adventure | Windows, Mac OS , Linux , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Torment: Tides of Numenera | Torment: Tides of Numenera | InXile Entertainment | RPG | Linux, Mac OS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | jap. ゼ ル ダ の 伝 説 ブ レ ス オ ブ ザ ワ イ ル ド , Zeruda no densetsu: Buresu obu za wairudo | Nintendo EPD | Action adventure | Wii U , Nintendo Switch | |
| Has-Been Heroes | Has-Been Heroes | Frozenbyte | Action game , rogue-like | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | |
| Pyre | Pyre | Supergiant Games | Action RPG | Windows, Linux, Mac OS, PlayStation 4 | |
| Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | Ninja Theory | Action adventure | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| King's Raid | korean. 킹스 레이드 | Vespa | RPG | Android , iOS | |
| Fire Emblem Warriors | jap. フ ァ イ ア ー エ ム ブ レ ム 無双 | Omega Force , Team Ninja | Hack and Slay | Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo Switch | |
| Total War: Warhammer II | Total War: Warhammer II | Creative assembly | Real-time strategy game , turn-based strategy game | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | |
| Battle Chasers: Nightwar | Battle Chasers: Nightwar | Airship Syndicate | RPG | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux | |
| Middle-earth: shadow of war | Middle-earth: Shadow of War | Monolith Productions | Action RPG | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | |
| SpellForce 3 | - | Grimlore Games | Real time strategy game, RPG | Windows | |
| Styx: Shards of Darkness | Styx: Shards of Darkness | Cyanide Studios | Stealth computer game | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | jap. ド ラ ゴ ン ク エ ス ト XI 過 ぎ 去 り し 時 を 求 め て , Doragon Kuesuto Irebun: Sugisarishi toki o motomete | Square Enix | RPG | Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch | |
| The Elder Scrolls: Legends | The Elder Scrolls: Legends | Dire Wolf Digital | Digital trading card game | Windows, iOS, Mac OS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | |
| Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | jap. フ ァ イ ア ー エ ム ブ レ ム Echoes も う ひ と り の 英雄 王 | Intelligent Systems | Strategy RPG | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Fire Emblem Heroes | jap. フ ァ イ ア ー エ ム ブ レ ム ヒ ー ロ ー ズ | Intelligent Systems, Nintendo EPD | Strategy RPG | Android, iOS | |
| Absolver | Absolver | Devolver Digital | Action RPG | Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Albion Online | Albion Online | Sandbox Interactive | MMORPG | Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, Android | |
| The Alliance Alive | Japanese. ア ラ イ ア ン ス ・ ア ラ イ ブ | Cattle call | RPG | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Divinity: Original Sin II | Divinity: Original Sin II | Larian Studios | RPG | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac OS | |
| Rime | Rime | Tequila Works | Adventure , jump 'n' run | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | |
| ELEX | - | Piranha bytes | Action RPG | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
Conventions
- The 48th World Fantasy Convention, Wyndham Riverwalk, San Antonio , Texas , Guests of Honor: Karen Joy Fowler , Gregory Manchess , David Mitchell , Gordon Van Gelder
- FantasyCon, Peterborough , October 1st
Died
- Michael H. Buchholz (* 1957)
- Edward Bryant (* 1945)
- André Wiesler (* 1974)
