Science fiction year 1942
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | Science Fiction Year 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | ► | ►►
Other events
Retro Hugo Award
The Retro Hugo Awards for 1942 were presented in 2018 .
| Retro Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Writer / director | Original title | German edition | category |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Beyond This Horizon | Best novel | |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Waldo | Waldo | Best short novel |
| Isaac Asimov | Foundation | Foundation cycle | Best story |
| CL Moore & Henry Kuttner | The Twonky | The Twonky | Best short story |
| David D. Hand | Bambi | Bambi | Best drama presentation |
New releases films
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | Director | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankenstein returns | 1950 | The Ghost of Frankenstein | Alder C. Kenton | |
| The invisible agent | 1986 | Invisible agent | Edwin L. Marin | |
| The Corpse Vanishes | Wallace Fox |
Born
- Jörn Bambeck
- CJ Cherryh
- Michael Crichton wrote DinoPark , the template for Jurassic Park († 2008)
- John Crowley
- Martin Cruz Smith
- Samuel R. Delany
- Cynthia Felice
- Charles L. Grant († 2006)
- Sharon Green
- Lee Killough
- Gentry Lee
- Jacqueline Lichtenberg
- Barry B. Longyear wrote Du, mein Feind, the template for the film Enemy Mine
- Phillip Mann
- Keith D. Mano
- Alexandru Mironov
- Sten Nadolny
- Paul Preuss
- Mike Resnick († 2020)
- William John Watkins
- Frank Wittchow
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Died
- Rudolf Heinrich Greinz (* 1866)
- Oswald Levett (* 1884)
- Siegfried Lichtenstaedter (* 1865)
- Walther Nithack-Stahn (* 1866)
- Bodo Wildberg (pseudonym of Heinrich von Dickinson ; * 1862)
