Science Fiction Year 1950
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | Science Fiction Year 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | ► | ►►
Other events
Retro Hugo Award
The Retro Hugo Awards for 1950 were presented in 2001 .
| Retro Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Writer / director | Original title | German edition | category |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Farmer in the Sky | Pioneers in space | Best novel |
| Robert A. Heinlein | The Man Who Sold the Moon | The man who sold the moon | Best short novel |
| CM Kornbluth | The Little Black Bag | The little black bag | Best story |
| Damon Knight | To serve man | A plan for humanity | Best short story |
| Irving Pichel | Destination Moon | Moon terminus | Best drama presentation |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mars Chronicles | 1972 | The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury | |
| I, the robot | I, robot | Isaac Asimov | In the story Runaround , Asimov's three robot laws are postulated for the first time. | |
| Lancelot Bigg's miraculous space travel | 1953 | The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs | Nelson Bond | review |
| Pioneers in space | 1951 | Farmer in the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein | review |
| Technical error | The Reversed Man | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| Escape from Earth | 1950 | Hans Gerhard Stuckmann |
New releases films
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | Director | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon terminus | 1951 | Destination Moon | Irving Pichel | based on the novel Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein |
| Rocket moon launches | 1958 | Rocketship XM | Kurt Neumann | |
| Atom Man vs. Superman | Spencer Gordon Bennet | 15-part cinema serial | ||
| Flying Disc Man from Mars | Fred C. Brannon | 12-part cinema serial | ||
| The Flying Saucer | Mikel Conrad | the world's first feature film about the UFO phenomenon |
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Rogers | 1950-1951 | Buck Rogers | 36 | all lost to date | |
| Space patrol | 1950-1955 | Space patrol | 184 | 5 | |
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet | 1950-1955 | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet | ≈ 58 | exact number unknown |
New publications magazines / fanzines / magazines
- Galaxy , 1950-1980
Conventions
- 8th Worldcon , 1st – 4th September, Portland , Chairman: Donald B. Day , Guest of Honor: Anthony Boucher
Born
- Karl Michael Armer
- William Barton
- James P. Blaylock
- David Brin
- Paul H. Cook
- Arthur Byron cover
- Wolfgang Fienhold († 2011)
- William R. Forstchen
- Karen Joy Fowler
- Gisbert Haefs
- Horst Hoffmann
- KW Jeter
- William H. Keith, Jr. is best known for his work in the BattleTech universe
- John Kessel
- Wolfram Kober
- Leo Lukas
- Elliot S. Maggin
- Steve Miller
- Kevin O'Donnell († 2012)
- Michael Reaves
- Mary Doria Russell
- Peter Schattschneider
- Lewis Shiner
- Erik Simon
- Dean Wesley Smith
- Karlheinz Steinmüller
- Craig Strete
- Michael Swanwick
- Michael Szameit († 2014)
- Ellis Weiner
Died
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (* 1875)
- Albert Ehrenstein (* 1886)
- Dietrich Kärrner (pseudonym of Artur Mahraun; * 1890)
- George Orwell (* 1903) the saying "Big brother is watching you" walk in his novel 1984 back
- Marga Passon (* 1897)
- Paul Eugen Sieg (* 1899)
- Olaf Stapledon (* 1886)
