Science Fiction Year 1954
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | Science Fiction Year 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | ► | ►►
Other events
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angolesa | 1954 | - | Paul Eugen victory | |
| The ultimatum from the stars | 1966 | The Star Beast | Robert A. Heinlein | |
| The body eaters are coming | The Body Snatchers | Jack Finney | ||
| The steel caves | The Caves of Steel | Isaac Asimov | ||
| Unsuitable for people | 1981 | Untouched by humans | Robert Sheckley | review |
| Lord of the flies | Lord of the Flies | William Golding | ||
| I'm a legend | 1968 | I am Legend | Richard Matheson | Filmed several times |
| Island of the Conquerors | 1964 | No time like the future | Nelson Slade Bond | |
| The golden man | The Golden Man | Philip K. Dick | Template for the film Next |
Film awards
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Oscar
- Clash of the Worlds - Gordon Jennings for Best Special Effects
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Golden Globes
- Danger from outer space - Barbara Rush as best young actress
New releases films
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | Director | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | 1956 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Richard Fleischer | an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the French author Jules Verne |
| The horror of the Amazon | 1954 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Jack Arnold | |
| Devil Girl from Mars | David MacDonald | |||
| Formicula | 1960 | Them! | Gordon Douglas | |
| Godzilla | 1956 | jap. ゴ ジ ラ , Gojira | Ishirō Honda | |
| Stranger from Venus | Burt Balaban | |||
| When the marabunta threatens | 1954 | The Naked Jungle | Byron Haskin | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | Rudolph Cartier | BBC TV adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Orwell | ||
| Diamonds | 1957 | The Diamond | Montgomery Tully | |
| Gog - Space Station USA | 2009 | Gog | Herbert L. Strock | |
| Killers from Space | W. Lee Wilder | |||
| R 3 overdue | Riders to the Stars | Richard Carlson | ||
| Target Earth | Sherman A. Rose | |||
| Tobor the Great | Lee Sholem | |||
| Japanese 透明 人間 , Tōmei ningen | Motoyoshi Oda | |||
| Who laughs - is thrown out | 1961 | The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Edward Bernds |
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Gordon | 1954-1955 | Flash Gordon | 39 | 1 | |
| Rocky Jones, space ranger | Rocky Jones, space ranger | 39 | 1 | ||
| Captain Midnight | 1954-1956 | Captain Midnight | 39 | 2 | |
| 1954 | The Lost Planet | 6th | 1 |
Conventions
12th Worldcon , 3rd - 6th September, San Francisco ; Chair: Lester Cole & Gary Nelson , Guest of Honor: John W. Campbell
Born
Iain Banks (2009)
Colin Greenland (2006)
- Iain Banks († 2013)
- Alan Brennert
- Hajo F. Breuer († 2014)
- Emma Bull
- Diane Carey
- Paul Di Filippo
- JM Dillard (pseudonym of Jeanne Kalogridis), many novels in the Star Trek universe
- Martin Baresch , had his maiden name Martin Eisele until March 1995
- Arndt Ellmer
- Werner K. Giesa , pseudonym of Curt Carstens († 2008)
- Colin Greenland
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Graham Joyce († 2014)
- Ellen Klages
- Viktor Koman
- Reinhard Kriese
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell
- James D. MacDonald
- Ken MacLeod
- Ernst-Eberhard Manski
- Victor Milán († 2018)
- Kathleen O'Neal Gear
- Paul Park
- Christoph Ransmayr
- Joel Rosenberg († 2011)
- Richard Paul Russo
- Bruce Sterling
- J. Michael Straczynski , invented Babylon 5 and produced 91 episodes himself
- Lawrence Watt-Evans
- David Wingrove
- Klaus Peter Wolf
Died
- Jack Bechdolt (* 1884)
- Robert Ames Bennet , Genre: Lost World (* 1879)
- Ellen MacGregor , youth series about Miss Pickerell (* 1906)
- Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (* 1871)
- Thea von Harbou , wrote the screenplay for Metropolis (* 1888)
- James Hilton (born 1900)
