Science Fiction Year 1955

Events

Hugo Award
author	Original title	German edition	category
Mark Clifton & Frank Riley	They'd Rather Be Right also: The Forever Machine	Computer of immortality	Best novel
Walter M. Miller, Jr.	The performer	The performer	Best story
Eric Frank Russell	Allamagoosa	The Offund also: Allamagoosa also: Technical bluff also: Transmission errors	Best short story

German title	Year of publication in German	Original title	author	Remarks
Allamagoosa		Allamagoosa	Eric Frank Russell
War of the automatons	1964	Autofac	Philip K. Dick	as Autofab published
Main prize: The earth	1958	Solar Lottery	Philip K. Dick	review
The Copan Secret	1957	In a misty light	Richard Varne
Who does the earth belong to?	1961	The Chrysalids	John Wyndham
Under the spell of the Alpha Centauri	1955	Under the spell of the Alpha Centauri	Friedrich Hecht as Manfred Langrenus

Oscar
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Best Production Design (Color Film) & Best Visual Effects

German title	Year of publication in German	Original title	Director	Remarks
The secret of two oceans	1957	georg. ორი ოკეანის საიდუმლოება	Konstantin Pipinashvili
The horror from below	1995	It came from Beneath the Sea	Robert Gordon
The last seven	1958	Day the World Ended	Roger Corman
The Strangler's Revenge	1960	Bride of the Monster	Ed Wood	Bela Lugosi was seen in his last leading role in this film
Godzilla returns	1958	jap. ゴジラの逆襲 , Gojira no gyakushū	Motoyoshi Oda
Metaluna IV doesn't answer	1956	This Island Earth	Joseph M. Newman	based on The Alien Machine by Raymond F. Jones
Rat nest	1956	Kiss Me Deadly	Robert Aldrich	In 1999, the film was in the National Film Registry added
Travel back in time	1955	Cesta do pravěku	Karel Zeman
shock	1956	The Quatermass Xperiment	Val Guest	based on the television series Quatermass
Tarantula	1956	Tarantula	Jack Arnold
spawn of hell	1961	The Beast with a Million Eyes	David Kramarsky , Lou Place
		Creature with the Atom Brain	Edward L. Cahn
The conquest of space	1955	Conquest of Space	Byron Haskin
		Japanese 獣人雪男 , Jūjin Yuki Otoko	Ishirō Honda
		Panther Girl of the Congo	Franklin Adreon	12-part cinema serial
		The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues	Dan Milner
The monster's revenge	1955	Revenge of the Creature	Jack Arnold
Seven seconds late	1958	Timeslip	Ken Hughes

German title	sent	Original title	Episodes	Seasons
Science fiction theater	1955-1957	Science fiction theater	78	2
Captain Z-RO	1955-1956	Captain Z-RO	26th	1
Quatermass II	1955	Quatermass II	6th	1
	1955	Return to the Lost Planet	6th	1

13th Worldcon , 2nd – 5th September, Cleveland ; Chairman: Nick Falasca & Noreen Falasca (Shaw), guests of honor: Isaac Asimov (pro) & Sam Moskowitz (mystery GoH)