Science Fiction Year 1970
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | Science Fiction Year 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | ► | ►►
Other events
Literary prizes
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| John Brunner | The Jagged Orbit | Best novel | |
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | The Left Hand of Darkness | Winter planet too: The left hand of darkness | Best novel |
| Fritz Leiber | Ship of Shadows | Ship of Shadows | Best short novel |
| Category not assigned | Best story | ||
| Samuel R. Delany | Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones |
Time taken as a Helix of Semi-precious stones also: The time when spiral of semi-precious stones considered also: time considered a spiral of semi-precious stones |
Best short story |
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Larry Niven | Ringworld | Ringworld | Best novel |
| Fritz Leiber | I'll mead in Lankhmar |
Fateful encounter in Lankhmar also: Doom in Lankhmar, also: The house of thieves |
Best short novel |
| Theodore Sturgeon | Slow sculpture |
The slowest sculpture in the world too: Slow growth, also: The bonsai man, also: The awakening |
Best story |
| Category not assigned | Best short story | ||
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunquam | 1970 | Nunquam | Lawrence Durrell | |
| Log Delta VII | - | - | Mark Brandis | review |
| Corwin from Amber | 1977 | Nine Princes in Amber | Roger Zelazny | |
| The other bank of time | 1981 | Time and Again | Jack Finney | |
| The given life | 1982 | I want Fear no Evil | Robert A. Heinlein | review |
| The stone god awakens | 1974 | The Stone God Awakens | Philip José Farmer | review |
| The hour of the bull | 2010 | Russian Час Быка , transcribed Chas Byka | Ivan Yefremov | Banned in what was then the Soviet Union until 1988 |
| The guards | 1976 | The Guardians | John Christopher | |
| The Winds of Darkover | 1971 | Winds of Darkover | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| Lord Tyger | 1975 | Lord Tyger | Philip José Farmer | review |
| Assassin of Gor | 1974 | Assassins of Gor | John Norman | |
| Ringworld | 1972 | Ringworld | Larry Niven | |
| The stone god awakens | 1974 | The Stone God Awakens | Philip José Farmer |
Film awards
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Oscar
- Lost in Space - Robie Robinson - Best visual effects
New releases films
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-1972 | Doom Watch | 38 | 3 | ||
| 1970 | The Adventures of Don Quick | 6th | 1 | ||
| UFO | 1970-1973 | UFO | 26th | 1 |
New publications magazines / fanzines / magazines
- Andromeda News , appears to date
- Cinefantastique , has appeared in changing formats and names to date
New publications issue series
- Checkpart , 1970–1972, 54 booklet novels
- Space Partisans , 1970–1987, by Mark Brandis
Conventions
28th Worldcon , 20.-24. August, Heidelberg ; Chairman: Manfred Kage , guests of honor: EC Tubb & Robert Silverberg & Herbert W. Franke & Elliot K. Shorter
Born
- Michael A. Burstein
- Dietmar Dath
- Dave Eggers
- Petra Neomillnerová
- Nicole Rensmann
- Chris Roberson
- David J. Schwartz
- Benjamin Stein
- Verena Themsen
Died
- Nigel Balchin (* 1908)
- EM Forster (* 1879)
- Marlen Haushofer (* 1920)
- Walter Heichen (* 1876)
- Freder van Holk (pseudonym of Paul Alfred Müller) (* 1901)
- Richard Koch (* 1895)
- Paul Alfred Müller (* 1901)
- Franz Ludwig Neher (* 1896)
- Viktor Saparin (* 1905)
