Science Fiction Year 1974
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | Science Fiction Year 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | ► | ►►
Other events
Literary prizes
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Christopher Priest | Inverted World | Best novel | |
Campbell Award
| Campbell Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Robert Merle | Malevil | Malevil | Best novel |
| Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous with Rama |
Rendezvous with 31/439 also: Rendezvous with Rama |
Best novel (awarded twice) |
| Spider Robinson and Lisa Tuttle | Best new author | ||
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous with Rama | Rendezvous with 31/439 | Best novel |
| James Tiptree, Jr. | The Girl Who Was Plugged In | The girl turned on and off | Best short novel |
| Harlan Ellison | The Deathbird | The death bird | Best story |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas | Turn your back on the omelas | Best short story |
Locus Award
| Locus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous with Rama | Rendezvous with 31/439 | Best SF novel |
| Gene Wolfe | The Death of Doctor Island | The death of Dr. Iceland | Best short novel |
| Harlan Ellison | The Deathbird | The death bird | Best short story |
| Category not assigned | Best anthology | ||
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | The Dispossessed | Planet of the have-nots too: the dispossessed | Best novel |
| Robert Silverberg | Born with the Dead | Born with the dead | Best short novel |
| Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford | If the Stars Are Gods | If the stars were gods | Best story |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | The Day Before the Revolution | The day before the revolution | Best short story |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The house of stairs | 1976 | The House of Stairs | William Sleator | |
| The magic sword | 1976 | The Spell Sword | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| The eternal war | 1977 | The Forever War | Joe Haldeman | |
| The god whale | 1982 | The Godwhale | TJ bass | |
| The gray prince | 1979 | The Gray Prince | Jack Vance | |
| The splinter in the eye of God | 1977 | The Mote in God's Eye |
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle |
|
| The best stories by Fritz Leiber | 1980 | The Best of Fritz Leiber | Fritz Leiber | |
| The protected men | 1976 | Les hommes protégés | Robert Merle | |
| The hunters of Gor | 1975 | Hunters of Gor | John Norman | |
| A survivor's memoir | 1979 | The Memoirs of a Survivor | Doris Lessing | |
| The town | 1976 | The Inverted World | Christopher Priest | review |
| Another world | 2004 | Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said | Philip K. Dick | |
| After the exodus | 1976 | Case and the Dreamer: And Other Stories | Theodore Sturgeon | review |
| Oxygenia | 1977 | Oxygénia | Klára Fehér | |
| Planet of the have-nots | 1976 | The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
New releases films
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blue Palace | 1974-1976 | - | 5 | 1 | |
| The six million dollar man | 1974-1988 | The Six Million Dollar Man | 99 | 5 | |
| Great Mazinger | 1974-1975 | jap. グ レ ー ト マ ジ ・ ガ ー , Gurêto Majingâ | 56 | 1 | |
| In the land of the dinosaurs | 1974-1977 | Land of the Lost | 43 | 3 | |
| planet of monkeys | 1974 | Planet of the Apes | 14th | 1 | |
| Telerop 2009 - There is still something to be saved | 1974 | - | 13 | 1 | |
| Warship Yamato | 1974-1981 | jap. 宇宙 戦 艦 ヤ マ ト Uchū Senkan Yamato | 77 | 3 | |
| The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo | 77 | 1 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spasim | Spasim | Jim Bowery | First person shooter | Mainframe computer (PLATO system) |
New publications issue series
- Professor Zamorra , 1974 to date
- Zeitkugel , 1974–1978, 90 booklet novels
Conventions
- 2. Eurocon , Grenoble
- 32nd Worldcon , Aug 29- Sep 2, Washington, DC ; Chair: Jay Haldeman & Ron Bounds, Guests of Honor: Roger Zelazny (pro) & Jay Kay Klein (fan)
Born
Died
- Arthur J. Burks (* 1898)
- Albert Karl Burmester (* 1908)
- Leslie Greener (* 1900)
- P. Schuyler Miller (* 1912)
- Ilja Warschawski (* 1908)
- Bruno S. Wiek (pseudonym of Walter Troppenz ; * 1897)
- Witold Zegalski (* 1928)
