Science Fiction Year 1978

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Other events

Literary prizes

British Science Fiction Association Award

British Science Fiction Association Award
author Original title German edition category
Philip K. Dick A scanner darkly Best novel

Campbell Award

Campbell Award
author Original title German edition category
Frederik Pohl Gateway Gateway Best novel
Orson Scott Card Best new author

Hugo Award

Hugo Award
author Original title German edition category
Frederik Pohl Gateway Gateway Best novel
Spider & Jeanne Robinson Stardance Part 1 of the novel: Star Dance Best short novel
Joan D. Vinge Eyes of Amber Amber eyes Best story
Harlan Ellison Jeffty Is Five Jeffty is five Best short story

Locus Award

Locus Award
author Original title German edition category
Frederik Pohl Gateway Gateway Best SF novel
Spider & Jeanne Robinson Stardance Part 1 of the novel: Star Dance Best short novel
Category not assigned Best story
Joe Haldeman Tricentennial Best short story
Category not assigned Best collection
Category not assigned Best anthology

Nebula Award

Nebula Award
author Original title German edition category
Vonda N. McIntyre Dreamsnake The dream snake Best novel
John Varley The Persistence of Vision The sluggishness of the eye Best short novel
Charles L. Grant A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye The light of candles, the unicorn's eye Best story
Edward Bryant Stone The scissors break on the stone Best short story

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
1985 1985 Anthony Burgess
The last battle 1997 The Stand Stephen King
The plus person 1978 Man plus Frederik Pohl
The beasts of Gor 1982 Beasts of Gor John Norman
The castles of chaos 1981 The Courts of Chaos Roger Zelazny
The giants of Ganymede 1981 The Gentle Giants of Ganymede James P. Hogan review
End of the line future 1981 The Robot Who Lookes Like Robert Sheckley
Mistress of the Storms 1979 Storm Queen! Marion Zimmer Bradley

Film awards

  • war of stars

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
Monkey dream 1979 Ciao maschio / Rêve de Singe Marco Ferreri
Attack of the killer tomatoes 1983 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes John De Bello
Coma 1978 Coma Michael Crichton
The cat from space 1978 The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar
The body eaters are coming 1979 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Philip Kaufman
The horror of Medusa 1980 The Medusa Touch Jack Gold
The victory of the star children 1995 Return from Witch Mountain John Hough
The deadly crush 1978 The Swarm Irwin Allen
Giants with steel fists 1978 Deathsport Nicholas Niciphor
Laserkill - death rays from space 1982 Laser blast Michael Rae
Piranhas 1978 Piranha Joe Dante
plutonium - - Rainer Erler
Star Crash - Stars in a duel 1978 Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione, Starcrash Luigi Cozzi
Star Wars Holiday Special Star Wars Holiday Special Steve Binder & David Acomba
Star war in space 1978 Japanese. 宇宙 か ら の メ ッ セ ー ジ , Uchū kara no Messēji Kinji Fukasaku
Superman 1979 Superman Richard Donner
Vicious Alpha 1979 The Fury Brian De Palma
The Boys from Brazil 1985 The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner
zombie 1979 Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero
Battle of the Stars Battaglie negli spazi stellari Alfonso Brescia
1982: Gutenbach - - Michael Verhoeven
Adventure in Atlantis 1978 The Return of Captain Nemo Alex March , Paul Stader
The Alien Factor Don Dohler
The Alpha Incident Bill Rebane
1987 The Clone Master Don Medford
It came from below 1999 The Bermuda Depths Tsugunobu Kotani
War the robots La guerra dei robot Alfonso Brescia
Diving trip of horror 1978 Warlords of Atlantis Kevin Connor
The time machine The Time Machine Henning Schellerup
Fire from space A fire in the sky Jerry Jameson

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
Blake's 7th 1978-1981 Blake's 7th 52 4th
Blind passers-by 1978 Blind passers-by 3 1
Captain Future 1978-1979 Japanese. キ ャ プ テ ン フ ュ ー チ ャ ー , Kyaputen Fyūchā 52 1 + 1 New Years program
The adventures of the fantastic space pirate Captain Harlock 1978-1979 Japanese. 宇宙 海賊 キ ャ プ テ ン ハ ー ロ ッ ク , Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku 42 1
The incredible Hulk 1978-1982 The Incredible Hulk 82 5
Future Boy Conan 1978 jap. 未来 少年 コ ナ ン , Mirai Shōnen Conan 26th 1
Galaxy Express 999 1978-1981 Japanese 銀河 鉄 道 999 , Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain 113 1
Stories from the future 1978-1980 - 7th 1
Battlestar Galactica 1978-1980 Battlestar Galactica 21st 1
Mork from the orc 1978-1982 Mork & Mindy 94 4th
The Fantastic Four The super team 1978 The New Fantastic Four 13 1
1978-1985 Battle of the Planets 85 1
1978 Challenge of the SuperFriends 16 1
Project UFO 1978-1979 27 2
It came from space Spadla z oblakov 13 1
1978-1979 Japanese. ス パ イ ダ ー マ ン , Supaidāman 41 1
1978-1981 Jason of Star Command 28 2

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
Space Invaders Space Invaders Taito Shoot 'em up Arcade
Blasto Gremlin Combat simulation Arcade
Decwar University of Texas at Austin Combat simulation PDP-10
Space War Atari Shoot 'em up Atari 2600
Alto Trek University of Rochester Combat simulation Xerox Alto one of the first multiplayer games


New publications issue series

Conventions

Born

Died

See also

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